Small-Scale Business Operators Association (SSBOA) has requested Minister of Homeland Security, Jean Sendeza through speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara, to relocate the refugees back to Dzaleka Refugee Camp.

Upon delivering the petition to Parliament today, Tennyson Mulimbula, General Secretary for SSBOA said refugees and asylum seekers are selling locally distilled liquor (Kachaso) in some areas.

Mulanje Bale legislator Victor Musowa, who received the traders’ petition, agreed that the refugee relocation matter should immediately be addressed and assured them to deliver the matter to Parliament for Sendeza to give a feedback.

In November this year, Sendeza declared that government gave till December 1st as a deadline for the refugees living outside the camp, to return to Dzaleka Camp.