ASSOCIATION of Vendors, Traders and Marketeers of Zambia (AVTMZ) president Frederick Tembo says there is need to find a lasting solution to street vending to avoid confusion among street vendors. He says it is confusing when government says street vendors should not be harassed, while maintaining its stance that street vending is illegal. Meanwhile, Mporokoso PF MP Brian Mundubile says government should consider allocating trading spaces to vendors with no designated trading places within Lusaka town centre. Commenting on Local Government Minister Gift Sialubalo’s statement that street vendors should not be harassed, in an interview, Friday, Tembo said it was very common for politicians to make statements that appease the masses when the country was nearing an election year. “It...