LUSAMBO BANS ‘SLEEPING’ AT INTERCITY

person should spend nights at Intercity bus terminus because it is not a hotel, Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has warned.

Mr Lusambo said he had been receiving people at the office asking for help after being robbed after spent many days there.

Mr Lusambo said the situation has also contributed to high cases of theft and insecurity, therefore the need to bring sanity at the station.

Speaking when he conducted spot checks at Intercity bus terminus and Kulima tower bus station yesterday, Mr Lusambo warned that he would not allow people spending nights at the terminus to continue.

Mr Lusambo said there was need to beef up security at the station as people were being terrorised and their goods stolen which should not be case.

He said the terminus needed to be cleaned up by stamping out people with criminal minds to ensure it was safe for travelers. Mr Lusambo said only people with bus tickets and those doing business would be allowed in the station during the night.

“Only people with tickets and those doing business will be allowed and no person would be allowed to spend nights as it was not a hotel, but a bus station," said Mr Lusambo. Later, Mr Lusambo visited a family whose house was gutted on Friday in Kabwata area and pledged to pay rentals for six months once they find a house as it would be expensive sleeping at the lodge.

Meanwhile Lusaka Deputy Mayor Chilando Chitangala said the Lusaka City Council (LCC) was aware of the happenings at the terminus and the local authority would ensure sanity prevailed at the station.