“We told you! Don’t be too emotional,” Kampyongo reminds Minister of Agriculture.
…..If we are food secure, we don’t expect to have the prices of commodities reaching the roof….
Parliament News 29-02-2024
Shiwang’andu Member of Parliament, Hon. Stephen Kampyongo, this afternoon advised the Minister of Agriculture to stop being emotional every time the opposition speaks on agriculture.
“Honorable Minister, don’t become emotional. What concerns you concerns us. When we ask about the amount of food stock we have in our reserves, it’s because we know that if we don’t preserve what we have, we are going to face challenges, and our people will be in trouble. And this is what is happening! So, you don’t have to be reactive. LISTEN when we are advising you. Yes, you are under pressure to give and help Congo, but first, look after your people.”
“The issue of food security is a concern to all of us here. We should stop politicizing it because when our people are starving, there is no Member of Parliament who will be safe, as this affects everyone. If we are food secure, we don’t expect to have the prices of commodities reaching the roof. When we are food secure, there is an abundance of food for everyone. People buying food in sachets is food insecurity.”
The Shiwang’andu lawmaker made these remarks during a debate on a motion urging the Government to adopt a report of the parliamentary delegation to the 54th Plenary Assembly session of the SADC Parliamentary.
Well done ba Kampyongo!
This is how debates should be, issue-based!
(Please extend the same advice to ECL, let him not use emotions like Mtolo Phiri).
Coming back to Kampyongo’s wise submission, when a nation is under attack, it’s time to put our political differences together and find a way out of the mess! We want to also acknowledge that the UPND has been too reactive on many issues. Hon. Kampyongo is right!
The Ministries of Green Economy and Agriculture are not coordinating well! The Minister of Green Economy gave a statement in Parliament about the the El nino drought. We don’t know what Mtolo and his did with his ministry did with this information!
Looks like they were too busy cutting Fertilizer deals than strategizing for the impending drought!
What Mtolo should tell us is why he reduced the number of inputs for the high rainfall zones and distributed more inputs to drought-prone regions!
If this is not poor planning, then what is this?
You are quick to offload FRA Maize to DRC but you don’t want to show seriousness with production.
So far, your performance rating in Agriculture is 0.1 out of 10!
President HH should find a more suitable Minister in this key ministry! A Cabinet Reshuffle is what was missing from yesterday’s Press briefing!
On point