has announced that it will soon start selling maize to people in the country at a reduced price of K50, 000 from the set K65, 000 floor price.
Vice President George Kunda who is on a tour of developmental projects in the province said Government through Food Reserve Agency (FRA) will soon start offloading some of the maize in districts to allow people access the commodity.
Mr. Kunda has also stated that some of the maize will be used for relief assistant to affected families in the country through the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU).
He told the gathering that it is their duty to help affected families adding that Government is not there to make profit from the unprecedented 2.8 million bumper harvest recorded in the 2009/2010 farming season.
And Kalomo FRA Assistant Marketing Officer, Joseph Kalamila said about 905, 000 bags of maize have been safely stored in the district.
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Why have they decided to sell at a reduced price instead of selling at same price they bought the maize? The desperation of Rupiah Banda to hang on to power makes a lot of people wonder whether his head has gone crazy. He has started cheating and bribing people. Anyway the last word will be in the ballot box.
This pasting journalism of Lusaka Times is mad and cheap, that is why I always say this is MMD website. How can you start writing a story that will be read world wide like that. something is very wrong.
Kashimani, it is a listening and prudent government. Is the government not responding to your calls not too long ago? Didn’t one of you clowns post a blog last week that it is better to give the maize to our people than export it at a low price for foreigners to benefit? There is another bumper harvest coming, so it makes sense to start offloading some maize and create more storage space. Bumper harvest has come to stay thanks to MMD policies, and the people of Zambia shall enjoy the benefits whether this is election year or not. Tamwakwata ifisuma imwe ba ngwele.
I expected this !!!!!!! Politicians call it subsidies. In Economics we call it mis allocation of resources , because effectively a group of business men will be subsidised by the government
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