MINISTRY of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary Nicholas Phiri says government will use force to remove those trading in undesignated places in Lusaka’s Central Business District. On Monday, Acting Health Minister Douglas Siakalima indicated that government had engaged WHO and other stakeholders to mobilise an additional 197,000 cholera vaccines for Nakonde. But commenting on that in an interview, Tuesday, Phiri said looking at the cholera situation in Nakonde, the ministry was left with no option in Lusaka but to use force in order to remove especially those trading on top of drainages. He said government could not sacrifice the greater good of the country because of a few people who were not cooperating. “The citizens have a key...

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