By PETER SICHALIBILLIONS are being lost as high volumes of mukula are still illegally exported, a mukula trader, Mr Willard Kapila has said.Mr Kapila said some unscrupulous people had continued to illegally export mukula despite the ban.He said illegal mukula dealers have taken advantage of the transit deal between Zambia and the Congo DR to export logs using the Nakonde border.Mr Kapila said harvesting of mukula had continued “secretly” and logs acquired locally were being exported together with those in transit from Congo DR.“What is happening now is that papers from Congo are showing that for example 50 truckloads will pass through Zambia when the actual number is 40 and 10 are being loaded from Matumbo in Chinsali where they join those in transit,” he said.Meanwhile, traders whose licences were cancelled after the ban of mukula trade have appealed to Government to lift the ban so that it could benefit everyone.The traders, who flanked Mr […]
Zambia losing billions in illegal mukula exports
