Several Kabompo residents yesterday stormed the office of the District Commissioner (DC), Dennis Kanyakula, to protest over high prices of maize which have shot up to KR250 per 50 kg bag this month from KR100 in January.
Mr Kanyakula who confirmed the development to ZANIS also said shops in Kabompo have run out of both breakfast and roller meal for a week now.
Mr Kanyakula said the residents stormed his office to ask the government to offload the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) maize on the market for the public to buy at affordable prices to avert the hunger from worsening.
The maize prices in small quantities in Kabombo have also increased from KR20 per 20litre container in January to KR100 for the same quantity and cassava from K15 per 20 litre container in January to KR30.
Mr Kanyakula, who later addressed the crowd, assured people that government was aware of the hunger situation in Kabombo and has allocated 2000 metric tonnes of FRA maize to be offloaded on the market for the general public to buy at affordable prices.
The DC said the sale of the commodity to the public will, however, be controlled by his office to ensure that all residents were catered for and avoid corrupt practices and hunger from escalating.
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….and we are about to export mealie meal to tanzania….
some priorities are quiet amazing.
What is mealie meal? I can’t finf this word in the dictionary. Pipo shud stop eating that stuff in the picture, i thot domestic animals wud be the best.
don’t start..
Stupid comment you fool
where is your foolish MP Chingimbu .
Lufuma A MP for kabompo……. Not Chingimbu MP for manyinga, Check yo facts ……however that’s PF Govt ‘s failed agriculture policy. What hope is there when some areas up to now no farming inputs????? No more bumper harvest, only bumper bye-elections. PF at It’s worst!!…..
BaKaonde sibalima. fipale mwanko inzamiyonkola njala bambala. The guys are full of pop for nothing. see how their Chief Musele has frustrated the development of Kalumbila Town. He wants it named after his name and asking for shares in FQM. the chief does not bother about the locals welfare. Hes full of I. mwako mealie meal will soon be 300 kwacha. fipale bakaonde for nothing. you will die of hunger and no relief food for them.
Do not portray your ignorance and your hatred for a certain people. Kabompo is not Kaondeland. In any case are you the one who feeds them? On the whole, it is a paradox that a mealie meal can cost so much in Kabompo which, from the little that I know, is the breadbasket of NW Province.
kabompo theres a dull MP Chingimbu no say the man is dull .Its Kabompo we re toking about.Tell that Chingimbu to work not just to be accepting ministerial jobs in Pathetic failures .
NW, Western and Eastern are paying the price for not supporting buffoons. They are taking revenge on you for showing them the red card. I hope you’ll remember this at the next elections. All the wealth for the province is being shifted to other parts of the country before your very eyes.
…ooh and Southern.
PF be above things, be on top of things, how can there be shortages of mealie meal when there is plenty of maize at FRA. Please plan in advance as your enemies are not sleeping. Don’t just eat and drink without planning , why cant you offload the maize onto consumers, empower people with small scale mills so that they can compete with these evil millers. The millers are playing games on you and you sit drinking tea as if all is well with these evil schemers. Wake up and plan for the better mealie meal distribution this year.
Peace and Prosperity to Mother Zambia.
Mwata Sata anakumiyangisa! anazange gwabo mumuvotele ikye mumbongi ya NWP. Mwata chileya mwane! L’yenu shima ya makamba mangana mukamu fumiseho ha chitwamo cha gamba ya Zambia.
Anakumiyanjisa not anakumiyangisa,ngwavo not ngwabo ,shima ya Lupa not yamakamba and Ngamba not gamba .What tribe are u ,did’t you learn Luvale at school if not then go back.
under such things will be the theme of the day..lol..wake up North westerners..Masumba gongad you..