Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:17:16 +0000 LUSAKA Liquor Traders Association has welcomed the directive by Government to Lusaka City Council to arrest anyone found selling alcohol illegally in the central business district. Association director David Nseluka said the decision will ensure sanity and responsibility in the way that people consumed alcohol and said the association has tried for a long time to stop the vice but was unsuccessfully because it was not in a position to enforce the egulation. Mr Nseluka said members of the association followed the laid down regulations on the sale, distribution and consumption of alcohol, adding that the people selling alcohol illegally on the street were not their members. Lusaka City Council early this year warned vendors to stop the illegal sale of liquor in public places or face arrest. LCC public relations manager Habeenzu Mulunda said the local authority together with the police had put up measures to monitor and […]
