Street vending must be legalisedDear Editor,ALMOST every research which has ever been carried out suggests that street vending should be legalised and factored into the developmental agenda.It made a very sad reading on Saturday, October 23, 2021 when Ms Iness Munyeme, a woman in Kitwe was arrested and charged K200 for buying five bananas worth K10 from a street vendor.This implies that only people with a lot of money to afford licences and own shops have the right to trade. It’s a world apart as we witness the rich getting richer and the poor subjected to conditions which can only make them poorer.Street vending is an entry venture for the poor who are unemployed and sometimes with little or no education.Therefore, outlawing this venture, which is ubiquitous in every developing nation across the globe, is not only abrogating the human right of the freedom to trade and compete openly but also not in tandem with […]
Street vending must be legalised
