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Marketeers at Kamanda market in Kabwe’s Makululu Compound have bemoaned the impact of the continued fall of the Kwacha on their business which is the source of their livelihoods.
This has been compounded by shortage of water in the area as a result of the load shedding the country experiencing, as the Lukanga Water and Sewerage Company water kiosks they rely on for water can only operate when there is electricity.
The marketeers lamented to a group of Journalists who were visiting Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) project sites in Kabwe that their business has been badly affected by the depreciation of the Kwacha such that it has become difficult to fend for their families.
One of the marketeers Regina Mwila says she is finding it difficult to fend for her family because of the effect of the Kwacha’s depreciation on her business.
Ms Mwila has since appealed to the government to find ways of stabilizing the Kwacha.
And Grace Mwansa says farmers were they order their produce have also increased their prices making it difficult for her to sustain her business.
Another marketeer Mary Banda says the increase in the prices as a result of the depreciation of the Kwacha is making it difficult for her to order products.
And PF Makululu Ward Secretary Geoffrey Mukosha says the problem of water is the biggest challenge facing the people in Makululu.
He says people are being made to walk long distances to fetch water.
Mr Mukosha says the water shortage situation in the area has been compounded by the failure by Lukanga Water and Sewerage Company Kiosk Vendors to follow laid down guidelines.
He explains that some Kiosk Vendors are opening the water kiosks at 08:00 hours instead of 06:00 hours knowing too well that the kiosks are dependent on electricity and there is load shedding.