President Hakainde Hichilema says there is a need to strike a balance between satisfying the local market and exporting mealie meal to ensure that the domestic consumers are not affected.
President Hichilema expressed concern with the continued mealie meal shortage being experienced in the country which he said should not be the case because Zambia is a huge producer of maize.
Speaking when he met the Millers Association of Zambia at State House today, President Hichilema said that the government wants to work together with millers and farmers in an effort to come up with sustainable solutions to the mealie meal deficit in the country.
Mr Hichilema stressed that the challenge of mealie meal should not become a political issue as the government is doing everything possible to make sure that immediate solutions are found.
And Millers Association of Zambia president Andrew Chintala said the millers are committed with government and food chain stakeholders in attaining food security in Zambia.
Mr Chintala commended the government for opening borders for export while ensuring that progress on the matter is being achieved.
This one is a failure. The only thing he knows is selling state owned companies to imperialists and getting a cut, then he will claim he is a self made millionaire. All those riches he has are ours as a nation , so feel free to go his ugly big home and stay there if you want.
There’s something we are not being told that is going on.
Privatisation and Imperialist …
Only understood by sore losers
What is going on brother?
After exporting nearly all our reserves and now we talk about needing to strike a balance? Why did HH disregard the practice of former Presidents not to allow commercial export of maize? He came in and said it’s a business and now wants to act concerned? Anyways, at least exports have been banned, let’s see practical solutions seeing as we expect a bad harvest. But the thirst has arisen in DRC so smuggling will even be worse now.
strike a balance between satisfying the local market and exporting mealie meal
No such thing ba HH. America is the world’s number one oil producer but it doesnt export oil.
Just strike a balance between lies and the truth?