CASSAVA MEAL LASTS LONGER IN THE TUMMY THAN MAIZE MEAL, HH TIPS ZAMBIANS
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says cassava meal is a great alternative to maize meal because it even lasts longer in the tummy.
Speaking when he officiated at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Research (IITA), Thursday, President Hichilema said Zambians would soon have a choice of cassava meal on their shelves and there would be an odourless version for those who didn’t like the fermented smell.
“We must have part of action point, we must have an alternative to mealie meal and for us that alternative is cassava meal, it’s already known, the taste is known. Yes, maybe we sink it in water for a week or so, it ferments and develops some smell which we love as Zambians…
(News Diggers)
This is what politicians do not get…. We dont elect you to find alternatives to maize mealie meal or bread or sugar or to give us tips on healthy we know these things we elect you to create abundance of what we need are used to…dont say no eat kandolo no eat cassava no actually millet is best…first give us the breakfast we want at affordable prices and in abundance then give us these tips dont fail in one area and start giving these alternatives…
First they told us to eat sweet potatoes instead of bread.
Now that he has sold off all our maize reserves, he is telling us to eat cassava.
If I were him, I would just shut up and work to restore food security. This man has no shame at all.
Vote wisely in 2026.
He should start eating it with his family. You can’t change the staple food in an effort to avoid facing your failures as a leader NOT!.
Ba Zambia maize is already there for everyone to see and no Zambian will die of anger .Actually the President was just encouraging the people to develop the culture of starting cultivating cassava which is a drought resistant being himself a commercial farmer. So if you are expecting the president to come and farm at your bank yard then you are cheating yourself , be a real man by being productive in life and minimise on receiving things on silver plate.
Moron
Who told him it lasts longer?
Osayamba kusabaila mudala!
This is injury time!
Stick to the script and begin to shape up!
Sometimes, I think you talk too much!
Your focus now if you really want to win 2026 is to start lowering the cost of living especially for banzathu ba muma Komboni namu town!
Ise ma farmers ba kubmunzi tiliko bwino!
Work on the cost of ka Unga, fuel and electricity baba! This is political Dynamite yamene musobelesa!
Muntu ngati Ali na njala, anga votele chule!
What HH said is not meant as an insult. Sorghum and millet are equally the same the digestion of the three is slower than maize. We should learn to diversify on foods. That Hungry Lion etc is not of our local foods but we eat it.
So what if it lasts longer in the stomach??
So that we can be having one meal per week??
Batata aba ni ba loser!
He shouldn’t lecture us on alternative food rather he should provide what we know already mealie meal from maize