From CHOMBA MUSIKA in Livingstone
LIVINGSTONE mayor Aggrey Njekwa unhappy with the levels of revenue collection at the Livingstone City Council (LCC) and has called for an improvement.
Speaking during the LCC end-of-year party on Friday, Mr Njekwa observed that last year had seen stagnation in the collection of revenue, a situation he said needed to change for the better.
“I demand that revenue collectors do more in terms of revenue collection. Revenue collectors from buses and markets are not doing so well. Let’s improve,” the mayor said.
He directed management to ensure that tax collectors are frequently swapped so that they “don’t manipulate the system” and “anyone dealing with cash shouldn’t be kept at the same place for more than six months”.
“You (management) have to change tax collectors who have been at a certain station for a very long time, A tax collector shouldn’t be working from the same area for 10 years,” Mr Njekwa said.
He said the local authority needs to have an effective revenue collection mechanism because “we need to have more resources so that all systems can function well and we can in turn deliver services to the people”.
And the mayor implored the workers to be disciplined, dedicated to duty and continue delivering the much needed development to the residents.
“I urge you to do the rightful things in 2014; reporting for work on time and doing the right things and we must work according to conditions of service
“This council had been labelled as perpetrators of strikes but this has to change,” he said.
Mr Njekwa also urged council workers to upgrade their academic qualifications and prepare themselves to be “future town clerks and directors for this council”.
He said he was proud to be in a city that won accolades after successfully hosting the 2013 prestigious United Nations World Tourism Organisation general assembly, urging the workers to continue working hard.
Earlier, Livingstone Town clerk Vivian Chikoti praised the workers for being dedicated to duty last year and urged them to continue working extra hard and ensure the tourist capital is kept clean.
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