By OLIVER SAMBOKOGOVERNMENT was yesterday at pains in Parliament to explain why military vehicles are being used to ferry Food Reserve Agency (FRA) maize instead of allowing the private local transporters to do the work as in the previous administration.Independent Lumezi member of Parliament Munir Zulu asked the Minister of Defence why the UPND government is using military vehicles to transport farming inputs under the Farmer Input Support Programme; and whether the use of the military vehicles was not compromising state security.However,acting Defence Minister, Mulambo Haimbe, clarified that the Army was not ferrying Farming inputs but maize under the Food Reserve Agency.He said the use of military vehicles is only meant to secure the FRA maize from satellite depots to the main holding sheds to ensure national food security.Several members of Parliament said the use of military equipment to ferry maize was not only going to damage military hardware but also had potential to compromise […]
GOVT QUERIED ON USE OF MILITARY VEHICLES FOR MAIZE HAULAGE
