The Lusaka City Council (LCC) has warned of stern action against illegal operators of garages in the capital city.
Council Public Relations Manager, Chanda Makanta says it is unfortunate that some people were carrying out vehicle repair works at un-designated premises in contravention of the law.
She told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that the Council would not allow lawlessness to prevail in the city.
Ms. Makanta pointed out that carrying out vehicle repair works at un-designated places was not only illegal but an environmental and health hazard.
She explained that such actions left the roads greasy and oily thereby polluting the environment and poising a danger to motorists and other road users.
Ms. Makanta advised motorists to ensure that they take their vehicles to designated garages for repair to avoid facing the wrath of the law.
She further called on members of the general public to report illegal motor vehicle garages to the local authority.
Ms. Makanta said the consequences of illegal garage operations should be the concern of all residents.
She noted that the environmental and health hazards would affect all residents of the capital city.
The trend of carrying out vehicle repair works at un-designated premises is taking root in the capital city particularly along Freedom way.
I can see a lot of people out there just waiting to be the first ones to comment.
Please read the article first before posting and please stick to the topic.
How?
hmmmmmmmmm
tAKE THEM IN :d
Hope it happens.
Makanta is just making noise. when did you realise that these garages have been operating illegally? Thats cheap talk as far as am concerned. Trying to sound “hard working”? [-x
Deal with them! proper channels should be followed to avoid such problems
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1. Moderator
But the headline tells the whole story!! :o:o
anyways you are somehow right!!
[-([-([-([-( Dnt close them pliz u waste our tax payers money so let us be wth takin our cars at the illegal garages coz they r cheap.
Sometimes the council is full of empty talks! E.g afew a weeks ago, they promised to get rid of street vendors but nothing has been done up to now. Talk without action is all useless.
Chanda makanta you do too much talking and no action. You are always interviewed from your office…You should move around most of the time to check-spot. By the way what difference is there between you and Kapata in terms of Job description???
:o:o=))=))=))=))Whose the moderator?
#12 Charming
Stop that please!
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2. Ba Moze
awe bakweba ba Moderator!! :d
On a serious note
we also have illegal garage operators from Poland kuno!! They are cheap and very reliable!
Anyways try to give them Jobs kabili imwe!!
Jam@co
Its even better to just legalise some of these garages because they are creating employment which the GOVT of RB is failing to do. Now this Makanta wakes up in the morning and realises that he has not said anything to the press for one week, then starts making noise, Ala! The City of Lusaka is dirty, poor drainage system and ifyapala efyo. There is so much that needs to be done, not this noise he is making!
Illegal garages better than importing GMO maize. No jobs so what can they do.
15. Ba Moze
on on top of that !! He wants Zedians to pay more ku ma legal garages and drive their cars ku ma loopholes that RB has failed to repair?
The mixture is bitter!! These guys should do their homework first! Especially RB who is busy on tour!!
Baby C wats up,wat hav i done on #12? Why hav u run away?
Jam@co
This makandi….oh, i mean Makanta, is better off keeping quiet! Am so irritated that i will not comment anymore on this topic. Naya ku “No, my son…Fimo fimo”!!!
Charming
You obviously wanted to pick on him because of comment #1! I have not run away! am very much around. That was a polite request
Hai everyone, good news. Got a baby girl:((, what a happy mother I am.
o-+, Better than the illegal ZAMTEL deal our minister is involved in
21. Lady chiza’s legs
Didn’t know you can also make babies, congrats!
Makanta just Panganani Road and near ZRA
Contratulations to you Ladie Chiza’s Legs, whats her name?? Lady Chiza’s Legs Junior or what??
I’m tired and sick of Henry Kapata and Chanda Makanta at council, they talk and talk and talk till they talk no more without action. Cant they shut their bicks please and start working. Working or action is not about talking nonses.
these guys have realistic prices and cars don’t stay for weeks without working on them. we takw our cars to these guys because they are reliable.
the problem is actually bigger, if we dont create jobs pipo do, and wen they do dont take away their jobs tell them how they canmake their works legit.u take away their spaners they start stealing, iwe chi citi canso be careful
if they are making money,feeding their families and sending their kids to sckool then why the fuss?Are you gonna manage to do all this for them?Find better ways to sort the issue out.
what is wrong with ms makata? there bigger & better problems in Lusaka to worry about than harrass citizens who are trying to be self sustaining. no wonder you not married. Ububi!
MODERATOR l-)l-)
where , how aaaaaaah :o:o:o:o
Please provide the places where these pipo can operate legally., surely they can afford to pay the rent.
