Scores of Zimbos have registered their displeasure about the cost of the Zimbabwean Dry Port In Namibia. The project started in 2014 and was completed this month. The president went there to officially open the Dry Port yesterday. The cost of the Dry Port was said to be $3.5 million.
Here are some before and after pictures of the Dry Port
It is still not clear if that building is the only structure built by Zimbabwe as part of the Dry Port. No other picture of any other structure has surfaced so far. We will update this article if we get more information.
The Dry Port was constructed for $3.5 million according to officials. Here is how Zimbos reacted to the cost of erecting the Dry Port.
Mnangagwa opens dry port in Namibia, but is this building really worth US$3.5m?https://t.co/4alxq4lPPD
— ZimLive (@zimlive) July 27, 2019
Again I do not want to be the bearer of bad news. This thing took 4 years to complete at a cost of US$3.5 million. Akomana this kind of thievery is out of this world! pic.twitter.com/zcZL4QFQ6X
— Freeman (@freemanchari) July 26, 2019
Those who friend zone & peer ED to globe track ,behind doors aggressively plans for their future Stability and drive to growth,ED recently opened Dry Port perceived to be worth $3,5 million which by any standard can’t go replicate 10\1 of the said cost https://t.co/twYLTx6pIv
— T Mutungwe (@Tm09910408) July 27, 2019
USD3,4mil wasn’t just the cost of the building!!
A Dry Port isn’t just a building.
There is Services Infrastructure which incl. sewer, water, electricity and roads which had to be pulled from mainlines as this was virgin land. pic.twitter.com/j5pNklLjtx
— Zanu PF Namibia (@ZanuPFNamibia) July 27, 2019
Zimbabwe Took Ten Years And US$3․5 To Build The Namibian Dry Port․ https://t.co/bhqYs43wEQ
— EIN Intl Trade (@EINIntlTrade) July 27, 2019
Botswana built a state of the art dry port in the same area for US$5.3m which is double the size of Zimbabwe’s at 36 200 sq meters. Botswana removed all the top soil and brought foreign soil for stability! Used precast walls as well. All that to say NO it’s not worth US$3.5m! https://t.co/EGByCQ2CV8
— Prof Changamire (@1changamire) July 27, 2019
Only a dry head can spend so much on such a mediocre structure & call it a dry port. https://t.co/QPyBo2vJve
— Kuda Sig~Nature (@Kuda_Wes_Sig) July 27, 2019
To those who are keen to learn and read not this cheap propaganda you fake people are spreading. @known_unknown02 https://t.co/e8oKruIDTK
— Kudzai Henry (@onerie) July 27, 2019
There are those whose central job is to mainly defend & explain things on behalf the regime, can they tell us how this dry port building cost Zimbabwe US$3.5Million to build? The land on which it was built on was donated by the Namibian Government, so it is not part of the $3.5. pic.twitter.com/eyKyjoCQr1
— Hopewell Chin’ono (@daddyhope) July 27, 2019
Zimbabwe Took Ten Years And US$3.5 To Build The Namibian Dry Port. https://t.co/NHezGlR4Om via @ZimEye pic.twitter.com/bv6ZkqKiHE
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) July 27, 2019