COMPENSATE MUNYAULE TRADERS – FIA ZAMBIA
Lusaka, Tuesday (March 5, 2024)
Fight Inequality Alliance -FIA- Zambia says Government must compensate traders at Munyaule Market, behind City Market, following the demolition of their stores, on Sunday, 3rd March, 2024.
FIA Zambia National Coordinator, Mputa Ngalande, says the same effort made to compensate those connected to political power, must be applied on the vulnerable traders.
Mr. Ngalande said it is worrying that Government is quick to side with multinational corporations, at the expense of it’s own vulnerable people.
He said the cost of living is already harsh, stating that the action by Government on vulnerable traders, has potential to widen the inequality gap.
Mr. Ngalande adds that it is saddening that the traders were not moved to the newly built market but instead, lost their merchandise.
Lusaka City Council -LCC- Public Relations Manager, Chola Mwamba, disclosed that the demolition is a significant step towards modernising markets in the city, by partnering with a developer to construct a modern facility at Munyaule Market, adding that the traders violated the Urban and Regional Planning Act Number 3 of 2015.
Mr. Ngalande like many leaders are the reason we have lawlessness in this country.
The Statement by Gray Nkombo is very clear. The law was followed and those marketeers disregarded the notices and the law.
What did they think was coming? What did they think was the essence of the notices?
UKA tried to politise the issue. But Nkombo went further in his statement that the land was leased by PF in 2019 to a company to construct a market.
How does that company fulfill its obligations if people dont move? We speak of development and the likes of Ngalande mislead the population with half truths. Issues like Cholera can never be fully addressed when governement is pulling in one direction and the Ngalanges of the day are pulling in another.
Let Ngalande sue on behalf of the Marketeers and let the law demonstrate to Mr. Ngalande how misplaced his position is. If anything, let the marketeers take Mr. Ngalande to task if he was “egging them on” with lies about their legal position when infact he has now caused them to lose their stocks and ware. We have too many people masquarading as standing for the people while they only mislead people for their own selfishness and profit. We wallow in dirty and unhealthy state while they jeer us on. There must be some consequences that such misfits should bear, otherwise accountability is just in name only.