FRA BOARD DISSOLVED
THE Food Reserve AGENCY (FRA) Board has been dissolved with immediate effect.
Agriculture Minister Reuben Mtolo dissolved the Kelvin Hambwezya led FRA Board of Directors without elaborating.
Board Chairperson, Kelvin Hambwezya has been battling to stem numerous illegal directives and activities, especially regarding the sale of maize grain national strategic reserves, coming from the Ministry and the UPND.
Further the recent appointment of a Mr. Justine Chuunka as FRA Marketing Director by Cabinet Office, sparked the latest crisis of interference with the board protesting the illegal action.
Learning of this protest by the Board, Mtolo dissolved the Board.
Chuunka is currently a government worker in the Department of Agribusiness & Marketing at the Ministry of Agriculture.
Staff appointments of CEO and other members of staff are a process and authority under the Board and not the Ministry or Cabinet Office.
You can not just appoint an FRA chairman just because he is your tribesman. These are the results. There is rampant corruption and incompetence at FRA. Just like there is in government.
2026 uli kuti iwe.
If the fired FRA Chairman was Bemba or non Tonga, 100% sure there would have been Tribal Noise, now a Tonga FRA Chairman is fired there is still Tribal Noise. “Head you Win, Tail you Win”
Very simplistic reasoning bo Sitali.