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The vendors want the amount to be reduced from $23 per day to $12 per day.
Speaking at a full council meeting recently, Cllr Earnest Rafamoyo said the site is not a vending place and the council is already doing the people a favor by letting them use the place.
“That area is not a vending site, the council is doing them a favor. There are tourists who visit that place and so it has to be kept in good form all the time, so the money they pay is used to maintain the attractive ness of that place.”
Cllr Edward Manning also echoed the same sentiments saying as councillors they need to help the people they represent and cater for their needs.
In the request the vendors said "We came to this figure looking at he following issues. The cleaning of the site is taken care by us, while we do not have water and toilet facilities. We use pay toilets. The other thing is the fact that the business is at its lowest level making us raise money for bookings only. Many of our traders are paying Tower Block trading rental thereby failing to pay their housing rentals.”
What it means figuratively is that each vendor pays $184,00 in 8 days in a month. In one year the vendor pays $2 208,00 plus. In comparison with shop licenses who are paying $600,00 a year and these trading 24 days a month under constructed shelters.
According to the minutes, the Chamber Secretary (Valuation) said the reason for the hike was meant to decongest the volume of human traffic in the Tower Block area, the numbers came down slightly.
The Director of Engineering Services (Simela Dube) said the charges were fair as evidenced by the overcrowding of merchandisers at the weekend flea market adding that his department was not in support of the reduction of the current charges.
However Dube and Cllr E manning were of the view that the charges must be reduced compared to those paid by formal traders.
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