Mon, 06 Mar 2017 12:23:37 +0000 By OSCAR MALIPENGA THERE is no scandal whatsoever on the Zambian side in the Malawi maizegate, special assistant to the President for press and public relations Amos Chanda has said. And Mr. Chanda has clarified that Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya was not involved in any scandal whatsoever. Commenting on the maizegate during a press briefing at State House yesterday, Mr. Chanda explained that what Zambia did was simply on the special request from President Mutharika to his brother President Edgar Lungu was to waive the export ban that was in place to allow for 100, 000 metric tonnes to be exported. “We want to put it on record, yet again that if at all there is any problem about maize export from Zambia to Malawi it is on the Malawian side. “I am going to repeat what I said in Addis-Ababa that President Mutharika informed President Lungu […]
