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No booths restored on Simon Mwewa Lane, CBD

According to the Lusaka City Council mobile money booths have not resurfaced in the CBD.

Verified Jul, 30 2022

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United Party for National Development cadres have been
accused of restoring money mobile booths on Simon Mwewa Lane and Lumumba Roads in Lusaka.
Simon Mwewa, a social media vlogger claimed in his live stream video on July 18, 2022, that UPND cadres had started restoring the mobile money booths that were removed from Cairo Road and other parts of the Central Business District (CBD) by the Lusaka City Council on July 11.
Local Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo had said that mobile money booths were removed from Cairo Road and other parts of the Central Business District of Lusaka to enhance sanity in the city.
The minister explained that the booths would be relocated to legally designated areas with toilets and running water.

Rating Justification

iVerify Zambia’s fact-checking team has determined as misleading the statement by Mr. Simon Mwewa that UPND cadres had started restoring mobile money booths on Lumumba Road and Simon Mwewa Lane. To verify this claim, our fact-checking team reached out to Mr. Mwewa. However, Mr. Mwewa was unable to provide evidence to back his claim on restoring of the booths by UPND cadres.
To further fact-check the claim, iVerify Zambia contacted the Lusaka City Council (LCC). But LCC Assistant City Planning officer Benson dismissed the claim, saying the council had not recorded any cases of cadres restoring booths on the Simon Mwewa Lane or indeed Lumumba Road. Therefore, claims that UPND cadres had started restoring the booths is misleading.

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