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Chinsali Gives Vendors One-week Ultimatum to Move to Markets
Roadside vendors in Chinsali District have been given a one-week ultimatum to...
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By White Luhanga
Roadside vendors in Chinsali District have been given a one-week ultimatum to move into designated market shelters.
Muchinga Province Permanent Secretary Dr. TUESDAY BWALYA says government is determined to ensure that all trading activities take place in designated markets to promote safety and orderliness.
Dr. BWALYA said this during an inspection of Chinsali Main and Old Markets,.
He was accompanied by Chinsali Town Clerk ZAKEYO MBAO and Acting Chinsali District Commissioner BRENDA SILWEMBE.
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The PS warns that government will not relent in its efforts to move vendors from roadsides into established markets.
Meanwhile, Chinsali Town Clerk ZAKEYO MBAO says the council has put in place the necessary logistics to facilitate the relocation of vendors into designated markets.
Mr. MBAO says the local authority is ready to implement the directive as part of efforts to replicate the market reorganization and clean-up exercise being undertaken in Lusaka.
This is according to a statement made available to ZNBC News by Muchinga Province Principal Public Relations Officer RUTH MUMBA.
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