THE Lusaka City Council cannot claim ignorance over the developments in the controversial Forest 27 which have been in the public domain in recent years.It can therefore not just all of a sudden become super active and issue demolition notices to the so-called illegal developers.What has changed now?It is for this reason that Government’s decision to stop plans by the Lusaka City Council to demolish all structures in Forest 27 to allow for a fact finding report to be released is the most logical step to take for now.Uncertainty has gripped most former ministers, who include Michael Katambo, Chitalu Chilufya, Davies Chama, Sydney Mushanga and Edify Hamukale, who reportedly built on the land reserve after the council indicated that it would carry out demolitions.But there are more questions than answers that need to be met for the planned demolitions to win public support.We therefore support the order given by the Minister of Lands, Mr Elijah […]
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