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The Lusaka City Council says it removed the billboards for Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo and Finance Minister Margret Mwanakatwe in its ongoing removal billboards not in line with the local government Act Cap 281 of the laws of Zambia.
Council acting public relations manager George Sichimba says the two billboards for the ministers were brought down for lacking identity of the advertiser and being erected without planning permission from the local authority.
He says the council has since January 2018 pulled down 75 billboards around the city in an effort to restore sanity in the manner billboards are erected and displayed.
Mr Sichimba says out of the 75 billboards removed, 35 were removed for illegally and wrongly being mounted on street poles posing a danger to motorists and pedestrians.
He says 16 billboards were removed for being illegally erected at roundabouts when the council does not issue planning permission for billboards at roundabouts for safety reasons.
Meanwhile Mr Sichimba says the council has observed with disappointment that some people are placing booths in some areas without planning permission from the council.
He says this trend is common in the central business district (CBD) where people are taking advantage of space left by vendors.