TREE CUTTING

Suggestions

1. Specify the trees which are subject to the bye-law(response; those

within the area of the local authority(the response is in the definition
section))
2. Do we also pay for trees in peoples yards?
3. Definition of convenience to help qualify the Bye-law (it is not defined
in the Bye-law)
(E.g. if someone wants to cut a mukula tree in Kabwe that is for
convince)
4. Electricity Act says when ZESCO cuts a tree they are to pay
compensation (that is to bring the place to its original state or pay for
the loss) to the owner so why are we paying to the Council aswell?
5. Environmental Impact assessment under ZEMA the law has already
given guidelines on tree cutting so is the bye-law adding to the same?
Response to 4 & 5; in order to qualify the Bye-Law we must
understand the boundaries of the Local authority and to understand
the jurisdiction of FORESTRY and ZEMA
6. Kitwe City Council and FORESTRY should sit down to discuss
boundaries of the two to avoid people being charged by institutions
plus ZEMA and the affected individuals e.g. if it’s in private property,
because when ZESCO is paying FORESTY they also pay for them
affecting climate change.
Response from Kitwe City Council; the Council already provides for
this service and people are already paying so we just want a
systematic way of doing things.
7. There are certain projects which don’t require ZEMA to asses we need
to specify these to qualify the Bye-law.
8. We need to analyse how we arrived at the fees because we need to
justify the fees?
9. Currently the fees suggested are not realistic it is like we are trying to
penalise people for cutting down trees they bought.
10. What happens if someone buys a plot and they want to build,
do they pay to remove the trees?

Response: there are two categories there is paying for the permit and also
cutting fees, so the permit should be lower than the cutting fees, because
the cutting fees includes labour.

11. We need to include application fees (application fees and permit

fees are the same)
12. We also need to differentiate between individuals and companies
 Response: no we will leave the amount standard because people will
be applying as individuals even when it is a company.
13. Does pruning (cutting of branches) also fall within the Bye-law?

Response: no if it is obstructing a pole or causing a danger

14. We need to expressly state what tree cutting is

15. We also need to expressly define types of tree cutting e.g.
cutting for convenience or cutting for necessity
16. We need to review permit fees
17. We must clearly state that trees in the way-leave are part of the
Bye-law
18. Trees on private property are not part of the Bye-Law.
19. We suggest that private individuals should get permission so
that they don’t cut tress anyhow without a proper reason.
20. The Bye-law should also include a clause which encourages
people to plant trees because it is one of the objectives of the Bye-law.
21. The Bye-law is focusing more on the financial aspect we should
focus more on the regulation aspect.
SOLID WASTE RECYCLING AND CONTROL BYE-LAW.
1. Do we have the equipment for recycling waste?

Response: yes we currently have two companies already recycling waste

in Kitwe.

They recycle paper and glass

2. How do we support at household level?

At the moment it only states that the waste is sorted by the recycler
hence the gap.

3. If there is an option to sort out waste at source how much is the cost
of transportation?

We are trying to encourage companies who can buy waste directly from
homes or where the companies separate on their own.

What we are trying to avoid is things like plastic and glass finding itself
at the damp site, we only want to see organic waste, because organic
waste can be used as fertilizer

4. This Bye-law also seeks to generate income because these companies

will pay individuals for their waste e.g. water bottles, juice bottles,
paper etc.
5. This Bye-law must give every citizen a mandate to identify their waste
and manage that waste.