Sun, 22 Jan 2017 12:16:23 +0000 BY OSCAR MALIPENGA LANDS minister Jean Kapata has vowed to have all the illegal Mukula and Timber traders across country arrested and prosecuted following a directive by President Edgar Lungu. On Friday, President Lungu ordered that traders involved in illegal extraction of timber and other forestry-related activities must all be arrested. President Lungu said he was aware that there was a lot of illegal harvesting of timber across the country, resulting in reduced forest cover. The Head of State revealed that he was saddened by the fact that between 2000 and 2014 Zambia lost an average of 276,021 hectares of forest per year. Reacting to President Lungu’s directive, Ms Jean Kapata who is Mandevu Patriotic Front (PF) member of Parliament and Central Committee chairperson for elections, vowed to have all the illegal Mukula and Timber traders arrested and prosecuted as soon as possible. “President Lungu has empowered me […]
