The Lusaka City council (LCC) has warned the MMD branch officials operating from Cha Cha Cha market to desist from collecting toilet fees on behalf of the local authority.
LCC Public Relations Officer, Henry Kapata told ZANIS in an interview that councils are the only institutions authorised to collect market levies and toilet fees in markets across the country.
He was responding to reports that the MMD branch officials in the market have taken over the running and collection of toilet fees at the Market alleging that LCC has failed to maintain sanity at the toilets despite collecting money.
Mr Kapata noted that the MMD branch officials should have first reported their grievances to the Market Manager who would have sought an audience with the LCC officials to resolve the matter.
“We appreciate the efforts by the MMD to clean the toilets but it is illegal for them to collect fees on behalf of the council because we haven’t given them consent” Mr Kapata said.
He said the branch officials should stop the exercise immediately as they are violating the law.
Mr Kapata said the council has since called for a meeting with market officials to see how best they can resolve the matter.
Meanwhile the LCC will in December this year start dragging illegal car washer dealers to court.
Mr Kapata noted that despite the council confiscating equipment from the dealers, they have continuously violated the law hence the council’s decision to start taking them to court.
He noted the mushrooming of illegal car washers have been a great source of concern to the council as they have brought about unnecessary filth to the city.
Mr Kapata said that people who are planning to set up car washes should first consult the planning department of the council so that they are advised accordingly.
“You just can’t come from no where and set up a car wash. There so many things one has to consider like the drainage system etc,” Mr Kapata said.
He said that the council has the responsibility to ensure that it maintains sanity in the city.
LT nice try at attempting to detract us from the Nchanga loss and Musosha saga!
By the way has zamnet and other Zambian media been affected by the Pakistani state of emergency? What’s happening?
It was sad to see Musosha floating like a butterfly and throw sucker punches to a paper weight fellow Zedian in Chingola? Yes, Musosha must be fired for demonstrating how to bite a finger that casted a votes.
(Chilatondwa basibbuku kutalika uyingwazamula mu-chest buli Tyson pamusakwa utasi ngusu). Ala ba Musosha balibika shuffle noku dancer kwati ni Ali or Charm Shuffle Chiteule pakuposa inkapila ne citutu pali paper wgt zedian.Musosha naiwe job yapwa kwati ni Mumbwa Mumbwa or Chimumbwa.
Sad to learn that the Movement for Mad Dogs have resorted to this illegal act of collecting money on behalf of the council at the market this simply shows how Nichekeleko is gone deep at plot # 1. I don’t blame them they are seeing their boss getting alot of nichekeleko from the chinese so to them its not illegal its okey, You will see nothing the law will not take its course but if it was PF doing it even the post would have made a head line and Shikapwasha issuing arrest warants.
Ba Joze, Musosha is not fit to be a minister, i personally feel he can do much better as a boxer and zambia will have undisputable heavy weight champion of all times am telling you, those punches he was flowing at a poor underweight zedian, another one i think can make a good boxer is mpombo, his face is like someone who wants to fight all the time.I tell you these two can make us proud in boxing
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I gree with you,Musosha should take up the role of the late Ngundunzani Lottie Mwale in boxing.The act was sad but somehow I was impressed by his shuffles and swift foot work he showed.He hammered inkapila the fellow paper wgt Zedian while looking somewhere with a good foot work shuffle I only remember seeing during the time of Charm “Shuffle” Chiteule.We have have received another unconfirmed report that divorce is looming at plot 1.I will furnish you latest..