FRA public relations officer Daniel Msoka said in an interview yesterday that the millers that have so far signed the contracts are National Milling Corporation Limited, Superior Milling Company Limited and Nyimba Millers Limited.
Others are Chat Milling Company Limited, Ghirardi Milling, Jimbara Milling of Mansa district in Luapula, Delicious Milling and Kasama Milling.
Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) president Andrew Chintala said his association, GTAZ and the Ministry of Agriculture will continue meeting to ensure that more millers are issued with contracts as soon as possible to ensure that the whole country is covered.
“Some millers have started receiving maize from GTAZ, meaning that from the nine, we will be able to see that they effect changes to the mealie-meal prices either tomorrow [today] or Friday,” he said.
Mr Chintala said MAZ and GTAZ are hopeful that they will be heard by the Ministry of Agriculture to ensure that the process of issuing contracts to other millers across the country is expedited.
Mr Chintala also said there is need for Government to put in place measures to protect consumers from exploitation by retailers, which would make them not to feel the impact of the reduction.
He said all mealie-meal retail outlets should have a price chart corresponding with the new wholesale prices.
Mealie-meal prices in Lusaka are around K100 for a 25kg bag of breakfast meal.
According to the agreement, the price for a 25kg bag of breakfast meal is expected to drop to K85 and K75 for roller meal.
What happened to solar milling plants, during campaigns pf promised that they will producing mealie meal for K45.where is the K5 Fuel from Saudi Arabia?
Another accurate prediction comes to reality..we said Mealie Meal prices would drop and this is what is happening!
One ECL committed to improving the lives of all Zambians! Well done Sir!
Impaired vision.
This is all tick tock tick tock & no action. Almost 2 months ago LT reported that visionless Lungu had a quote~ “fruitful meeting with the millers” & price of mealie meal to reduce. But to date, the opposite direction is happening & many poor Zambians can’t afford a ka~Pamela~let alone a 25kg is beyond their dreams.
PF of visionless Lungu & bandits like tick tock tick tock all the time. How much is mealie meal since that “fruitful meeting with millers” by Dagama Lungu almost 2 months ago?
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watching from the terraces…nowadays only believe it when it happens
SERIOUS JOCKERS…… MY GRANDMOTHER WAS GETTING FERTILIZER LAST WEEK.HONESTLY DO WE EXPECT A BUMPER HARVEST THIS YEAR? THIS WILL RESULT IN HIGH PRICES OF MEALIE MEAL BECAUSE THE PRODUCTION ITSELF WILL REDUCE. THIS MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE SHOULD BE SERIOUS
What about the $200m wasted on Solar Hammer mills to stop this? Did you not say the millers were blackmailing you? Useless Lazy Lungu…this money could have been used on UTH where they have no water!!
Total imbiceility.
How can you work against the forces of supply and demand ????
PF and lungu are very dull. There is very high demand for zambian maize and they think they can force a price reduction ??