ZACA says increase in bus fares unjustified

By Daily Mail Reporter


The Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) says it is unjustifiable for bus operators in Lusaka to link the increase in bus fares to the revised minimum wage.
ZACA Executive Director Muyunda Ililonga has told Qfm News that the new minimum wage should not be a scapegoat for imposing higher bus fares on commuters.
Mr. Ililonga has since called on government to come to the aid of commuters and stop the move by bus operators.

He has also urged government to put in place a long lasting solution to the challenges in the transport sector taking into account the ever increasing population in order to restore sanity in the sector.
Mr. Ililonga has further urged transporters to rescind their decision of increasing bus fares adding that the move will have an adverse effect on the growth of the transport system in the country.
On Monday, Bus Operators on all routes in Lusaka resolved to have fares in all routes increased by K600 with immediate effect.
Daily Mail