Thu, 23 Feb 2017 09:59:37 +0000 ALTHOUGH no money changed hands in the Maizegate scandal which has claimed the job of Malawi’s minister of Agriculture there is need for an internal inquiry here in Zambia to establish a number of issues. The most important of which is Transglobe a company which was not registered in Zambia or indeed Malawi itself and yet a permit was issued to transport maize into Malawi. The parliamentary report indicates that officials from Transglobe met with Dr. Chaponda to discuss the deal intended to facilitate the shipment of the maize and from all indications Malawi must have convinced Zambia to release maize to Transglobe. There is even a suggestion that the cost of transporting the maize was to be borne by the Zambia Cooperative Federation (ZCF). By all accounts, the transaction is fraught with many unanswered questions that must be clarified in order to create clear standards and procedures […]
