Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:10:51 +0000 By OSCAR MALIPENGA in Luwingu PARAMOUNT Chief Chitimukulu of the Bemba speaking people in Mungwi district has told President Edgar Lungu that cooperatives should not be receiving subsidized farming inputs and made to stand on their own. And President Lungu has assured Paramount Chief Chitimukulu that government will not embark on new projects until those currently being constructed are completed. Speaking when President Lungu paid a courtesy call on him, Chief Chitimukulu wondered whether cooperatives would be receiving farming inputs in perpetuity. “Those cooperatives are they going to be receiving farming inputs for the rest of their lives?” The traditional leader asked President Lungu. Earlier, the traditional leader told President Lungu that farmers in his chiefdom received the farming input subsidies very late despite having favourable rains and this might affect crop output. Chief Chitimukulu also said his farmers had technical challenges in accessing the inputs using the E-voucher […]
Chitimukulu tells Lungu to wean off cooperatives from subsidized inputs
