Mealie meal prices in Mufumbwe District of North Western Province have reduced by about K9 to trade at about K85 per 25 kg breakfast bag.
The reduction is attributed to the opening up of a fuel pump station in Mufumbwe to address transport-related costs in the district.
Mealie meal prices, which were last month going at an average of K95 per 25kg bag, are this month going at an average of K87 per 25 kg breakfast bag in most shops in the district.
This is according to a survey conducted by ZANIS in various shops in Mufumbwe yesterday.
In Musele wholesale, mealie meal is going at K90 per 25kg bag of breakfast mealie meal and K70 per 25kg of roller meal.
J.B Enterprises is selling its mealie meal at K85 per 25kg bag of breakfast mealie meal which has since run out of stock.
Ngukwasenu Store, which has also run out of the commodity, is selling the cheapest mealie meal in the district at K75 per 25kg bag and K65 per K25 per 25kg bag for breakfast and roller meal respectively.
This is K15 less than the K90 and K80 the store was selling the staple commodity last month for breakfast and roller meal respectively.
The survey, however, indicates that the prices of cooking oil have remained relatively the same in February going at K67.5 per five litre container, K38.5 per 2.5 litre container and K12 for a bottle.
J.B Enterprises is selling at K37 per 2.5 litres container and K70 per 5 litre container and a bottle of every cooking oil variety at K12.
Ngukwasenu is trading Ole cooking oil at K14 per 7mls bottle, Soya cooking oil at K12, and d’lite at K10.
In Halimwene, cooking oil was found at K13 a bottle, K40 per 2.5 litres and K70 per five litre container.
Meanwhile, a survey of sugar indicates that Accorate Enterprise is selling the cheapest sugar in Mufumbwe at K7 and K16 per 1kg and 2kg packet respectively.
JB Enterprise and Ngukwasemu sell sugar at K9 per kg and K18 per 2kg.
Musele sells sugar at K8 and K17 for 1kg and 2kg respectively while Kapita Shop is selling a 1kg packet sugar at k10 and K20 per 2kg.
Halimwene is selling sugar at K9.5 per kg, K19.5 for 2kg and K85 for a 10kg bag.
ZANIS
We used to buy this stuff at K38 before the PFulls lied their way into office! And now its news headline that the same stuff now costs K85 in Mufumbwe! What a reduction!
The man who grows maize out there in the bush is given only K30 for his produce mainly because you people want to feed the unproductive voter roaming the street. The poor man cant’ even send his kid to school.
Meanwhile the maan being subsidized in some cases is one in Kabulonga or Parklands who can even afford 10 six packs per week…and more so the Congolese who can buy 20 bags cheaply.
Village people have never known subsidies so for who is it?
What a nation? Unfortunate I cant resign being a Zambian.
So what difference is there when people still buy UBUNGA at more than a K50 bane?
PF bikeniko amano bane..not every Zambian Survive on Tax payers free fuel,Housing and huge allowances
Kazembe wa Lunda have you ever known what it means to grow maize? Why do think Maize is so cheap?
Did you know that the people who grow maize cant even send their kids to school because maize is political and is eaten for votes?
Next time please dont use that energy in the gymn or operating a remote in front of a TV. Go out there and grow something. Learn from Uganda and Rwanda.
Zambians ba Kalyafye for their votes.
Am waiting for the pf vuvuzelas to claim credit and attribute it o the good economic policies of hemcs
@suggestor. Thank you for the answer. One didn’t even need to ask.
How the hell did we get where we are? August 2011 we used to buy mealie meal at K32, what the hell is PF doing to this country?
Well, I am wordless. We have abundant land for farming; we have abundant rainfall year in and year out; we have abundant human resource but we can not still grow enough maize to feed ourselves and as such mealie meal prices are ever escalating. Seriously I feel pity for those people who call Zambia a “great” nation.
Zambians are used to spoon feeding, they expect govt to even dig pit latrines for them. I agree with meme teacher, until our poor attitude to work changes no govt will be appreciated. KK even tried to give mealie meal for free, it didn’t work they still complained these lazy men. All they want is fast money without any input, in short stealing whenever chance allows. Shameless and lazy creatures always blaming govt this govt that. When are you going to do something for yourself? Stop wasting time blogging, 24/7 on every topic you arm chair critics.
So… how does those living below a Dollar per day manage to survive? Can this Government do something about this. Zambians Start eating something else so that you devalue this starch!
WHAT IS MEALIEMEAL? i cant find this word in the dictionary? anyway it seems from the story that its some stuff originally fed to animals as feed but adopted by people due to poverty