EMMANUEL MWAMBA , THIS IS DESTINED FOR DRC AND MALAWI NOT ZAMBIAN MARKET TO AVOID PRICE DISTORTIONS ON THE ZAMBIAN MARKET -ZAMBIA SIGNED FOR SUPPY OF MEALIE MEAL WITH DRC.
By Mark Simuuwe
Emmanuel Mwamba , it is not yet harvesting time in Zambia , wake up !
This is going to DRC and Malawi to avoid price distortions in Zambia and it will be marked specifically, “red”.
ZNS is a vehicle for producing mealie meal for the agreement signed between DRC and Zambia. ZNS also planted maize , whose first harvest of winter dried maize hits FRA next month way before our traditional harvest in Zambia begins , in addition to what they going to be buying from citizens through FRA for the local market .
When citizens produce maize based on this planting season especially those who signed an offtake agreement with FRA , part of the maize is going for the local market , and the other for finishing into mealie meal for the foreign market.
To prevent citizens from swimming in your propaganda; be reminded that citizens who planted this season following the natural rain season have not yet started harvesting for sell to FRA – so to claim cheating in pumper harvest is propaganda .
It is still rain season . In the meantime , we have a standing agreement and for us it is an opportunity in DRC where they want mealie meal even now . So to avoid exporting what citizens are eating , Government has engaged other sources for the supply into DRC in the meantime, without which the focus will be on the little maize citizens have today .
ZNS is also signing agreements with some milling companies, in addition to their milling companies for the DRC market . The DRC market needs 1million tons.
DRC last year deposited an advance of about $15million into Zambia for this purpose of supplying mealie meal into their country.
Comrade Emmanuel , it is not harmful to ask than always publishing propaganda. I am glad you are not a teacher or lecturer; students could have been getting lies everyday .
Since when did it become the responsibility of ZNS to import the maize staple for DRC and Malawi? Bu praise-singer bulwele.
Who says if it has never been done before it can’t be done. So shocking it comes from a Doctor.
You mean Doctor from Matero institute of forgery lol
Read the constitution of Zambia and familiarize yourselves with the mandate of ZNS. The problem we currently have is that of having business men and women in government who are not there to promote the public interest but their personal and private interest. It can only be to promote the personal and private interests of government leaders for ZNS to import the maize staple for DRC and Malawi. These are some of the things that will haunt UPND once they leave office.