CBR lauds GOVT



By Chali Mulenga

COMMUNITY Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Zambia, a Non-Governmental Organisation which promotes the rights of disabled people, as praised the Government’s move to remove duty on devices and imported modified motor vehicles.
CBR Zambia senior advisor Alick Nyirenda said that the stance by the Government to support the differently-abled was in the right direction and that is good that the Government had finally considering the people that are livings with disability in the national budget
  Speaking in Livingstone in an interview, he said that duty is high and expensive on imported modified motor vehicles and that there is need to ensure the people that are differently abled are not juts passengers but also become drivers of the vehicles.
 He paid tribute to the Government for ensuring that the new disability Act has support from the ministry finance through budget procurements.
 He said the vehicles would helpful to help in the mobility of the people living with disability.
 He said vehicles that are disability friendly would help to in the promotion of tourism ahead of United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly in Livingstone next year.
“The stance by the Government of removing duty it would help to promote the country’ ahead of other countries and that it would help woo more tourists,” he said.
 He said that more people that are differently abled would have more access to the tourism.
 He urged Government to ensure that traders do not exploit this facility so that the intended beneficiaries can the facilities and that expired hope that more donors would be willing to support the people in the country that are living with disability.   
On Friday The minister of Finance Alexander Chikwanda during his budget presentation, he said that in order to support the differently-abled, he has proposed to remove duty on devices and imported modified motor vehicles as provided for in the Persons with Disabilities Act. No. 6 of 2012.
Meanwhile, Mr Nyirenda said was ready to support the Zambia to come up with appropriate infrastructure for disabled people ahead of next year’s UNWTO general assembly.
He urged the National Heritage Conservation Commission (NHCC) to ensure that its heritage sites were accessible to people living with a disability.
Mr Nyirenda said the putting of buildings that were friendly to people with disability should be a continuous exercise and not just for the UNWTO general assembly.
“There are a lot people with disability that would want to come to Zambia and some of them are disabled.
We need to remember that we are competing with Zimbabwe, so whatever we develop must be disability friendly,” he said.
Mr Nyirenda said there was also need to work on the old infrastructure so that it could be adjusted to suit the needs of local and international guests.
 He said accessible infrastructure was required especially as Zambia is preparing to co-host the UNWTO conference.
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