By PETER SICHALIGOVERNMENT should “selectively” lift the ban on the sale of Mukula to enable those with stocks to realize some tangible value before it goes to waste, a Mukula dealer Willard Kapila has said.Mr Kapila has appealed to President Edgar Lungu to intervene so that dealers can be allowed to sale the logs in their possession.Some Mukula dealers, he said were given licences before the ban on sale was imposed by the Government, and as a result the already harvested Mukula logs were losing value,”The harvested Mukula is slowly losing value and Government will not benefit anything therefore we should be allowed to sell and pay taxes,” Mr Kapila said.Mr Kapila who is also a license holder said there were a lot of Mukula logs that have been lying idle in the bush that may bring revenue to government through ZAFFICO if an amnesty is given to dealers including those without licenses.“When the Mukula […]
LIFT MUKULA BAN, GOVERNMENT URGED
