Board of Directors

The National Road Fund Agency is committed to the principles of transparency, integrity and accountability. The Directors and employees of NRFA strive to ensure that the Agency is managed in an efficient, accountable, responsible and moral manner.

The NRFA Board currently comprises 13 Directors, and the composition is balanced so that no one individual or small group can dominate decision making. The depth of experience and diversity of the Board ensures that robust and forthright debate on all issues of material importance to the Agency occurs. The following is the composition of the NRFA Board:

Road Management Initiative (RMI)

Since independence in 1964, emphasis was on building new roads countrywide. There was no maintenance regime in place, aggravated by support to liberation struggles. The road asset value in the 1970s was US$2.3 billion. The asset value shrunk to about US$1.5 billion in early the 1990s and only 20% of road network was in good condition. Zambia had no money for rehabilitation/maintenance.

The watershed in Zambia’s road sector reform development came when the Government joined the World Bank sponsored RMI under the auspices of the Sub-Saharan African Transport Programme (SSATP) in 1993. A Road Maintenance Policy Reform Seminar was held between 16 and 19 February 1993 at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka, to which high level representatives of key stakeholder ministries and donors were invited. At this seminar, a set of recommendations (10 point action plan) were made as follows:

1. Introduction of road tariffs to generate additional funds for maintenance (Fuel levy)

2. Establishment of an autonomous Road Fund

3. Establishing a Highway Authority

4. Establishment of a Board of Management (Board of Governors) – Boards in place

5. Establishment of an Interim Steering Committee to manage the Road Fund (ROADSIP Steering Committee in place)

6. Development of administrative, technical and business environment to involve private sector (started with Boards, contracts, PPP)

7. Options for efficient use of Government plant and equipment – private sector involvement (Force accounts reduced)

8. Substantiation of increased use of labour based methods (ongoing)

9. Establishment of new conditions of service and employment – attract qualified personnel (RTSA, RDA, NRFA)

10. Study and establishment of a training organisation – National Council for Construction created

Road Sector Investment Programme (ROADSIP) was established in 1998

The above policy initiatives to manage the roads on a fee-for-service basis and to increase efficiency in the use of resources in the sector through the adoption of commercial practices and procedures in contracting and implementing road works were embarked on with the approval of the Transport Policy in May 2002.

The NRFA Board reports to the Committee of Ministers on RMI on matters relating to policy issues. The Committee is chaired by Ministry of Communications and Transport. The following is the composition of the RMI Committee:

The Committee of Permanent Secretaries functions as the Secretariat to the Committee of Ministers on RMI and the composition is as follows:

NRFA Administration Staff

The Board is assisted in the discharge of its responsibilities by the following Standing Committees:

Finance/Technical Committee

The Finance/Technical Committee of the NRFA was set up to serve as a ‘Think Tank’ for the Board. The committee advises the Board on financial and technical matters in order to improve the quality of decisions made in the efficient and integrated financial management of the road sector . The following is the composition of the Committee:

Administration Committee

The Administration Committee’s mandate is to effectively and efficiently oversee the administrative activities of the NRFA and to report and make recommendations to the Board. The following is the composition of the Committee:

Audit and Risk Management Committee

The Audit and Risk Management Committee was formed with the mandate to advise the Board on audit functions and foreseeable risks for effective and efficient decisions in the integrated financial management of the road sector. The following is the composition of the Committee:

ROADSIP Steering Committee

The ROADSIP Steering Committee was constituted as an inter-ministerial committee in 1998 primarily as a link between World Bank supervision missions and GRZ in the coordination of ROADSIP with the blessings of the Committee of Ministers on RMI. The ROADSIP Steering Committee comprises the Components Managers of the Road Sector and is chaired by NRFA.

Specific functions of the ROADSIP Steering Committee are as follows:

i) Acts as a technical link between Donors and GRZ – prepares ground work for ROADSIP supervision/review missions by Donors and GRZ

ii) Reviews ROADSIP projects implementation and reports to GRZ on regular basis

iii) Advises implementing Agencies on matters affecting progress in the implementation of each component (project) under the programme technically and financially and

iv) Reviews budgetary allocations to various components of the programme to facilitate efficient and timely utilization of available resources under each project.

The following is the composition of the ROADSIP Steering Committee:

Tender Committee

The Tender Committee was constituted with the main task of administering and managing internal procurements on behalf of Management. The following is the composition of the committee:

Procurement Coordination Working Group

The Procurement Coordination Working Group was set up with the purpose of resolving and procurement problems experienced by the road sector Agencies in their execution of road projects. The following is the composition of the working group:

Transport Economics Working Group

The Transport Economics Working Group was set up to resolve issues pertaining to transport economics, channeling of Fuel Levy and other road user charges to the Road Fund. The following is the composition of the committee:

Zambia is a landlocked country in Central Africa surrounded by eight neighbouring countries namely Angola, Botswana, Congo DR, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe. It has an area of 753,000sq. km and a population of about 9.8 million.

The road network play a critical role in the development of the country and the region as a whole in view of the landlocked nature.

Area: 753,000 sq Km

Population: 11.9m

Gazetted Road Network: 37,000 Km

Ungazetted Road Network: 30,000 Km

Core Road Network: 40,113 Km

Estimated Cost of Periodic Maintenance per year for the Core Road Network: US$112 per year for 10 years

ROADSIP II total investment in road sector : US$1.6 billion

Funding Sources – GRZ, Road Fund, BADEA, DANIDA, EU, IDA, IDA/ADSP, KfW, NDF and ADB

Total AWP 2009 : K1.36 trillion