MARK O’Donnell says the business community is opposing Lusaka City Council’s 300 per cent property rate increase because there is a gap in the council’s service delivery. O’Donnell, a committee member of the Business Coalition Task Force (BCT), says the increase in property rates is also disadvantaging small businesses, especially those operating from compounds. The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development recently proposed a 300 per cent increment on property rates, a move that has not been well received by the business community, which expressed concern over the arbitrary increases in council fees and rates by municipalities. In an interview, Wednesday, O’Donnell lamented that LCC had not invited the concerned stakeholders to discuss the proposed hike, but wanted to...