MINISTRY of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary Technical Services Nicholas Phiri says the local authorities already took away the licensing function from RTSA in 2023 and managed to collect K480 million. Recently, Phiri said starting 2024, vehicle licensing would be a function housed under the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. And in a follow up interview, Saturday, Phiri said this exercise already commenced last year. “Vehicle licensing is one of the functions for RTSA. If you go to the Constitution, there are some functions that the Constitution gives for Central Government and then there are some functions which are for local authorities. Vehicle licensing is one of the functions that are supposed to be undertaken by...

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