The Lusaka City Council (LCC) has suspended Lusaka Mayor Stephen Chilatu as ward councilor for six months following his earlier suspension as Lusaka mayor by a full council meeting.
The suspension follows findings by the councilors committee that have revealed a number of irregularities in the manner Mr. Chilatu had earlier obtained a house in Ibex Hill Lusaka and the use of his official vehicle
The suspension was announced yesterday during a Lusaka Council District Development Committee meeting.
LCC public relations manager Chanda Makanta told ZANIS in Lusaka today that the suspension of Mr. Chilatu as a ward councilor entails that he will not perform his mayoral duties with effect from the date of suspension.
Mrs. Makanta added that the councilors will decide the Mayors fate after he has saved his suspension for six months.
And the LCC has given illegal car washing service providers up to Tuesday next week to stop their activity or risk being arrested and their equipment confiscated.
Mrs. Makanta said the council was concerned about the mushrooming of illegal car washing businesses which do not pay the necessary levies to the council and lacked other requirements such as proper drainage systems.
Mrs. Makanta has however attributed the increase in the car cleaning service providers to the increase in the number of vehicles in the city.
She said LCC will only allow registered cleaners with the registrar of companies to operate in order to cerate sanity in the city and collect the much needed revenue from the service providers.
Mrs. Makanta said those found wanting will also be charged with a fine of 450, 000 kwacha.
Meanwhile the LCC public relations manager has described as unfortunate the sweeping of dirt from the roads into the drainage system by performance contractors that are contracted to sweep roads in the city.
She however revealed that the LCC has since reprimanded some contractors to ensure they sensitize their workers.
And Mrs. Makanta has disclosed that construction works on the three modern markets in the city are expected to be completed by next month before the official hand over by the European Union who funded the project.
She attributed the delay in completing the construction works on Soweto, Chilenje and Chelston market to the current cement shortages and heavy rains that the country recently experienced.
Chilatu has been suspended because he withdrew from NCC.
The chap Chilatu is dull and more than dull!In the first place,where is this chap a ward councillor? i shall comment when I know!
BUt Mu Zambia muli bad!!!!!!!
anything, suspend, but really issues you burry, wat govt is thi snow?? i keep wonedring
Teach you a lesson you never forget. Chilatu you leap what you sow! You thought you will your clever when you withdrew from NCC!
Pole sana Chilatu! But remain faithful to your God. Zilacitika.
Chilatu was suspended as Mayor because he allocated himself a council flat in ibex without following lead down procedures, further the chap appointed someone to take his place on NCC without council authority.
I have been following Chilatu’s misconduct, a PF Mayor. Imagine few months in office, he has already started illegalities. Any way ladies and gentlemen what do you expect when his party president Sata has even done worse things; the passport scandal, intensitions to cheat the Taiwanian by demanding more money for his air ticket when his trip was actually fully paid for by the sponsors, funeral money etc. Yet these are the same guys who want to rule zed. It really pains me a lot.
Mbo #7 you have a point, let those with ears to hear and those with eyes to see, it’s only god who knows the future of our poor zambia.
What more if the PF had won the elections ?Things could have been worser.
#4 Anonymous your english is terribly painful to my eyes. If that’s the way you speak, then stick to venacular.
#2 ka Sara and #7 mbo, nishani imiponto! I know Chilatu better than you will ever know him and none of what you’re saying is true!
#10, please learn to read the story before you comment. I feel Mbo and KaSara are basing their comment on the topic of discussion and not on how much they know Chitatu.
I agree with Mbo that chitatu engaged himself in some illegalities, hence the dismissal. I also agree with #9 that if PF won, the little resources we are endored with could have already been looted. Just look at Sata and his disciples, they look thirst for our resouces. Please lets not give them any chance to rule
Now i see why Sata has changed his stance on mineral taxes. He must have been paid by the mine owners because no sensible person can say what sata said.
The guy can easily be bought over money. Ask the Taiwanians they will give you more details. I dont hate sata, but i believe he can ruin zambia if given a chance. He can be worse than Chiluba and Mugabe.
We need more intelligent and educated Zambians to return and help in the leadership crisis that is there. We have a number of uneducated individuals occupying a number of influential positions particularly in government.
Prolifiration of illegal car washes is a resultant effect of the high unemployment situation that is there. Furthermore, it is compounded by the bureacracy and corruption at LCC. It is hard for a nobody to walk to LCC and collect his license legally. Somebody will need ku cheka. LCC is a disfunctional institution that needs a serious overhaul. Car washes are part of the informal economy and they are putting food on the table for people instead of them stealling for a living
Prof Mutengo and Mc think like Chilatu.get back to class and don’t be sexists.
If Sata were by any mistake to land the Zambian presidence, his cabinet will include thieves of all types like the Chitalus of this world. That will make the economy and inflation of Zimbabwe look like Chicken feed. Sata will literally bring Katanga to Zambia. These chaps are stinking thieves kwena eeeh Levy was right!