By ROGERS KALEROSOME millers on the Copperbelt have hinted that they may be forced to get rid of their workers because government’s decision to allow farmers to sell maize to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will adversely affect their business. The emotionally charged millers have also said that they will soon stop buying maize from the local farmers so that they can go and sell it to the DRC because that was what the 2022 national budget had stated. A visit to a number of milling plants on the Copperbelt found long queues of trucks laden with maize waiting to be sold to millers, with some farmers spending a day or two in order to have their produce taken off their hands. The millers who spoke on grounds of anonymity, said government’s decision to allow farmers to sell their maize to the DRC will adversely affect their business because Congolese will now prefer […]
‘PEEVED’ MILLERS TO SHUN FARMERS’ MAIZE
