Fri, 20 Jan 2017 11:35:31 +0000 By ROGERS KALERO A COMBINED team of State and Kitwe City Council police yesterday swung into action and removed street vendors from the Kitwe City centre shop corridors to pave way for the local authority to clean up and carry out various rehabilitation works. The move by the local authority to remove the street vendors from the city shop corridors was praised by most Kitwe residents because it was a step towards bringing sanity in the city. The council in particular wanted to work on Matuka Avenue which had become a dump site in the middle of the city. Less than 80 youths who organized themselves and started chanting the UPND slogan of ‘‘Forward and we want change’’ were dispersed within a short time by police in riot gear. Kitwe Mayor Christopher Kang’ombe said the decision to remove street vendors from corridors was done after a series […]
