Most mini bus drivers in Lusaka have effected the sixteen percent price adjustment to fares following government’s approval on Friday.
Lusaka local Bus Operators Committee Chairperson Ismail Kankhara says the price hikes have been communicated to most drivers and it takes effect today.
The price hike comes after transport minister Christopher Yaluma announced that a 16 percent hike for local routes was approved by government.
This follows the recent fuel hike, following the removal of subsidies.
Meanwhile. the Zambian Watchdog reports that scores of commuters in Ndola were this morning stranded as bus drivers parked their vehicles in defiance of the increased fuel prices forcing.
And Lusaka bus operators have officially increased bus fares by 15 percent with immediate effect following approval by the PF government.
A check at most bus stops in Ndola found bus stations deserted while the few that attempted to load passengers at old fares were being chased by their colleagues.
And reports reaching the Watchdog this afternoon, indicated that bus drivers in Ndola have now resorted to rioting so as to press government to allow them to increase bus fares following the increase in fuel prices.
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