Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:24:34 +0000 By BUUMBA CHIMBULU THE Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation Limited (ZAFFICO) must publish its revenue collected from exporting Mukula logs for the sake of transparency, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have demanded. According to the CSOs, the current status involving the exportation of Mukula logs was not convincing. ActionAid Zambia and the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) also demanded an immediate investigations into who was involved in the Mukula trade. “With regards to revenue through taxation we are afraid that due to the poor management of the sector, this may turn out to be a missed opportunity for the country to cash in and our local business players to raise some income, “The recent incident has been disappointing and shameful; we have seen ZAFFICO and the Ministry of Defence coming to the defence of what has been perceived as illegal transactions. We are not 100 percent convinced […]
