Sat, 07 Jan 2017 10:44:34 +0000 By OSCAR MALIPENGA MANIPULATION of mealie meal prices on the market has disappointed President Edgar Lungu because it does not reflect the true market value, Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda has said. And Mr Chanda has announced that President Lungu would soon be taking necessary interventions to ensure that the price of mealie meal stabilises and reflects the true market value. Addressing journalists in Lusaka yesterday, Mr Chanda said President Lungu had observed with concern the trends in the mealie meal prices. He said President Lungu would be making the necessary intervention in the coming days if the market did not ‘behave normally’. “The market fundamentals are all in place, there is sufficient maize in the country but the President is disappointed that there appears to be manipulation of the market fundamentals,” he said. Mr Chanda explained that an appropriate intervention would […]
