LUSAKA Mayor-elect Chitambala Mwewa says politicians have been misled into believing that removing traders from the streets will cost them votes. Mwewa says people have largely accepted chaos, dirt, and uncoordinated efforts as normal in Lusaka. Speaking when he featured on Phoenix FM, Thursday, Mwewa said it is not possible to have a functional city with street vending. “When we say a five phase plan, it’s important to understand that it’s impractical to do it in one fell swoop. Meaning we can’t just wake up and say, you know what, moves everybody into the market. The stage we have reached now as Lusaka City, we need to have a systematic well thought out plan to relocate our people into the...

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