COPPERBELT Province Minister Elisha Matambo yesterday confronted some traffic police officers who mounted a roadblock around 07:00 hours, thereby slowing the flow of traffic. The minister was on his way to officiate at the handover ceremony of a classroom and ablution block at Kamirenda Primary School, built by the FNB Foundation in Luanshya District. A visibly angry Matambo questioned one of the traffic police officers, demanding to know why they were mounting a roadblock while people were traveling to work. Matambo said the police officers were trying to make government unpopular because people were being inconvenienced. He said the traffic police officers should only mount roadblocks after 10:00 hours, when people had reported for work and there was less traffic....

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