THE Lusaka City Council (LCC) yesterday swung into action to destroy makeshift restaurant dotted in some places of Lusaka Town in an effort to maintain standard cleanliness and avert further cholera out breaks in the city.
The first team Lusaka City Council police led by their public health inspector Mercy Daka was found along Zambia Air Force road opposite Ministry of Health Headquarters.
Ms Daka said that kind of exercise meant to ensure that people could be not eat wrongly prepared goods.
“The food stuffs being prepared on the makeshift restaurants lack proper hygiene and have the potential to contribute to the outbreaks of cholera disease among the people eating them,” she said.
Ms Daka said the action of the council was supported with act which ensures safety of every citizen by not subjected to unhygienic food stuffs.
Ms Daka cited Cap 295 of the laws of Zambia, adding that the trend will continue and spread to all parts of Lusaka.
“Our action of swinging into action to destroy all restaurant makeshift
is in order. It is being supported with government Act, Cap 295 of the laws of Zambia,” she said.
Lusaka has continued recoding cholera cases the move that prompted the line ministries to come up with solutions avoiding further outbreaks of the disease in the city.
Why are you avoiding town centre, freedom way and Lumumba road. These are the habitats of cholera.
Please LT know your geography. There is no such road as “Zambia Airforce Road” in Lusaka. The portion of the road from the Longacres roundabout to the entrance of the Airforce HQ is part of Haile Selassie Avenue, which stretches from the High Court.
@tatwe I was asking myself the same question. The high risk areas have already been identified so why not operate where the real problems are?
Good move. But what are you doing about Kulima Tower Bus station?
You start to implement the bylaws after lives are lost. Iam just thinking that if there was no cholera you would not have done this. Why do you wait when peoples lives are lost? Do your job.
Get rid of all the illegal vendors in Lusaka and let’s bring sanity to the capital PF you will get the votes even if you remove them they have become a thorn in the flesh
Even the most advance cities in the world have street vendors. The problem that is being created here is by just destroying those stalls, livelihoods are being destroyed. A better solution is the LCC to take account of these vendors by first registering them, identifying spots suitable for trading, set standards like hygiene with the involvement of ZEMA, the type of stall/structure (ZABS can equally help here!) and charge these vendors a suitable levy for trading and waste management. Look how neat and user friendly the ZOONA stall is. Fits well in any environment.
And an enterprising entity can come up with a design for mass production.
Ukulanda Kwalianguka, in your mind’s eye, you think all what you have suggested is possible within a year or two? Firstly, Kapata said there is no more land in Lusaka, so I wonder what Zema would be doing around the CBD. Fact is, vending is allowed in other cities but in Lusaka its too much!
LCC and GRZ, you’re just cowards targeting soft targets (makeshift eating places opposite Ministry of Health. LOL ). Grow some guts and put your so-called political popularity among vendors on the line by doing the same in town, that is around kulima tower, along lumumba road etc….Going to such places would be a mark of seriousness on your part; and not this cosmetic clean up you’re trying to blindfold us with!
Indeed, it’s like guarding the stables whilst the Horses have bolted….
What of the stalls popularly known as matebeto?
Everything in Zambia is done with the thought of, “what is in it for me.” They are scared of tackling the numerous savage restaurants around Lima Tower, Freedom way, Comesa, fly over bridge, Munyaule, Soweto and Mumbwa road because of political expediency. In short, their political seats are more important than human life.
Promise them court action should they return!!
The bad consiqunces of filth are higher than the political cost.
There is no way in the world that you can invite all the fillth from compunds into the CBD
In the name of the poor!!
God is efficient or clean, therefore if we allow ourselves to live in filth them we can not advocate christianity
or cliam to be a so called Christian Nation!!
All Parties MMD & PF have cheated the residents of Lusaka by allowing street vendors who they use in time of campaign. It a shame to Zambians because of backwards behavior
There is one right by nkwazi and chacha road