{"id":24296,"date":"2020-06-14T20:30:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T18:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=24296"},"modified":"2020-06-14T20:30:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T18:30:09","slug":"zanu-pf-benefactor-offers-govt-lucrative-zupco-buses-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-benefactor-offers-govt-lucrative-zupco-buses-deal","title":{"rendered":"ZANU PF Benefactor Offers Govt \u2018Lucrative\u2019 ZUPCO Buses Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kuda Tagwirei\u2019s Landela Investments (Pvt) Limited has reportedly offered to sell buses to the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) for far much less than what the government has been quoted by other suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>According to ZBC News Online, the government has a lease agreement with Landela and stands to benefit immensely by completing the bus purchase agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The publication says its investigations revealed that local dealers are US$70 000, US$73 000, and US$144 000 more expensive than the US$213 000 Landela price for each bus to government.<\/p>\n<p><em>ZBC News<\/em>\u00a0says its sources have revealed that Landela has proposed to sell its 162 buses leased at CMED at a total of ZW$863 million at the interbank rate, pegged at 25.<\/p>\n<p>This will save the government more than ZW$ 1.5 million going by the prevailing differences.\u00a0<em>ZBC<\/em>\u00a0quotes its source as saying:<\/p>\n<div class=\"s8Hy9Rv1\">\n<div class=\"ad-links-inside\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuda Tagwirei\u2019s Landela Investments (Pvt) Limited has reportedly offered to sell buses to the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) for far much less than what the government has been quoted by other suppliers. 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