The Engineering Institution of Zambia-EIZ- has attributed the recent shoddy works on various projects, including roads, to cadrerism that was allowed in the engineering profession in the past.
Engineer Ng’andu further submitted that going forward, Zambia should conduct due diligence as is being done regarding the Lusaka-Ndola Dual Carriageway, which is currently going through thorough preparations, to guarantee quality.
On the same program, EIZ immediate past president Engineer Eugene Haazele dismissed the notion that Zambian engineers have no capacity to handle capital projects, saying this is a matter of attitude as opposed to fact.
Earlier, EIZ Vice president Membership and Continuous Professional Development Engineer Sharon Musonda highlighted that EIZ and the Ministry of Local Government have a binding Memorandum of Understanding to guarantee engineering professional representation in both rural and urban Constituency Development Fund-CDF projects, to ensure quality.
