Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:26:35 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO GOVERNMNET should effect a total ban on the exportation of timber until better options are thought out, says Zambia Republican Party (ZRP) president Wright Musoma. Mr Musoma said the ban was important so that government could work our modalities on on how to curb the illegal exportation of the Mukula tree before this country turns into a desert. He told the Daily Nation yesterday that there was rampant cutting and smuggling of mukula tree while huge sums of money were being paid to those in strategic positions to allow for the movement of the stock. Mr. Musoma said a few trucks which had been impounded were nothing compared to those that sneaked out Zambia using the same illegal syndicate. He said Zambia would be fighting a losing battle in its quest to protect the mukula tree and forests in general as there were many […]
