Mon, 19 Feb 2018 10:40:41 +0000 By SIMON MUNTEMBA A WHISTLEBLOWER has exposed a scam linked to Kazungula district council in which over 500 marketeers, whose licensed structures were demolished, have been swindled out of K200 each. According to one of the victims who sought anonymity, the local authority, through the market chairperson, asked over 500 marketeers in Kazungula district to pay K200 non-refundable fee each to be reallocated their usual trading spaces where the structures were demolished but later gave the trading spaces to other people. A source narrated that council officials, in collaboration with some unscrupulous people from the market, took advantage of the demolition exercise to siphon money from unsuspecting marketeers. The source accused the officials of having deliberately demolished the licensed structures with the aim of de-campaigning the PF government. “They demolished our stands in the market which were licensed by the council and later asked us to pay K200 non-refundable […]
