By KALOBWE BWALYASOME local contractors have committed suicide because of pressure from banks and other lending institutions after the UPND government decided to criminalise them and refused to pay what was contractually owed, the Zambia Association of Citizens Contractors (ZCCO) has revealed.And the local contractors are angry that the UPND government has continued demonising them by branding them criminals and thieves while refusing to pay even in instances where the contractors had met all the contractual obligations.Mr Mutale Mpepo, the ZACCO president says it is saddening that the government had decided to criminalise the country’s local contractors most of whom had, over the years served successive administrations with due diligence.At a media breifing he said some local contractors had committed suicide due to pressure from Banks and other lending institutions because government had refused to pay them which had led to the nonpayment of their wages and salaries.Mr Mpepo has appealed to the government not […]
Local contractors committing suicide
