The traders claimed that members of Buseko Timber and Glass Cooperative had sold the market to a Lebanese who wanted to evict them from the property. A check by the Daily Nation found the traders in five Mitsubishi Canter trucks heading to the council demanding an audience with the local authority over what they termed as illegal sale of the market. The marketeers sang songs of solidarity and said they wanted justice because a few cadres disguised as cooperative owners wanted to ruin the lives of thousands of families. A trader, Mr Jackson Chola, said that the vigilant traders at the market last week thwarted an attempt by the Lebanese and cooperative officials to create a demarcation on the market. Mr Chola said that they were offered alternative land in Mumbwa but that they were reluctant to go there because it was too far and most of them could not manage to commute every day.He said […]
BUSEKO TRADERS PROTEST OVER ‘SALE’ OF MARKET
