By NATION REPORTERTHE decision to import GMO mealie-meal from South Africa may have been predetermined before Government made pronouncements to give permits for the importation of the commodity to satisfy the demand from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), National Democratic Congress (NDC) president Saboi Imboela has said.[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”4,5,6″ ihc_mb_template=”2″ ]Ms. Imboela said the pace at which the GMO mealie-meal had landed on the Zambian market was proof that the product had already been in the country waiting for distribution.She said the government was being deceitful on the importation of GMO mealie-meal because indicators were pointing to the fact that it had already started allowing the mealie-meal into the country before the official pronouncements were made.“The question is who brought the GMO mealie-meal and what was the reason for doing so when the Zambian laws do not allow them to do so, and the sad part is that the mealie-meal has already been distributed, […]
Importation of GMO’s was predetermined – Imboela
