Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:33:58 +0000 THE empowerment of marketeers and vendors under the Presidential Empowerment Initiative Fund (PEIF) resumed its activities in Kitwe yesterday when it gave more than 20 marketeers at Chamboli market K500 each. The marketeers, most of whom sell okra, dry maize, groundnuts, vegetables, chikanda, wild fruits and others normally use capital of less than K150. But yesterday, the more than 20 marketeers breathed a sigh of relief when they received a shot in the arm after the PEIF gave them K500 each to boost their businesses. Patron of marketeers and vendors Chanda Kabwe said the PEIF had continued to empower marketeers even after the August 11 elections because it was non-political and would continue to help old and vulnerable marketeers to boost their businesses. Mr Kabwe, who is Kitwe district commissioner, said the PEIF was an initiative of President Edgar Lungu who wanted to see that marketeers, especially those […]
