THE number of people charged and convicted with the offence of vending has increased to from 13 to 16.
Lusaka City Council Public Relations Officer Henry Kapata says three more people were convicted yesterday.
Mr. Kapata says the trio were jailed two-weeks simple imprisonment in accordance with the Local Government Act 281 of the Laws of Zambia.
Mr. Kapata said this in an in interview with ZANIS in Lusaka today.
He disclosed that this was after the trio failed to pay a K100,000 fine slapped on them.
He named the trio as Martha Muhango, 23 of Chilenje township, Alice Mpande, 24 of Kabanana compound and Steven Chikumbi, 34 of Msisi compound.
The trio were sent to jail by Lusaka Magistrate Hamaundu. He said the three convicted vendors did not under go a fast tracking court that was established at the Civic Centre.
Mr. Kapata said vending is the major source of disease outbreak because it is difficulty to follow vending as the selling of goods and services is not done at the same place.
The LCC PR appealed to members of the general public to comply with the local authority by not buying food from the vendors.
He sad it is difficult to trace and ascertain the root and cause a epidemic once it breaks-out.
He urged the vendor to obtain hawkers’ licenses at at fee of K100,000.
Mr. Kapata re-assured this time around the vending ban is very serious and it will take the test of time.
He appealed to the vendors to this a serious warning not to return to the streets as they risked being prosecuted.
Recently, a join team of LCC police Officers, State police swarm into action and confiscated goods from the vendors.
ZANIS
where do expect those people to get that money?? some of them can even make that much even thru the trading…….
Your fees are too high! Have a heart for the ordinary man in the street! Times are hard and therefore, change the fees as well!
let the law prvail. we as zambian should follow our law to bring political sanity in the country. i like to see people comply with the law. this is how we must live. the problem is with our ruling politicians who are above the law. we must bring this to an end. zambia can make it. zambia can develop that is what i believe. we are a small number of people and it is shame that we are hungry as a country