Tue, 27 Dec 2016 09:09:22 +0000 By ROGERS KALERO PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has contributed K250 000 towards the reconstruction of the Chisokone market shelter in Kitwe which collapsed two weeks ago leaving the marketeers to trade in the open. And Association of Vendors and Marketeers (AVEMA) President Able Chikwa has said President Lungu and his government had demonstrated that they were a caring government by treating the issue of the collapsed shelter with the urgency it deserved. Presidential Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe said the Bill of Quantity (BOQ) for the reconstruction of the shelter was K450 000 and President Lungu had decided to contribute K250,000 to the reconstruction of the collapsed Chisokone market shelter while the other K200,000 would come from the Kitwe City Council (KCC) which collects revenue from the market. Mr Sikazwe told marketeers at Chisokone market in Kitwe yesterday that President Lungu was deeply saddened at the collapse of the shelter and […]
Lungu contributes K250 000 towards Chisokone reconstruction
