The Zambia National Service has commissioned the ZNS Industrial Milling Plant in Monze which is expected to lower the price of mealie meal.
Speaking during the commissioning, Minister of defence Ambrose Lufuma says it is unacceptable to have fluctuating mealie meal prices.
Mr. Lufuma has reassured the nation that government will ensure the prices of essential commodities are kept within the reach of low income earners.
The Milling plant has a capacity of producing more than 5,000 by 25 Kilograms breakfast meal, more than 3000 by 25 Kilogram roller meal and more than 1000 by 25 kilogram of maize bran per day.
The facility is expected to provide 200 jobs for civilians in Monze District Southern Province.
In 2019 President Edgar Lungu flagged off the commencement of the construction of 13 milling plants in various districts across the country under the presidential milling plants initiative.
The former Head of state said that this was a great milestone in the actualization of the Patriotic Front government’s pro-poor policy aimed at ensuring that the lives of the majority of Zambians in the rural areas are bearable.
Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of milling plants at the University of Zambia Agricultural technology demonstration center in Chongwe, President Lungu said the construction works of the milling plants will be conducted in two phases and will be carried out by china machinery industry construction group incorporated.
He said under phase one of this project, three milling plants will be constructed including the one to be put up at the University of Zambia agricultural technology demonstration centre.
President Lungu said the other two have been earmarked for Monze district in southern province and Mpika district in Muchinga province.
He said government has put in place this initiative to take the production of mealie meal and stock feed to the door step of the subsistence farmer, who is the major producer of maize in the country.
President Lungu said despite the subsistence farmer’s hard work to produce the maize, it is sad to note that they accesses mealie meal and stock feed at a very high price.
He said other than reducing the cost of production for Zambia’s staple food, the positioning of the milling plants in some of the rural areas will create job opportunities for the local people who will be employed to work in the plants.
President Lungu said in addition, the milling plants will offer an alternative ready market for the maize which is produced in the respective areas and will resolve the challenge of people looking far and wide for a market for their products.
He said transport costs will ultimately reduce making mealie meal and other maize products affordable to the communities within the vicinity of milling plants.
thanks elc
PF worked just that the other part of Zambia wanted their own but we thank God he allowed them to rule otherwise Zambia would have been divided in two.Tribalism was the talk of the day but Zambians from other regions supported their own to show them that it’s not about tribalism but the works.If he fails he is going in 2026.He will try to create more fake names of other tribes but it won’t work.People are watching.
PF should have controlled the cadres and thefts otherwise they did a lot of good things which unfortunately have been outweighed by the bad things.
These were good projects but stealing was the main problem in the PF government and the breakdown of the rule of law.
He’s now behaving like Andrew Kamanga. Monze is home town so he shouldn’t have delegated the task to commission such a big project in that town to his Minister. Is it because it was built by ECL? He must understand that government is a continuous process, he’ll also leave some business unfinished and his successor will carry own. The people of Monze know who built them a milling plant. Uyu Ndani must grow up, he’s no longer in Under 5
The Projects were a good initiative by the pF govt but over pricing was a major problem.
#5 Ayatollah
December 14, 2021 At 9:09 am
“He’s now behaving like Andrew Kamanga. Monze is home town so he shouldn’t have delegated the task to commission such a big project in that town to his Minister. Is it because it was built by ECL? …”
Pleas………
A milling plant is a big project ?????
The Zambian presidency is expected to be mediocre at best by most Zambians…….
Meanwhile, ba Kankuni in government want to cheat that Southern, Western and Northwestern Provinces were neglected by ECL and the PF in terms of infrastructure development. Is Monze milling plant in Kasama, or Mansa or Chipata? Ba shetani, you will die with your hatred for others.
Its ECL everywhere…… I am waiting to see who will commission the KK international Airport.
Lungu ni patali………
The true meaning sonta apo wabomba……..not just commissioning your friend’s works!
#6, that’s the single biggest project in Monze, in case you haven’t been there. Mention other if you have
The President skipped this assignment simply because it was initiated by ECL. Am surprised the boss still has some sense of shame. There are a lot of good things that ECL did although they don’t want to mention his name but still want to take credit by commissioning the projects. Ba katyetye mwendamwalimwa…insoni ebuntu.
All that is with borrowed money the hapless lungu even failed to pay back……….
Even my garden boy can do a better job using borrowed money………
And you are not even ashamed to be praising a milling plant built by the Chinese………..
He borrowed and spent billions yet failed to train zbians to built a glorified chigayo ??…
“…President Lungu said the construction works of the milling plants will be conducted in two phases and will be carried out by china machinery industry construction group incorporated..”
The morron borrowed and spent billions…….
Yet left Zambians needing the Chinese to build glorified chigayos ???.?
By now Zambians should have been competent to build milling plants seeing the billions we owe……..
This is against capitalism and it should not be practiced.
