Comments on: Zambia Secures $50 Million Deal with BADEA for Kalabo-Sikongo-Angola Road Project https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/10/07/zambia-secures-50-million-deal-with-badea-for-kalabo-sikongo-angola-road-project/ Keeping you Informed Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:55:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Jigga Kayama Simangulungwa https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/10/07/zambia-secures-50-million-deal-with-badea-for-kalabo-sikongo-angola-road-project/#comment-3551107 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:55:25 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=462809#comment-3551107 In reply to Gunner in Zambia.

Mate use the Internet, Google and Maps to estimate how long the road is. It is definitely longer than the Ndola Lusaka road that cost almost half a billion dollars. At $50m if that is the estimated cost, I would argue it sounds cheap, very cheap. Hope it is a 4-lane road (2x in each direction).

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]]> By: Jigga Kayama Simangulungwa https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/10/07/zambia-secures-50-million-deal-with-badea-for-kalabo-sikongo-angola-road-project/#comment-3551106 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:54:09 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=462809#comment-3551106 Mate use the Internet, Google and Maps to estimate how long the road is. It is definitely longer than the Ndola Lusaka road that cost almost half a billion dollars. At $50m if that is the estimated cost, I would argue it sounds cheap, very cheap. Hope it is a 4-lane (2x in each direction).

]]> By: Tikki https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/10/07/zambia-secures-50-million-deal-with-badea-for-kalabo-sikongo-angola-road-project/#comment-3551067 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 07:30:53 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=462809#comment-3551067 We still trying to find out about the Dual carriage way from 1.2 Billion to 650 Million
As the deal was signed on behalf of the Zambian People why are we not allowed to access it ???

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]]> By: Henry https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/10/07/zambia-secures-50-million-deal-with-badea-for-kalabo-sikongo-angola-road-project/#comment-3551061 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:27:29 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=462809#comment-3551061 A couple of years ago deals where signed and the contractor setup Camp and started the road preliminary road works on that road. Next thing the road works stalled, another year or so the contractor packed their equipment and left the site for good. Rumours on the ground were that Zambia didn’t fulfill its part of the deal which was 12% financing of the project. We need to hold our elected leaders accountable.

Hopefully the road will be done and allow for easy access with Angola on that boarder.

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]]> By: kauzeni https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/10/07/zambia-secures-50-million-deal-with-badea-for-kalabo-sikongo-angola-road-project/#comment-3551039 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 23:26:28 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=462809#comment-3551039 $50million.
No mention of the length of the road.
very poor reporting

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]]> By: Katanga https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/10/07/zambia-secures-50-million-deal-with-badea-for-kalabo-sikongo-angola-road-project/#comment-3551033 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:28:55 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=462809#comment-3551033 In reply to UFIMBENUMA.

When PF constructed the Kalabo Mongu highway they were criticised for borrowing too much. I guess the opposition wanted it to be constructed for free

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]]> By: Mihova https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/10/07/zambia-secures-50-million-deal-with-badea-for-kalabo-sikongo-angola-road-project/#comment-3551032 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:23:20 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=462809#comment-3551032 In reply to Mayo Mpapa.

The pedicle is, apart from trade with DRC, actually very important and strategic for trade, commerce logistics between Luapula and the copperbelt Central and North Western Province.

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]]> By: Maguys https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/10/07/zambia-secures-50-million-deal-with-badea-for-kalabo-sikongo-angola-road-project/#comment-3551029 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:02:03 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=462809#comment-3551029 In reply to UFIMBENUMA.

Just keep quiet if nothing to say. Just because it’s in Western Province you think it’s a bad idea, hence we changed the government’s because such myopic ideas

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]]> By: Razor https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/10/07/zambia-secures-50-million-deal-with-badea-for-kalabo-sikongo-angola-road-project/#comment-3551027 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:48:16 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=462809#comment-3551027 At the current rate of $2million per km this will cater for only 25km of road.

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]]> By: Musaninyoze https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/10/07/zambia-secures-50-million-deal-with-badea-for-kalabo-sikongo-angola-road-project/#comment-3551009 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:30:47 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=462809#comment-3551009 70 km for $50 million is good value for money. If it were the other guys, it would have been $100 million with pretence to put hotels on the road.
What I do not understand though is that from the Angola border it is 95 km to connect with the tarred road at Chiume. Is the Angolan government going to build this part?

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