Sat, 31 Dec 2016 12:16:09 +0000 By ANDREA MUKOMA CHIEFS in Southern Province have the right to advise their subjects on the right time to plant and have a good reason to discourage them from receiving the farm inputs if they believed that the planting season was coming to an end, the UPND has said. UPND in Southern Province has said there was nothing wrong with the traditional leaders to stop their subjects from collecting fertilizer and seed under the government’s FISP programme if the inputs were late. But former Patriotic Front (PF) Dr. Mubitana Ward aspiring candidate in the August 11, 2016 general election Chitoshi Mulenga said those discouraging farmers from accessing FISP must be punished. In an interview with the Daily Nation in Livingstone, UPND’s Neto Halwabala said it was unfortunate that PF deputy spokesperson Frank Bwalya attacked the chiefs in the media without verifying his facts. Mr. Halwabala said that the chiefs […]
