IT IS sad that after investing millions in a property, that property is then demolished because it is sitting on an illegally acquired piece of land.This is the fate which has befallen some families in Lusaka’s Kamwala and Libala area where houses built on the Nyanji commuter land will have to be demolished without compensation.Where was the Lusaka City Council when this land was being given away for development? How where the building plans approved for structures sitting on illegally acquired land. Now suddenly both the council and the Zambia Railways have woken up from slumber to claim their land after families have settled there.Most local authorities in the country are guilty of neglecting their duty of monitoring development activities in their areas. Many families have lost money through acquisition of illegal plots which most local authorities should be able to spot and stop before life savings are poured down the drain.It is doubtful that so […]
ILLEGAL STRUCTURES
