DEAL WITH INDIVIDUALS AT OWN PERIL, WARNS TOWN CLERK
ITis disappointing that despite several warn ings, the public have continued to prefer deal ing with individuals in land allocation and using short-cuts which mostly backfire with some people being swindled out of huge amounts of money,'' the Kitwe City Council (KCC) has said.
Kitwe Town Clerk Mbulo Seke said, to avoid being swindled, the public must first demand Title and Letter of offer from the Ministry of Lands who were the principal in land allocation.
Mr Seke said the public must not deal with individ uals in land allocation, but must follow the procedure to avoid being swindled by some land agents popularly known as 'Ba Pungwa'.
"It is sad that illegal land allocation is being perpe trated by some individuals known as agents and other unscrupulous people, but my advice is that to avoid being swindled, members of the public must follow the procedure to avoid be ing swindled by some land agents.
Mr Seke said it was sad that some unscrupulous people involved in illegal allocation of land were il legally allocating plots in the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) Way- leave .
In the recent past, the local authority has been grappling with the issue of illegal sale of land with some councillors and polit ical party cadres being im plicated in the vice .
A UPND Parklands ward councillor, Felix Malasha and some Nkana constitu ency officials were last week implicated in the illegal al location of land between Mindolo Secondary School and Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation (MEF).
But, Mr Malasha denied being involved in the illegal allocation of land, saying it was a fake story being fab ricated by his enemies, but could not elaborate who his enemies were.
The latest incident was a list of names of UPND cad res which included a minis ter which was submitted for allocation of plots in Kafue Park area of Kitwe by the Kitwe City Council.