A multisectoral team, created by the Municipal Administration of Soyo, Zaire province, has been working for three months to raise awareness among vendors who carry out informal trade activities on the city’s streets and in places unsuitable for taking up space in the Kitona market.
According to the municipal director for the Promotion of Integrated Economic Development, Hortêncio Joaquim Sabino, who spoke to ANGOP this Monday, the presence of vendors on the streets constitutes an imminent risk to their lives.
He mentioned that the Kitona market, which is about 14 kilometers from the city center, has 1,64 stalls, 18 commercial establishments, including ice factories, a pharmacy, restaurants, bakeries, a recreation center, among other services.
He added that the Municipal Administration also distributed 94 plots of land to wholesalers for the construction of warehouses and stores on the site.
The person in charge said that the subdivision of the remaining areas in the space reserved for the aforementioned market continues, in order to accommodate more vendors, including those who still continue to operate in the old market, located in the 1º de Maio neighborhood.
He warned that, at the end of the awareness period, which will last for another 30 days, the Municipal Administration will reserve the right to take measures provided for in the law on administrative transgressions, against all those who insist on selling in unsuitable locations.
The municipality of Soyo has an estimated population of more than 227 thousand inhabitants.