MINISTRY of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri has warned vendors who have continued to illegally trade on the streets that they will prosecuted. Some vendors have been spotted in the evenings selling their merchandise in undesignated spaces in the Central Business District. But in an interview, Thursday, Phiri insisted that there were enough trading spaces which the vendors could make use of. “We know that there are a few of them that try to sneak into the streets whenever they see that the council police are not there and continue the vending. About six days ago we were in town where we went and removed temporary shelters that they had erected on Lumumba...

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