Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:36:36 +0000 President Sata has always insisted that in the quest for good governance, transparency and campaign against corruption, he would institute a tribunal against Mutembo Nchito or any other person if requested formally. Such a request has now been made and the reasons for it tabulated. We therefore hope that the President will accord the request a hearing and institute a tribunal as has been requested by many other stake holders. Payment to peasant farmers It is ironical to learn that Government now has money to pay all the farmers that have delivered their grain to the Food Reserve Agency. This was not the case last week when Agriculture Minister Emmanuel Chenda said government has exhausted the K300 billion budgetary allocations for the crop marketing exercise. He said at the time that the Food Reserve Agency-FRA had bought maize beyond the budgeted funds and that the FRA had been authorized […]
