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Mbulakulima Commends Police

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Copperbelt province minister Mwansa Mbulakulima has commended the police in Chingola and district commissioners in the province for being vigilant in tracking down people involved in illegal business.

Mr. Mbulakulima said this after being briefed by Chingola district commissioner Tob Maliti on the maize saga racket involving more than 34 trucks carrying 13,090X50 Kilograms of maize destined to a neighboring country.

Mr. Mbulakulima who was accompanied by Copperbelt Permanent secretary Villie Lombanya and some senior officials from Zambia Revenue Authority said the government will seriously investigate the matter and that the law will take course against those found wanting.

He described the illegal importation of maize claimed to be from Tanzania which has banned the importation of maize as economical sabotage which should not be allowed to continue.

He said the will critically investigate the matter to find out where the maize was loaded from how they allowed the trucks to enter without originals documents instead they all had photocopies of import permits which is not supposed to be the case.

He went on to say that the government will need to verify with the Tanzanian government over the same because illegal importation of maize which has not been cleared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives can lead to maize with disease to come into the country and spread creating hunger.

Mr. Mbulakulima said there is enough maize to feed the nation but some people want to tarnish the image of government by illegally taking maize to a foreign country though dubious means.

District Commissioner Tob Maliti told the minister that the impounded trucks had some documents missing and that the normal procedure to get ZRA documentation was not followed.

Mr. Maliti said the transporters were not cleared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to allow them import the maize, no transit documents from the ministry were issued and there was no government general receipt issued and no phytosanitory certificate accompanied the maize.

And assistant commissioner with ZRA Moses Mfune explained that the documents that were presented were valid but said officers in Nakonde can be investigated because they are supposed to be mindful of the implications if they are not doing a good job.

ENDS/MM/PK/ZANIS

15 COMMENTS

    • Todays Post and confirmation from people in Chingola is that the maize belongs to powerful people and mbulakulima was told off to lay off his hands. ZRA says the maize should proceed to Congo. So I warned that the maize will finally enter congo. Infact some trucks have crossed already. MMD 0 – Crooks 2 scoreline. pa Zed crime pays. This makes me sad. The maize is from Zambia and being smuggled. period.

    • Sorry but that maize is not sumggled, if i may ask where is being grown? We have one of the most dedicated officer in charge at ZRA Nakonde whom i dont thing would sink so low by allowing the sumggling of maize. Let us not frastrate officers who are doing a good job. We have all the wings of the state there.How many road blocks are between Nakonde and Chingola? Does it mean all the offers on the way are dull? Its because they understand whats happens on that ruote. The officers in Chingola are the ones at fault and this might earn the state litigation in the courts of law. You mean all the maize we eat comes from Nakaonde? The fact is the state exported the maize to Zim period. Goodday

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  2. Let people do whatever option available to survive the economy crisis,a lot of them are out of employement. and may be thats the only thing they can do to earn a living. minister go back and drink coffee in your office, moreover that coffee is free.

  3. It not goood for people to express such levels of ignorance. The maize is really coming from TZ. WE should first look at the geological set up of Nakonde and Tunduma, the boarder line is a foot path. Any one who has been there would agree with me. Even the so called Nakonde DC like many other locals drink from across and return home after midnite. The truth of the matter is that we do not have maize. Let us not disturb the good relations of the poeple at the two boarder towns. Everyone there even Gvtm’t departments get there fuel from across. Just release the maize and would in line with WTO which requests all states to facilitate the free movement of poeple and goods.

  4. Please LT editors, proofread the some of the stories to reflect professionalism in your writting.It is very dissappointing to find spelling errors on the editorial which may change the meaning of what you trying to communicate.Just to let you know because different audiences read your online news

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