Mon, 12 Feb 2018 09:35:10 +0000 By JOHN KOMBE Charcoal traders in Chongwe have cried foul at the way the council has treated them. They have been relocated to a new trading area, but most of them feel the place was too far from the central business district. One trader told the Daily Nation that, charcoal had nothing to do with cholera and as such the move by the council was unfair. “We have been asked to move to a place very far from the central businesses district, this is unfair. Our business is not a food business and cannot cause cholera to escalate. Today, the council even came and confiscated our merchandise. How are we going to survive with such intimidation and ill-treatment?” he asked. Meanwhile, area councilor, Mr Juvemalis Mulimbika has advised all marketeers and vendors to adhere to the directive as it was meant to safeguard the lives of the general […]
