A source at Lusaka City Council
has exclusively disclosed to the Zambian Business Times – ZBT, that the Local Authority
is currently collecting over K131 million kwacha per month from the 4 bus stations
located in the central business district.
This means on an annual basis, on
average the Local authority collects about K1.5 billion from only 4 bus
stations in Lusaka.
Speaking in an exclusive interview
with the Zambian Business Times, a source within the Lusaka City Council
revealed that the council collects about K800,000 from each of the top 3 bus
stations in Lusaka, with even higher amounts being generated from the
intercity bus station due to its accommodation of international buses.
The source at Lusaka City Council
said about 3,200,000 plus is being collected from one bus station like Lima
Tower on a monthly basis without the contribution from the market trades.
“Lima
Tower pays about 114, 285 thousand Kwacha to the council as levy payment on a
daily basis.”
“We
can’t compare intercity with other bus stations because intercity has
international busses and due to that, it contributes a lot to the council which
is about 200,000 to
300,000 as a levy on a daily basis”
