BUSINESS COALITION CONDEMNS LCC’s 300% INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX
THE Business Coalition Taskforce (BCT) has condemned the gazetted proposal by Lusaka City Council and other councils to impose a 300% increase in the Main Valuation Roll on property leaseholders. The taskforce has urged Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Gary Nkombo to intervene urgently and halt the proposed increases.
In a statement, Thursday, the BCT Committee challenged the Lusaka City Council and other local councils to demonstrate to ratepayers the tangible services provided in return for the fees already collected.
“The Business Coalition Taskforce (BCT), a non-political alliance of businesses is unequivocal in its support for a private sector led economy. BCT strongly condemns the gazetted intent by Lusaka City Council
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A couple of days ago, Lusaka mayor Chilando Chitangala had an illegal car wash closed in Olympia Park. She had earlier bern abused whdn she tried to tell the operstors of the car wash where they stood as far as the law was concerned. Her Worship the Mayor somehow failed to notice that the car wash owners had also broken the kerbstones on the edge of the road to create access for cars. I’m wondering when the mayor is going to demand compensation for the damage to public property. If she doesn’t know that public property was damaged, what is she doing in politics?
Its like they don’t umderstand the meaning of “national disaster”. Basic necessities have become unbearably expensive… Then they increase fuel… Then they increase electricity. And now this!
There is no justification for this increase. The council doesnt provide any services to residential areas or for property owners while we pay property rates. For collection of rubbish tenants of property owners have to pay private companies to collect rubbish from residential areas. In other countries people would have even stopped paying the councils when councils fail to provide basic services. So this increase should not just be condemned but it should not be effected.
If you vote for him in 2026, he will think the whole country supports this nonsense of unbearable cost of living. And he will increase prices of everything.
You will cry. Then die of hunger.
Vote wisely in 2026.