Sat, 04 Mar 2017 10:45:14 +0000 INITIATIVES by Government to lower mealie meal prices are being sabotaged by unscrupulous actors in the milling business, President Edgar Lungu has revealed. Speaking to Journalists at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport upon arrival from Israel yesterday, President Lungu said his Government would not allow unscrupulous individuals to sabotage ideas that would benefit the Zambian people. He disclosed that the recent tripartite agreement signed between the Food Reserve Agency (FRA), the Grain Traders Association of Zambia (GTAZ) and the Millers Association of Zambia (ZAM) has not yielded the desired reduction in the mealie meal price. “I have heard complaints and I will follow it up immediately, because there are some elements of truth to it,” President Lungu said. The tripartite agreement was expected to result in mealie-meal prices being reduced between K10 and K15, but according to consumers the price of mealie meal has not been adjusted accordingly. President Lungu […]
