By ADRIAN MWANZAGOVERNMENT has halted plans by the Lusaka City Council to demolish all structures in Forest 27, to allow for a fact finding report to be released.Lands Minister Elijah Muchima said yesterday, “We are not going to demolish any structure before the report that will inform us what exactly happened is released.”Mr Muchima said that government would decide the course of action to take on people who had built in the forest reserve after the reviewing the report.Uncertainty has gripped most former ministers, who include Michael Katambo, Chitalu Chilufya, Davies Chama, Sydney Mushanga and Edify Hamukale, who reportedly built on the land reserve after Lusaka City Council indicated that it would carry out demolitionsFormer Chiefs and Traditional Affairs minister Lawrence Sichalwe who is one of the victims said he was distraught by the revelation because that was where his life’s investments were channelled to build his retirement house.But Mr Muchima said that people needed […]
FOREST 27: MINISTER HALTS DEMOLITION
