Nsanje Business Community Boycotts Market Fee

Nsanje boma market business community are boycotting payment of market fees to force the district council to dredge the market’s drainage systems Nsanje boma market business community are boycotting payment of market fees to force the district council to dredge the market’s drainage systems - pic by Alfred Guta

Nsanje boma market business community are boycotting payment of market fees to force the district council to dredge the market’s drainage systems.

Samson Folopensi, their Chairperson told Zodiak Online, “shops are now prone to flooding due to siltation in the drainage systems.

“We are losing property worth huge sums of money due to the council’s failure to heed to our calls.”

He alleged “the council is infringing on our rights; the environment poses a threat to our businesses. When we demand compensation for the loss of our merchandise we face resistance yet we have families whose survival depend on such businesses.”

Folopensi, added apart from the issue of dredging the council should also provide   a storage container and connect the new market to ESCOM power, “otherwise we will continue boycotting even if it takes 10 years.”

His calls were echoed by another business person, Selina Matiki who claims the council is failing them.

“We have been lodging our complaints to the council but to no avail. We lose our merchandise when it rains because our shops get flooded. They should act now by dredging the drainage systems.

Nsanje district council Spokesperson, Robert Nayeja in response says, “The contractor will be on site this week for dredging works, we have delayed because we were following contract procedures.

He added, “we procured a storage container and It’s already within the market premises, what is remaining is to move it to the market.

On electricity demand, Nayeja said “we were tasked by the Local Government Ministry to submit quotations which we did since the market project was handled at central level.”

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