By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEI –
MONGU Central Member of Parliament Nathaniel Mubukwanu has described the completion of the Mongu-Kalabo Road as a huge achievement for the Patriotic Front (PF).
Mr Mubukwanu  who is also Southern Province Minister said the Mongu-Kalabo Road was one of the difficult projects that the  PF government had undertaken and the news of its completion had brought excitement to the people of Mongu .
He said previous governments tried to work on the project but this did not yield positive results as they failed.
“That is good news, this has exonerated the commitment of the PF Government and this will go down in history as one of the most difficult projects,” he said.
He said since the project had now been completed Government would soon look at the long-term project of connecting the road to the border so that Zambia could easily trade with Angola.
He has since appealed to the Road Development Agency (RDA) to immediately to put toll gates on the newly constructed road so that it could generate income.
“We need this concept of toll gates on this road so that it will be able to generate income  in case of any maintence works,” he said.
This Mongu-Kalabo Road project which is a 34 kilometres long with 26 bridges was  constructed by Avic International, at a cost of about  US$286.9 million.
Before the construction of the road Kalabo residents travelling to Mongu were using canoes and spent long hours on water.
On Thursday RDA director of communications and corporate affairs Loyce Saili  announced the successful completion of the project.