BA LADY CHIZA`S LEGS ,I REMEMBER EVEN LAST MONTH YOU GAVE US THE NEWS THAT YOU HAD DELIVERED.DIDNT KNOW HUMAN BEINGS CAN GIVE BIRTH WITHIN TWO MONTHS
I went to Freedom Way:
Ba Honey:Ms. Makanta , what are you doing here,
Ms. Makanta: ahh, i have come to have my car fixed,
Ba Honey: But this place is illegal,Ms. Makanta
Ms. Makanta: sheeeeee, you have not seen me.
I went to Freedom Way:
Ms. Makanta: sheeeeee, you have not seen me.
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They like closing and not opening! Iwe makata, you want only ERZ, AUTO World and the like to remain so that those who can’t afford to take their cars there start walking and they look at you as a success story ai? Be considerate life niyo vuta.
#21,
How many babies do you have per year?????
This baby’s name is called ‘Imikonso’
#1 Your right.
Especially this mealie meal man from german.
The government deserves credit for protecting the environment but Hard-up unemployment and vulnerable people need to survive ,the council should provide sites. :)>-**==
#33 I was wondering the same thing, she was here on lstimes they day she delivered:-?
I saw ka makata mu freedom Way,
When she saw me she leged it cos i was askin alot of questions.
Yaba mukasha yashupa.
40. Anonymous
it it natural delivery or IVF, its possible. Just look at the Lady with the 8 babies.
SO ask no questions.
They are just wasting our time.They have failed to close the illegal taverns,now its illegal this,illegal that.Its seems everything is illegal in Zed now.
Those two Makanta&Kapata just like parading thwmselves before the cameras.Tell us when you are going to fix the city roads.Cars are getting damaged because of the bad state of the roads.This is why the illegal garage owners business has boomed.Fix the roads and no business for the garage owners.As simple as that.
this makanta buffon, whats this about the enviroment.people need to put food on the table.there are bigger issues affecting the people.no wonder the calibre of our leaders is so much low.makanta ,you are in office to serve the people not yourself and your party.so, shut up and adress more urgent matters like creating jobs
The place near Hungry Lion along Freedom way has been taken over by marketers and salaula dealers. You drive there Mama Makanta to see whats happening. You will be lucky if you will manage to drive through.
#29…… Mrs Makanta is a very married lady.To an Airforce officer-Lawyer not Pilot.:-w:-w
There are illegal bus stops on almost all the routes of Lusaka,there are illegals everywhere in Lusaka. What is Mama Makanta doing??????????????????????????????????????????????????????/??
MANKATA START WITH THE GETTING RID OF STREET VENDORS IN LUSAKA CITY CENTRE THEY ARE BACK, THEY HAVE RE-APPEARED AND SOON IT WILL RESULT IN A RIOT TO REMOVE THEM, U ARE SEEING THEIR NUMBERS SWELL BUT FO*LISHLY U JUST SIT IN YOUR FANCY OFFICES DOING NOTHING. EVEN CHOLERA HAS FAILED TO MAKE YOU WORK!!! SHAME WITH YOUR EMPTY THREATS.
These illegal garage operators are a danger to man kind.
Their repairs are just ‘patch and mend’ and illegal installations to vehicles. A car moving at the mercy of ‘sunka mulamu’.
Minibuses are the worst mechanical patch and mend work pa Zedi and they ferry multitudes of people daily. No wonder there is massive road carnage pa Zedi year in year out..
Wonder when things will ever improve.
***Maybe Ms. Makanta will raise a wakeup call this time around… 8-x8-x8-x*-:)*-:)*-:)8->8->
#47,
There are worse off illegal bus stops in South Africa than what you are saying here.. Kupunda ati Short left, short right, after ROBOT!! ALA KUTI WASEKA UMWAKA WONSE! lol
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Rehabilitate and create conducive conditions for them to operate in and register every single garage so as to pay council rates, which you are losing. This will make them help cut down unemployment.
Here again comes all-talk-and-no-action Lusaka **hit Council!! Meanwhile ugly buildings keep coming up in Kamwala. What a bunch of empty heads! Where did these guys at the Council all come from? Do they ever clean their homes, or sweep their yards, or bury their rubbish where they come from??? They should just shut up! :-@:-t~X(
LCC why not legalize this business like car washers. The guys are providing a good service to us owners of salaula car ownwers who can’t afford services of Toyota, Autoworld. Just find them a right place for them carry out business just like what has happened to traders at Soweto this will allow LCC to maintaian cleanliness and generate some income.Its not logical to call informal activities illigal. There is a lot of unemployment and pipo are trying to survive. Sensitize these pipo who are enganged in motor repairs. Sometime back it happened to stone breakers and block makers and 2 day these pipo are making a living. Everything has a start. Spare them them abit but not those in town centre