By Loretta B Manele
Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) will bring their vehicle policy to cabinet next year.
Manasseh Maelanga, MID minister revealed this during the Sine Die Motion in parliament last week.
He said this is a very important policy they have worked on and hopefully it should reach cabinet next year.
Moreover, Maelanga stressed that today, G vehicles are being misused and urges all drivers to have a permit to drive G vehicles.
He said this applies to drivers of ministers, officials as well as public servants.
“Today I am calling on all who are using G vehicles, you have to have permit to drive G vehicles.
All drivers driving G vehicles whether officials or public servant must have a permit”
He pointed out that when the policy goes through, he will tell the police to do traffic check to see that those driving G vehicles have a permit and if not, the police will deal with them.
Maelanga said for drivers of G vehicles, you can get a permit from the Permanent Secretary of MID.
In relation, he also spoke about the dispose of vehicles which also comes under the vehicle policy.
Maelanga stated that when it comes to this, the issue is that when people from his ministry go to collect vehicles that are just laying about in other ministries, they are confronted by officials from those ministries who stop them from collecting the vehicles.
“These are things I am not happy about and that is why I must state that MID has the power and right to collect G vehicles”
He said it is not up to officials or heads of those ministries to tell MID officers not to get those vehicles.
Maelanga emphasized that MID has the power and right to come and get those vehicles that need to be disposed of.
He mentioned that these are some issues that contradict their work and they are not happy about.
“We must improve on these things”
