Uproar over backyard chicken breeding ban

The recent statement by Harare City Council that it wanted to ban chicken breeding in urban homesteads has caused an uproar as a significant number of urban dwellers have turned to poultry farming for their sustenance.

Against a background of unemployment rate of over 80 percent, Zimbabweans have resorted to vending as a source of livelihood.

Consensus on people polled on the streets of Harare shows there is agreement that backyard chicken rearing is a means of survival and that the city fathers lack a conscience.