MINISTER of Local Government and Rural Development Gift Sialubalo has disclosed that Lusaka City Council has over 14,000 trading spaces in 34 markets, but only 405 have so far been allocated to traders. Sialubalo says Lusaka has approximately 8,000 registered street vendors who can be accommodated in the available market spaces. He has since urged councils to sensitise traders about the available market spaces and ensure that enforcement officers treat them with dignity. Giving a ministerial statement in Parliament, Tuesday, Sialubalo said the Lusaka City Council had introduced regular patrols to stop street vendors from returning to the streets following the launch of Operation Clear Path on October 2, 2026. “Lusaka, as the capital city and the country’s principal commercial...