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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Leader of the opposition Socialist Party (SP) Dr Fred M\u2019membe has slammed the UPND government for demolishing Munyaule market in the manner they did. Addressing the media at the Lusaka Magistrate\u2019s Court premises this morning, Dr M\u2019membe said good leaders should be able to feel the stress of their fellow citizens.<\/p>\n

Earlier on, the SP president appeared before Magistrate Kawana Mwanfuli in a matter he is charged with Espionage contrary to Section 3 of the State Securities Act, Chapter 111 of the Laws of Zambia.<\/p>\n

The matter has however been adjourned to 26th March, 2024, for mention as the State was not ready to proceed. Meanwhile, Dr M\u2019membe said leaders cannot deprive citizens of the source of livelihood without a replacement or an alternative given to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no alternative given to them, those marketeers lost money. They had assets there, they had investments there, they had capital there, it was destroyed, they don\u2019t have another source of income, and they are over 1,000 of them under these very harsh conditions as you have stated yourself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is heartless. These are people who don\u2019t care about other people, they just care about themselves. If they did care they wouldn\u2019t have approached the issue in that way.\u201d And Dr M\u2019membe said there are many ways to deal with issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to relocate people, first relocate them and then come and demolish. Relocate people, give them an alternative source of income, then destroy the old structures, that would be understandable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut to wake up and your whole life comes to a standstill, tefyo bateke chalo, tefyo basunga abantu. Justice with compassion is barbarism and what we saw there is insensitivity of the highest order. You cannot be so insensitive to the plight of the poor.\u201d The SP president said leaders ought to consider the effects of their actions and decisions on the vulnerable citizens wallowing in abject poverty.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlways, we should ask ourselves how the decisions and the actions that we are undertaking going to affect the poor, the most vulnerable, the weakest of our society? Marketeers are not rich people, marketeers are not people with so many alternatives, it is not one of the most enjoyable preoccupations, it is something that a person does simply because they don\u2019t have anything else to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo leave them in such a vulnerable position is barbarism. You ought to do it for them with them. And if it was done with them for them, they wouldn\u2019t have done it the way they have done.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Leader of the opposition Socialist Party (SP) Dr Fred M\u2019membe has slammed the UPND government for demolishing Munyaule market in the manner they did. Addressing the media at the Lusaka Magistrate\u2019s Court premises this morning, Dr M\u2019membe said good leaders should be able to feel the stress of their fellow citizens. 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