BUS operators in Ndola district on the Copperbelt yesterday fought running battles with police after they protested over the recently reduced bus fares which they said are unacceptable. And Minister of Transport and Logistics Frank Tayali assured them that he had noted some grey areas in the recommended bus fares which would be addressed. The aggrieved bus operators, had downed tools and blocked traffic at Mulungushi and Chisokone bus stations to stop any bus from leaving the stations while buses between Kitwe and Luanshya were also not loading in protest of the K7 downward adjustment on inter-mine/peri-urban routes. The bus operators said they were not happy with the reduction in bus fares of between K5 and K7, proposing a reduction...

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