Africa-Press – Zambia. Zambia will host the 41st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 4th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union from 14th to 17th July 2022.
In anticipation of the thousands of guests that will descend on the City, Zambian authorities have gone on rampage destroying tuntembas and doing last minute clean up of the City.
Please note that the Africa Union is about Africans and dedicated to the lifting of the ordinary lives of peasants, small-holder farmers, small and medium enterprises.
Infact most of Africa’s big businesses and multinationals that leaders clamour to impress and give tax and other incentives, are owned by foreigners from Europe, Asia and the USA while our people face constant harassment, eviction and confiscation of their goods!
Big businesses are easily given land, water, electricity and security in economic zones while the Police run battles with traders, vendors and marketeers!
If the Africa Union is about an ordinary African, why is it that Zambian authorities appear ashamed of its micro and small businesses as shown by the haste wanton destruction and demolishing of their stands and booths!
Who do we wish to impress? This is a meeting of Africans who understand the struggle of an ordinary African, and is not a meeting of multi-nationals or Europeans.
Those booths authorities are destroying, in the name of making the City look clean, were purchased at great cost and mean livelihoods. I have been to many African countries and those booths and street market stands are common-place and are part of an accepted struggle and thriving economy.
The chaos and dirt of the Lusaka City cannot be resolved in the next few days as this requires a consolidated plan and investment. Therefore to make micro and small businesses suffer the temerity of the chaos of many years is unacceptable. Where is the Minister of Small Businesses to speak for his members?
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