The residents who scramble to buy mealie meal which is in short supply have also complained of the increased price of the commodity which is now selling at KR65 per 25 kilogram bag of breakfast meal as opposed to the government directive to sell it at KR50.
A check by ZANIS in the central business district found most shops without the commodity while those that did said they would continue selling mealie meal at KR65 saying the order price of the committee had increased to KR50.
´How can you expect me to sale the commodity at a loss, it doesn’t make business sense. If they want us to sale at KR65, they should reduce the order price,’ said Zacheus Nyau, a trader at Kapata market.
Authorities at Spar supermarket said they would only sale 10kilogram bags of mealie meal because it could be sold at a profit.
“We cannot make profit if we continue to sale the 25 kilogram bag of mealie meal because the order price is KR50 and we cannot sale at the same price,” said Diana Seri who is Spar Chipata Manager.
And James Daka has appealed to government to quickly address the situation saying it is not normal to hear government issue a directive without addressing other issues saying it is clear that there were some irregularities that led to the shortage and substantial increase of the staple food.
“How is it possible for people to ignore a Presidential directive?” he wondered.
Mr Daka said government should monitor the sale of the commodity on the ground and appreciate the concerns of the traders who have vowed not to reduce the price of mealie meal before government addresses the issues of the cost of transportation and order price of the staple food.
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Who has paid for Miles Sampa’s $20,000 class at Harvard University. Is it out of pocket or is the government footing this bill? How is his one month stay at Harvard going to help the people of Zambia. Sata is the one who should have gone, he could use some education.
Miles Sampa is very narcissistic, he has at least 2 websites of himself where he posts pictures of himself playing in the snow at Harvard on tax payer money. And Zambians are quiet about it facing mealie meal shortages. Lwenu!
Fulfilling the promises of development in Zambia, the PF slogan is explaining it’s self now, DON’T CRY SHUT UP!((
Never in my lifetime did I think my children will one day experience the KK days of mealie shortage, long lines, vigilantes, kumulu ni lesa, panshi ni Sata praises but alas! I was wrong, PF just did it. The amazing thing is that they re reports everyday of mealie-meal shortage and the gvt have nothing to say at all, but wait until Nevers or HH or Miyanda say something about the PF then the following day or even the same evening, you will have Sakeni press release, Chellah response, Kabimba and finally Sata attacking at the next swearing in ceremony. It’s like PF is more worried about the oppositions that the well fares of the Zambian people. They need to put politics aside and get back to work. Too much talking and pliticking and less actions. What really happened to the man of action?
I thought I was going to get a comprehensive answer from the coordinator pertaining to the issue of our money and contracts but nothing has materialized. The curiosity and anxiety to get a comment from the secretariat has reached to an alarming level. This has prompted me to think of writing this memo with the sole purpose of making you conscious of the gravity and severity of the situation TIDOs are passing through. This is no longer supposed to be regarded as a challenge but a disaster. In this regards, I have seen it imperative to inform you for this will have a negative consequences to the evaluation scheduled for next week. Is the guy who is coming to do the evaluation bringing us something? I don’t think I will withstand this pressure anymore. I have tried my level best…
Let the hungry people of Chipata go to Mangani fro mealie meal – he is to blame!!
i suspect that the traders must be reselling the same commodity in Malawi at KR100
Never in my lifetime did I think my children will one day experience the KK days of mealie shortage, long lines, vigilantes, kumulu ni lesa, panshi ni Sata praises but alas! I was wrong, PF just did it. The amazing thing is that they re reports everyday of mealie-meal shortage and the gvt have nothing to say at all, but wait until Nevers or HH or Miyanda say something about the PF then the following day or even the same evening, you will have Sakeni press release, Chellah response, Kabimba and finally Sata attacking at the next swearing in ceremony. It’s like PF is more worried about the oppositions that the well fares of the Zambian people. They need to put politics aside and get back to work. Too much talking and pliticking and less actions. What really happened to the man of action?