UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says Zambians should be celebrating that they have a government that’s able to respond to their cries within 24 hours. Commenting on Local Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo’s decision to rescind his directive on street vending, Mweetwa said, in an interview, that the U-turn was a necessary decision under the circumstances. “The decision to rescind the ultimatum for the supposed removal of street vendors is neither popular nor unpopular. It is and remains to be a necessary decision under the circumstances. One cannot make a decision in order to attain a certain end and say ‘we are ready to bite the bullet, we have shown magnanimity to bite the bullet having implemented an unpopular...

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