IT is obvious that Government does not have answers to the reported shortage of mealie meal in some parts of the country and the high prices on the market.Instead, what the nation is being treated to is an established tradition as exemplified by Copperbelt Province Minister Elisha Matambo at the weekend.Mr Matambo made an impromptu visit to some of the Ndola-based millers to ascertain the cause of mealie-meal crisis in the region.Authorities have attributed the shortage of the staple food to traders and milling companies opting to smuggle the commodity to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where the mealie meal is said to be trading at as high the price as K500.But this is an accusation that the Millers Association of Zambia has often refuted. After all, the law allows them to export a certain amount of mealie meal and this has to be sanctioned by the government.Mr Matambo during the visit did […]
MEALIE MEAL RIDDLE
