ZAMBIA TO IMPORT MAIZE FROM TANZANIA, UGANDA, REVEALS MWEETWA
Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says Tanzania and Uganda have expressed their willingness to export maize to Zambia.
Mr. Mweetwa who is also Information and Media Minister says this means that there is no need for panic buying of maize because the government will ensure that the commodity remains readily accessible and affordable on the market.
Speaking during a media engagement in Livingstone today, Mr. Mweetwa states that the two east African countries have indicated willingness to help Zambia because of the cordial relations that exists.
And Mr. Mweetwa says the government will soon commence a crop harvest survey to determine the estimated production of maize from the 2023 – 2024 farming season.
The minister explains that the survey will give the government an accurate projection of the required amount of maize to be sourced to ensure national food security.
He also highlighted the need for citizens to shift from being hydropower dependent but move to alternative sources like solar energy in view of the drought.
Meanwhile, the minister has commended women for turning up in large numbers to commemorate the International Women’s Day yesterday regardless of their social or political background.
We exported maize to Congo and now we want
To import from Tanzania and Uganda?
Could have been avoided by not swiftly speeding to sell stocks immediately upnd came into power.Why was the speedy clearing sale of maize stocks executed ??From Berlin
Visionlessness!
Putu putu mbobuya party!
Very useless!
Vote wisely in 2026.
Even a dog would do a better job than this conman.
The notorious HH Paparazi, full time HH Stalker and he gets venomous if reminded, eish, kwena eeh!!!
These comedians, do you even have foreign currency to use to import maize! I wonder what is going in this your Upnd government! Three weeks ago min of agric tells the “country there are enough reserves of maize to last up to end of year”. A week later the president declares “national hunger disaster”, and yesterday Mweetwa tells the country of importation of maize! Do those countries even have what to export to Zambia when they are just coming from years of droughts, like Kenya! Tanzania and Kenya is where Upnd and Hichilema sold out maize in 2022! It’s comedy for American Oscars!
Foolishness of the highest order. You found maize reserves, and what did you do? You got so excited amambala and started exporting it. Is this how stupid African leaders can be?
Indeed Doc, stupidity tends towards the infinity, a classic example is: those who blindly contracted an unsustainable national Debt for us, what do you think?
Dr. Mulenga Kaoma, I think ours, in particular, has proved to be a lot more stupid than the other African leaders. As a country, we made a mistake in voting for this clueless incompetent conman. We can put things right in 2026.
Newbies at work, vyakulolavye
First we sold all our reserves at K200 now we are going to import at K500. Thickheads. No wonder people are suffering.