GRZ, Innovation killer.
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
Winston Churchill
GRZ you should be about: “We welcome stiff competition, we do not seek conflict,” Kamala Harris.
Some guys are really dull! Please all these projects were over priced and thats the reason we have ended up in 11 billion debt. In 2011 did we need to go to the Imf the answer is a big no! Than what happened from 2011 to 2021 we all know the answer….ati thank you ecl..yaba as dull as they come! Thank you for stealing lots and lots of your money and give you some cheap development in return, ati thank you ecl!
#17 Wako
December 14, 2021 At 12:42 pm
“Some guys are really dull! Please all these projects were over priced and thats the reason we have ended up in 11 billion debt. In 2011 did we need to go to the Imf the….”
Just imagin ???
Praising a over priced glorified chigayo built using borrowed money ?????
If they said the machinery was imported from China but the buit was by trained Zambian experts , then the over pricing could be over looked………..
The the theving morron even failed to train Zambians and left the country with a hudge debt and no expertise ……….
UPND are strange creatures. In any good thing, they try hard to find something negative. Get a life, you will find Lungu’s work anywhere you go in Zambia.
You may not like him, but he did a lot for this country. May the Lord give him more days to see how others will fail to beat his record!
#19 John Chinena
December 14, 2021 At 1:08 pm
“UPND are strange creatures. In any good thing, they try hard to find something negative. Get a life, you will find Lungu’s work anywhere you go in Zambia.
You may not like him, but he did a lot for this country. May the Lord give him more days to see how others will fail to beat his record..”
It’s borrowed money he failed to payback……….
Who can not do that ??????
Zambians have very low expectations of leadership……….
You borrowe money ,overprice projects , fail to train Zambians, fail to payback the debt,
Leave a hudge unsustanable debt and unemployment…………
Ati he worked ????
#19 John Chinena
December 14, 2021 At 1:08 pm
“UPND are strange creatures. In any good thing, they try hard to find something negative. Get a life, you will find Lungu’s work anywhere you go in Zambia.
You may not like him, but he did a lot for this country. May the Lord give him more days to see how others will fail to beat his record..”
It’s borrowed money he failed to payback……….
Who can not do that ??????
Zambians have very low expectations of the presidency ……….
You borrowe money ,overprice projects , fail to train Zambians, fail to payback the debt,
Leave a hudge unsustanable debt and unemployment…………
Ati he worked ????
No.2, I agree with you. The leader of the UPND is the most self entangled leader compared to all past leaders of our great nation. He has entangled himself with the shadows he created in the past while in opposition. We can only wish him well for the sake of our great nation. HH needs to work twice as much to cancel the damage he caused while in opposition. He never respected any national event, only the things he treasured where good. You cannot fool all the people all the time. Creating an environment that your fellow leader is only bad will be his legacy and he will go the same way. So all would be politicians should learn to practice civilised politics.
Milling plant in Monze?? i heard some rulling MP saying sourthern province was sidelined. ooh may be Monze is in Eastern Province. or luapula
By the way which other district in Zambia has a urge milling plant like this?
For some people development means electing your own tribe to presidency other wise everything is rubbish.
Excellent vision here, by the PF government. Wonderful!
#plant a tree now please!
Spaka, just appreciate . We are also celebrating ImF suicide that will be dealt with next admin. Imagine if they borrowed to only steal and left nothing on ground. They stole but they did something maybe lend your garden boy some money he builds one too.
I understand the reason some are calling it a big project. The cost must have been inflated 10 times.
#23 MwanaZambie
December 14, 2021 At 3:11 pm
“Spaka, just appreciate . We are also celebrating ImF suicide that will be dealt..”
I can’t appreciate a glorified chigayo that Zambians failed to build with borrowed money they failed to pay back…………..
If I was told chinese trained Zambian engineers and technicians assembled and built those chigayos , Maybe I could overlook the fact it was over priced, and they even defaulted on the loans………
Nothing but dependency culture enhanced…. ……
@ John Chinena,
In Kiswahili, these creatures who always want to look for anything negative in even things positive are called BA SHETANI.
If this country has a shortage of something it certainly isn’t milling plants: chigayo’s absolutely everywhere! Another useless Edgar China Lungu project paid for with borrowed money from the Chinese, constructed at overrated prices by the Chinese!
THESE WERE JUST FEW SMOKESCREENS BEHIND WHICH PF HID ITS MASSIVE PLUNDER OF THE NATION’S RESOURCES! WE WOULD BE IN DARKNESS NOW IF PF HAD WON 12TH AUG ELECTION. WE ALWAYS THANK GOD FOR THE PEOPLE’S VOTE WHICH OUSTED THEM FROM POWER.
ZNS ????
I am not a pessamist but ltes see how its going in 9 months
ZNS hasnt got the best record
earth moving equipment where is it now ???