THE UPND GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED FARMERS – KALABA
… says it is sad that farmers are spending weeks sleeping in the cold trying to sale their maize at FRA depots.
MPIKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2025 [SMART EAGLES]
Citizens First President Harry Kalaba says it is sad that farmers in Mpika are spending more than two weeks sleeping in the cold at the Food Reserve Agency – FRA depots trying to sell their maize.
Speaking when he featured on Yusufu Catholic Radio in Mpika this evening, Mr. Kalaba said this is a sign of failure on the part of the UPND Government.
Mr. Kalaba said Government should quickly address this issue by allowing the FRA to start working in shifts so that farmers are attended to on time.
“Why should farmers be spending more than two weeks sleeping in the cold at the Food Reserve Agency depots trying to sale their maize produce. FISP was chaotic and now farmers are having challenges selling their maize. The only solution to this is for FRA workers to start working 24hrs in shifts so that they attend to the farmers, and if Government paid attention to farming, many Zambians will get involved in farming, ” Mr. Kalaba said.
And Mr. Kalaba said CF in Government will recapitalize the Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia NCZ and stop importing fertilizer from Ukraine.
He said this move will ensure that Zambian farmers have access to cheap fertilizer.
” God has given us everything except good leadership. The UPND Government has failed farmers and when Citizens First forms Government next we will recapitalize the Nitrogen Chemical of Zambia and stop importing fertilizer from Ukraine, this will ensure that Zambian farmers have access to cheaper fertilizer,” Mr. Kalaba said.
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To start with, Kalaba knows nothing about farming, FRA is not UPND and UPND is not FRA. Every game has its own rules and those rules have to be observed by both sides. No wonder corruption and stealing was rampart under your PF. Let farmers go to FRA when their payments are ready after selling their maize at any of the designated depots dotted throughout the country. Why sleeping at FRA depots because even the money to pay them has to be gotten from the bank and it’s not small money, you have to make an appointment to withdraw huge amounts of money. So if there are some delays in the process, it’s not UPND that have caused the delay, it could be FRA, the Banks or something else. We have 116 districts in the country and Kalaba is just talking of Moira, can UPND fail just over one District? It’s therefore illogical to view everything with political lenses especially when it involves senior politicians like Kalaba. We need to hear about developmental issues not that rubbish, if you have nothing reasonable to say, you are better off by keeping quiet Sir.
Now am convinced Kalaba doesn’t live in Zambia or he is oblivious to what is happening in the country.Presently Zambia is secure in fertilizer and has now become a net exporter of fertilizer in the subregion. Nitrogen Chemicals has been revamped and Capitalised with new and bigger production lines able to produce more than three times the previous capacity. We also have other private fertilizer companies such as United Capital fertilizer company with huge production capacities. What then is Kalaba talking about when he says importing fertilizer from Ukraine? That’s the problem of one man political parties, you lack depth and sufficient insight.
Talking of Mpika and not Moria.
Now am convinced Kalaba doesn’t live in Zambia or he is oblivious to what is happening in the country.Presently Zambia is secure in fertilizer and has now become a net exporter of fertilizer in the subregion. Nitrogen Chemicals has been revamped and Capitalised with new and bigger production lines able to produce more than three times the previous capacity. We also have other private fertilizer companies such as United Capital fertilizer company with huge production capacities. What then is Kalaba talking about when he says importing fertilizer from Ukraine? That’s the problem of one man political parties, you lack depth and sufficient insight.
This man is behind for him not to know that the current government has been working on the Nitrogen company to start producing fertilizer within the country for a very long time. This is very sad and strange. Does he live in Zambia? How come those of us who are outside Africa we know about this development?
His name says it all. Kalaba literally means “SMALL FORGETTER” His late misleader borrowed big on eurobonds to revamp NCZ and ZR, yet the monies were looted.