BA UPND teli balandile ati baisa mukupipa ba PF efyo banyele, asked former mines minster Richard Musukwa when he was requested to comment on the Ministry of Mines’ failure to meet their revenue collection targets. Last week Mines and Mineral Development Permanent Secretary Hapenga Kabeta acknowledged before the Public Accounts Committee that his Ministry had failed to meet its revenue collection projection by K13 million. The Auditor General’s report on the accounts of the Republic for the financial year ended December 31, 2022, revealed that a total estimate of revenue in amounts totaling K57,478,214.00 was made for mining licences, fees and surface rental charges and miscellaneous, against which amounts totalling K44,459,400.51 were collected, resulting in an under collection of K13,018,813.49....

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