Patriciotic Front (PF) leadership in Northern Provincial has appealed to President Michael Sata to intervene in the mealie-meal shortage in the country.
Northern Provincial PF Secretary Evarist Chella who stormed ZANIS office in Kasama today and was flanked by Women Provincial Vice Chairperson Rosemary Chilufya and other party officials said the party in the Province is worried because the mealie-meal shortage which he said is the lives of ordinary people in the nation.
Mr. Chella requested President Sata to instruct the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to off-load maize to millers to address the shortage.
He noted that mealie-meal shortage in Northern Province needs urgent attention by the national leadership.
Mr. Chella observed that a 25 kg of breakfast mealie-meal has shot up from K50, 000 to as high as K80, 000 which is too costly for people.
He also said that there is no reason for people to encounter problems when accessing mealie-meal in the nation because the nation experienced a bumper harvest in the last farming season.
Mr. Chella blamed the shortage on FRA as the millers are failing to buy maize from the institution.
And a survey carried out today by ZANIS in Kasama reveal that all out lets have run out of mealie meal.
ZANIS
Imwe aBemba, ndiye kuti mulima lini sure mumbu? A Sata nao oziba lini kulima, so afumye kuni mumbu mwe bantu. Ku Kasama mvula fulu sure mukanga kulima. Chamanyazi ngako.
lol, angaka kate kambwili muwemba?
Hehehehehehehehe my easterner friends. I love this. Kekekekekekekeke.
3 square meals a day
Bembas just stand aside. You’re incapable of running a country. You’ve been found out. HaHaHaHa! Bembas we told you that your nepotism and tribalism will lead you to hell!
Yet we are in the driving seat. Do it like we did going around the whole country.
Pwatotoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Efyo mwalefwaya. Why crying now
pa fwaka for life…..its not even rain season yet..what more mu january and february
chabashani insala what more ku luwingu
This is stage managed so that as usual, the man of action can employ fire bridgade fire fighting tactics. Where is the Economist RB and team. Running a country is not street vending! Tanzanians are making rolling business on our streets. Paya Farmer, wake up.
Hallo there Chanda Chimba the third here with Stand up for zambia. The Cobra cant run a country.
Quetion.
Mr Sata how much is the price of meal in copperbelt and kasama were masses voted for you
Answer
DONT KUBEBA.
Our slogan is.
LOWER TAXES, MORE JOBS, MONEY IN YOUR PORKETS.
And peaple are exited.
I wonder the noise that SATA and his PF disciples would have made if it was under RB that such situation occured. If this is happening in November what more in January? The man of bumper harvest RB is no longer in power. This is real Donchi kupebaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Northern Provincial PF Secretary Evarist Chella will be fired ‘with immediate effect’ because he is ‘bitter’ lol
the problem is with the millers,they never wanted to buy maize on the same price the govt was buying at coz they wanted to make more profit, now what they want is the government to supply maize to them on the same price the govt was buying at, which will be a big loss for the govt, the govt has to sell maize on a much higher price or export it for the FRA to pay the debt. in short if the govt decids to sell maize to millers they will do so on a high price which means prices of mili meal will never come down.
Did GMB stop dealing in maize stuff? Probably thats why there is a shortage.
It would be great to hear some serious blog points on the way forward for the government from strong pf supporters like messrs Yambayamba and Maxwell. This matter means people’s livelihoods.
iwe ba reporter you should have censured this story. what is the role of agriculture minister, deputy minister, permanent secretary these people are mandated to see that mealie meal and other food stuffs are available. you want the president to stop driving and became a conductor or vuvuzelas awe mulelolesha ba reporter. you should also give advise these people who come to air their fake grievances. Sata takwata nangu ka one piston hummer meal eo mulefya aweshe imitengo tenti fibombe. nibanga abantu mwaufwa ati babomba kulibasata. muleculafye.
It’s not the reporter’s faulty !!!it’s the bad policies by the current government led by the president Sata leading to food shortages. Ministers work in fear coz his government is hire and fire. Food shortages in a country cant be blamed on a minister it’s bad governing practices and lack of prudence in national matters. I;m not a politician I’m just stating the obvious
Amaka napwa ku Z. ubunga nabupwa, amenshi kuchpatala takuli amafi nena atampa kumoneka, no ichisuma mu Z ninshi , echenji mwalefwaya bane? Awe mwandini kuti wapena, Bakala wake up why continue with old uglt tired and non reasoning president?
bafila wake up bwacha nomba
Bafikala wake up please
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