Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:10:07 +0000 By KALOBWE BWALYA GOVERENMNT will not issue any export permit for the mukula logs because the ban is still in force, acting chief Government spokesperson Stephen Kampyongo has said. Mr Kampyongo said the Forestry department would issue forest produce conveyance permits to facilitate movement of mukula timber but no new production permits would be issued to harvest mukula trees. Speaking during the joint press briefing at the Ministry of Defence in Lusaka yesterday, Mr Kampyongo, however, said the ministry of Lands and Natural Resources had allowed concession licence holders to move mukula logs that were legally harvested before the ban. Mr Kampyongo said Government had only allowed concession licence holders who had paid to harvest the mukula tress before the ban and those who wished to transport mukula logs beyond 100km. Mr Kampyongo denied allegations that the 21 trucks that were intercepted on Friday at Shimabala in Chilanga carrying […]
