A GLOOMY SUNDAY FOR MUNYAULE TRADERS
Our hearts go out to the traders of Lusaka’s Munyaule market, who woke up to a gloomy, and sad reality that their source of survival – stores – had been destroyed, demolished.
It is difficult to comprehend how Mr Hakainde Hichilema and his government expect our people to survive amidst austerity. They’ve denied several families a livelihood overnight.
How can a responsible and rational government demolish peoples stores at a time when the cost of living has skyrocketed to unimaginable heights, with many struggling to make ends meet?
Why is Mr Hichilema and his league so insensitive to the plight of our people? Why do they always want to view the poor majority of people in this country as nothing but a bother? When will this government ever side with the poor people of this country?
Surely, how can they be so cruel to demolish even the goods worth millions and leave the people with nothing but more poverty? So then, how are these people expected to fend for themselves and their families in these difficult times?
We need a government of the people, for the people and by the people. A government with true love and compassion for the poor masses. A government that respects, protects and values people.
The pain, misery and tears of the Munyaule traders and many others who are in this situation elsewhere will haunt Mr Hichilema.
Fred M’membe
President of the Socialist Party
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Fuledi, the taxes your Post Newspapers never paid could have used to build a better trading space for the same people you now want to pretend you care for
It’s either the ND is being decampaigned from within LCC or ND is too busy decampaigning itself!
It’s important to have a human face even as we try to correct these historical anomalies!
With the heightened cost of living, you do this?
Some of these people took CDF loans to run these businesses! What you should have done was to build these people alternative trading space, give notice for them to move their merchandise to the new trading space, then you can go ahead and clean the area.
Politics aside, this is callous to say the least!
Before you comment you should have facts, are you aware that there are vacant stands at the New Soweto market that can accommodate those marketers who’s makeshift stores have been demolished? Even if you dislike HH, it’s important to have facts before you criticize. Measures that are aimed at the greater good of the country should never be looked at with political lenses. This country will become a failed state if laws and regulations are relegated to the rubbish bins because of political expediency
Voters should just sweep out this rubbish in 2026.
He is only interested in enriching himself and his foreign white masters.
Even his dodgy graphs have not resulted in improved cost of living. The conman has nowhere to hide.
It’s the correct decision by the Lusaka City Council. They had blocked drains. Fred M’membe can continue to dream his socialist utopia.
The marketeers were supporting PF and SP. They asked for it.
M’membe knows that the issues of markets and plots are a responsibility of the City Council and not the President. We have always said that the gentleman is just a political opportunist. No one including HH delights in seeing people’s shops and property being demolished but if the marketeers encroached or illegally occupied the land, such incidences happen. Kanyaule is not the first and last market to be demolished, several markets and settlements have been demolished before like what we saw at Chingola Airport in Chingola. So let’s try to abide by the law to avoid problems at the same time we should also stop supporting illegalities for the sake of gaining political mileage. We still expect such incidences in future especially along the line of rail, some houses are almost on the line itself. Let’s just leave this issue to the Council and see how they will handle it.
Rule of law.
Fred mmembe shows that he supports illegalities by this write up. Next he will be saying our hearts go out to all those jailed for corruption, thieves, looters etc. They were merely trying to make ends meet to feed their families.
Fred Membe & indigo, its your PF who sold Munyaule market to a private individual who went to court and won the case. So you can’t blame HH! So, hatred and bitterness against HH, you will end up running mad!
The man who wants to enter state house at all costs. Human health and laws dont mean a thing. Fred Mmembe, Donald Trump, Viktor Mihály Orbán and Animal farm same whatsapp group.