Claim
On Saturday, October 15, 2022, the Patriotic Front-PF Facebook page published an article asserting that the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing, and the Ministry of Transport and Logistics had completed the process of selling road toll gates around the country. The Patriotic Front-PF Facebook page alleged that a meeting was held to brief toll gate staff that a new proprietor would be taking over the management and administration of the toll gates. It alleged that the terms and conditions of the lease/sale have not been released to the general public.
Rating Justification
iVerify Zambia has determined as false, the claim by the Patriotic Front-PF Facebook page that the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing, and the Ministry of Transport and Logistics have completed the process of selling road toll gates around the country and that new owners would take over the running of the toll gates soon. According to a statement released by the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Mr. Charles Lubasi Milupi, there has never been any discussion or meeting regarding the sale of any road toll gate. Mr. Milupi stated that all road toll gates around the country remained the property of the Zambian Government and were still managed by the Road Development Agency and the National Road Fund Agency. Mr. Milupi, however, pointed out that where toll gates were on a road constructed under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model, that was a different issue. Therefore, the claim by the Patriotic Front-PF Facebook page that the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing, and the Ministry of Transport and Logistics have completed the process of selling toll gates, with new owners taking over the running of the toll gates soon, is false.
