MINISTRY of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri has disclosed that some cadres have started erecting makeshift stores in undesignated places, claiming to have been sent by higher authorities. In an interview, Friday, Phiri said the trend was unacceptable, especially after the removal of street vendors. “We want to emphasise that political party cadres now are the ones that are coming to become the new street vendors. Yesterday (Thursday) we found makeshift stores that were constructed off Lubumba road on the filter lane, and those people that constructed [those stores] are alleged to be cadres of a named political party. That is not acceptable, we cannot remove people from the street only for political...