Government has deployed armed soldiers and details from the police para-military Support Unit to man buses carrying passengers after last week's fierce rioting saw cars torched by angry protesters during a national job stay away.
This following the reintroduction of ZUPCO and other branded buses into the country's urban transport system in the wake of private commuter omnibus operators either withdrawing their fleets out of caution or hiking their fares in response to recent fuel price increases by government.
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