It while take time, but while the many pitfalls of public transport ensnare him, we asked Zabaneh if this difficult undertaking was all about a childhood dream - as some in the opposition have suggested:
Dr. Louis Zabaneh, Minister of Transport
"I never even thought I would be in the transportation business. I, no, okay, I had the experience when I was growing up with my dad in Z-Line, and that's something that the Prime Minister saw that I could bring to the table. And with our team, with CEO Williams and everybody having varied skill sets, we've been able to bring everything together. So it's been a team effort that has gotten us here, strong support from the cabinet. In this very room, we also met with opposition members of the House and the Senate to explain this whole thing to them, right? So my training is in economics and in education. Those are my areas of passion. I am applying as best as I can my training to this case, right? Whatever it is, I have said that I am here to serve. Remember, we come in as area representatives to serve our members of our constituencies. So that's my primary focus, has always been, if you go to Dangriga, you will see a tremendous amount of work happening. What Prime Minister asked us to do as ministers, well, we do our very best. If there were a, whatever you want to call it, a machete chopping ministry, and he had asked me to do, I would have done the best that I could at chopping with a machete. By the way, when I grew up, I used to chop with machete. So if there was a ministry like that, then people would have said, see your dream number for chop with machete. And I would have said, well, fine, see, you could say whatever it is, I'm going to do the best job that I can."
