By MOFFAT  CHAZINGWA –

THE transit camp set up within Helen Kaunda School grounds in Kitwe to provide accommodation relief for the displaced Mindolo residents has been invaded by intruders who are not victims of the Kitwe City Council house demolition operation.
The invasion of the transit camp by intruders has caused a strain on the limited lavatories to cater for the resettled households.
A check by the Times of Zambia at the transit camp yesterday found families complaining of inadequate lavatories at the centre.
The residents said only 10 mobile toilets were provided at the transit camp for the more than 100 families to use.
They complained that they were from time to time compelled to use the surrounding bush to answer the call of nature.
But Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) national coordinator, Patrick Kangwa said the 10 mobile lavatories dispatched at the transit site should be enough to cater for the resettled residents except that the area had been invaded by intruders.
Mr Kangwa revealed that other people were coming through to fuse themselves among the displaced Mindolo residents with the view to benefit from the provided relief accommodation.
He said it was these other people that were coming through and making themselves as part of the resettled households that were causing a shortage of toilets.
“The good thing is that we did a screening exercise so we have a baseline for all the genuinely affected households,” Mr Kangwa said.
Mr Kangwa, however, said the DMMU was dispatching a further 10 mobile toilets to the transit camp to bring the total number to 20.