Dear Editor,P R E S I D E N T – E L E C T Hakainde Hichilema stated during his inaugural press briefing to the nation after being declared winner of the August 12 general election that the political cadres will be removed from markets and bus stations. The resolve by the United Party for National Development (UPND) to flash out political cadres from the bus stations and markets is commendable and long overdue. The political cadres in the Patriotic Front regime controlled the bus stations and the markets and collected some levies which were not accounted for. Simply put, the collected revenue was being pocketed by the cadres.Last Wednesday, the Lusaka City Council (LCC) took over the running of the Intercity Bus Terminals. If this is not enough, the local authorities is now mandated to run all the bus stations and the markets across the country. The state police and the Lusaka City Council […]
REMOVAL OF POLITICAL CADRES FROM MARKETS AND BUS STATIONS WELCOME
