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Painting of shops start next week

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The exercise of painting shops in Lusaka’s trading areas starts next week.

Lusaka City Council (LCC) spokesperson Henry Kapata says the painting exercise will commence despite the delay by the business community to come up with the uniform colour.

Mr Kapata urged the shop owners in the city center and Kamwala trading and other business centres to organize themselves in readiness for exercise.

He further said the uniform colour is not a problem but shops are to be painted with effect from next week.

Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka yesterday Mr Kapata further said that the three car washes along Burma Road were given permit by the council to construct temporary structures.

However, Mr Kapata said the car washes along Chilimbulu road operate illegally.

Mr Kapata said the area along the roads is meant for road expansion and not construction of permanent structures like car washes.

And Mr Kapata further said that the council will next week carry out inspection of fire equipment in the city center starting with the Kamwala shopping mail.

He added that each shop owner should have their own fire equipment and not borrowing.

Mr Kapata said that the shop owners should be sincere with their dealings as they are the ones who suffer loss in terms of fire accidents.

He observed that people think the council is corrupt, adding that shop owners borrow fire equipment so as to be issued with fire certificates.

16 COMMENTS

  1. stupidity is when a country cannot afford to feed itself or put food in the shops which are affordable BUT they can afford to buy paint and paint all the shops in uniformity.

  2. stupiditTy is when a country cannot afford to feed itself or put food in the shops which are affordable BUT they can afford to buy paint and paint all the shops in uniformity.

  3. DULLNESS is when a country cannot afford to feed itself or put food in the shops which are affordable BUT they can afford to buy paint and paint all the shops in uniformity.

  4. Maybe the shops will be painted in what was previously known as “Luo” blue but has now come to be fondly called “MMD” blue. What difference? Same paint

  5. OK, let them go ahead and paint…and don’t forget to paint inside aswell. I also hope they use red to match with the red soil of Chilenje, Libala and Kabulonga areas.

  6. i know that this guy seems radical but i am beginning to like him. town looked much presentable early this week, how i wish it continued in the same spirit. but one thing though, they should fine a lasting solution to the traders ans not just throw them out as though we were in some of dictatorship olo chani uko ….

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