The Central Mechanical and Equipment Department (CMED) has
set up a control room at its headquarters in the city to monitor the movement
of all Government vehicles and collecting information on vehicle performance
and behaviour of drivers.
The department has up to date installed 100 vehicles and
Zupco buses with trackers. This is in line with Government’s cost-containment
measures, announced by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor
Mthuli Ncube in the 2019 National Budget Statement.
The policy seeks to ensure the safety of Government workers
while operating vehicles, promote efficient and effective use of Government
vehicles, prevent abuse and to establish standards and procedures for all
employees who drive Government vehicles.
In an interview yesterday, CMED chief executive Engineer
Davison Mhaka confirmed the developments.
“We have set up the control room and we are monitoring
Government vehicles and Zupco buses that have already been fitted with the
tracking devices.
“We are in the process of fitting 100 vehicles and we have
targeted to do about 2 000 Government vehicles. We are working in conjunction
with TelOne and the Harare Institute of Technology,” he said.
Eng Mhaka said by the end of this year all the vehicles and
buses will have been fitted with the tracking devices.
“We had earmarked to finish the project by October, but we
are lagging behind because of the delays in acquiring the tracking devices and
other equipment,” he said.
In the control room, the officials will have the details of
the drivers and vehicles, registration numbers, mileage, the routes being
travelled, time and can monitor the speed and the behaviour of the drivers,
among others.
In June, CMED approved a tender to install the tracking
system which started the following month. Herald
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