IT is evident that Government has politicised the growth of Marijuana in the country because the areas earmarked are those where some senior government individuals come from, Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has said. Mr Sinkamba said it was evident that they had settled for Namwala because that was the area were the head of State came from.He said it was also shocking that the Zambia National Service would be cultivating in places like Mwense where the minister of Youth hailed from while Kabompo was the area where Defence minister Ambrose Lufuma hailed from.Mr Sinkamba said the government needed to engage the pioneers because the trajectory at which the programme was being done was not consultative.“The Cannabis project was not in the UPND’s manifesto hence the need to engage us the initiators so that they do not go aloof,” he said.He said the initial plan was to have all the 10 provinces grow the product […]
Cannabis growth politicised – Sinkamba
