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Kafue DC Orders Milling Depots To Close Until They Reduce Prices
Kafue District Commissioner (DC) Grace Ngulube has ordered milling depots in the district to close until they reduce mealie meal prices as per presidential directive.
Mrs. Ngulube, who went round town to check on the mealie meal prices, found that milling depots were still selling a 25 kilogramme bag of breakfast above K50, 000 contrary to the presidential directive.
Choma Milling depot was found selling a 25 kilogramme bag of breakfast at K54, 500 and roller meal at K47, 500 while National Milling 25 kilogramme of breakfast was selling at K52, 500 and roller meal of the same quantity was at K47, 500.
Another retail outlet was selling a 25 kilogramme bag of Kapinga Milling breakfast at K60, 000 while roller meal was going at K55, 000.
Mrs. Ngulube said it was not fair that millers were not reducing the price of mealie meal despite government offloading a lot of maize to them through the Food Reserve Agency (FRA).
She said about 70 per cent of people in Kafue district were not employed hence cannot afford to buy mealie meal at high prices.
President Michael Sata on Thursday warned millers selling a 25 kilogramme bag of mealie meal at above K50, 000 that they risk having their licences revoked.
ZANIS
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Danger
December 29, 2012 at 1:02 pm
If they close what will people eat? Madam DC Zambia is free market economy and the forces of demand and supply determine the cost of commodities. You are bound to fail with those medieval tactics.
Mailon
December 29, 2012 at 1:43 pm
Surely these pipo should try and spare us the comedy
chriss
December 29, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Madam DC that’s the way to go. Why exploit the poor Zambians most of these mealers are foreigners who are only interested in maximizing their profits. God bless zambia.
Salt
December 30, 2012 at 8:32 am
You Exploited yourselves in 2011
The Beast
December 29, 2012 at 2:09 pm
Ba cobra wat is hapening?…u ar failing to giv fertilizer 2 the pipo and yet clo$ing the mealie meal stores?
ken
December 29, 2012 at 2:13 pm
@Danger. Which free economy, not on the staple food. The government is there to save the people dangerous criminals in the name of investors.
kapuli wa ng'ongo
December 29, 2012 at 2:37 pm
SIMPLE. JUST NATIONALISE OR TAKEOVER ALL MILLIMG COMPANIES NOT COMPLYING WITH DIRECTIVE TO REDUCE MEAL PRICES
Kalok
December 29, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Take that DC to court! When you fail to manage policy you must not get down to the foot-soldier’s status and start micro-managing markets. Now I see why KK is supporting this government… it is so much like he was.
Danger
December 29, 2012 at 3:06 pm
Ken, how old r u? Did you ever experience the Kaunda era when such tactics never yielded any positive results but suffering for the same poor people? I pity you my dear, wait and see what will follow should such acts by Gov’t officials continue
Village Chicken
December 29, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Total commedy, Ukwa wants to bring the KK tactics. Did you hear him praise Mugabe? Do you remember Ukwa as Lsk Snr Governor walking over and beseiging National Milling Cairo Rd on a sunday and ordering Mgnt to sell mealie meal to women? Day Old Broilers you have no idea what to queue for essentials is.
MOJO
December 29, 2012 at 3:47 pm
I think that retail price is fairer 54 pin.I thot H.E meant wholesale price from millers to sell at not more than 50pin?
MUSOLI MUTHANSHI
December 29, 2012 at 5:41 pm
uh..just made me hungry looking at this nsima, i cant remember the last time i ate nsima and i miss it. ningayidye iyi nsima not masobela!
Lungowe
December 30, 2012 at 10:14 am
me too I’m salaivating over the picture, I haven’t had nshima in 3 months which was the last time I was in Zed.
Ba game
December 29, 2012 at 8:02 pm
Madam Ngulube nkamitombelamo fye ngamwafilwa ukulwisha ifya bunga. we have have suffered alot with PF govnt.
Makanta mu farm ya nyanje
December 30, 2012 at 8:43 am
@ba game,kuti wa tomba DC iwe,bushe taula shibuka iwe,if u hav been poverty striken thru out ur lyf,dnt blame the GOVT,wat suffering cn PF giv u as an individual,u ar suffering on ur own mune.
Umusambashi
December 31, 2012 at 6:56 am
Madam DC, ve u tkn in2 account th costs incurrd to acquire n mill th maize. Hw do u suggest thy recovr if thy wr 2 sale @ govt’ suggestd price.Wil ur govt markup! Wht do u knw abt running a business n th risks involvd…who schd u and in wht faculty???execute sensible policies and whtevr else u do…lev mrkt running 2 th corporate and business pipo tht undrstnd it…VM% of Kafue cannot afford 2 buy bunga @ such a price…madam…tht aint no miller’s prblm…blame ur govt fr unemploymnt of ur pipo…seek help frm it by asking it 2 prvd employmnt 2 ur district…let it wrk on manuf.indstris,constrctn,and othr aspect of wrk creatn…stop aggravatng poverty by ur hurried n impulsv decisns…Talk 2 ur presidnt 2 reconsidr thr plan..thy ve affectd th economy in a bad way…Oh, madam also ask him to advs his govrnor 2 warn th zedians on th effcts of hvngg a new note introducd…a highr note…yepK100 in th non rbsd ZMK wld b trnslatd as K100,000…let him expln th meaning of ths economically,thn we wil see if u wil say anythng abt bunga or ama millers…ths is jst th beginning…ths country hs gone 2 th dogs….one who undrstnds knws its paving way fr th soon 2 b introducd chips in usa…welcome endtime…666 at wrk…th is th era madam u wrking in,so if I wr u,I wld mind my policies n try 2 gt ur district decnt emplymnt so tht whn tht time of chips cmes…th majority wil stnd 2 say no,I shl nt ve it fr thy by th grace of God wld ve saved somhw fr survivor…but who is mortal man to stand against God’ own plans fr mankind.,,,,???