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Price Of Mealie-Meal Hiked
The Millers Association of Zambia says millers will next week meet to discuss a possible mealie-meal price hike following the recent increase in fuel prices.
The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) on Monday adjusted the pump price of petroleum products by K1.13 for petrol, K1.00 for diesel and K0.72 for kerosene. Petrol now costs K9.87 per litre from the previous K8.74, while diesel is now selling at K8.59 per litre from K7.59. Kerosene has been pegged at K6.12 per litre from K5.40 previously. Following the fuel price changes, MAZ executive director Harrison Banda said millers intend to meet to discuss the cost implications of the fuel price hike, with an increase in mealie-meal prices being an option. “I need to consult the members to get their views as each miller has a cost structure. We are having a meeting mid next week and I will be able to give you a position on that. We are just harvesting the new crop; normally when the maize is in abundant supply, the demand for mealie meal comes down and you have to take that into account,” he said. And Banda said millers were negatively affected by the continued load-shedding and are planning to meet Zesco to explore avenues to assist the industry cope with the pressure.
“We are planning to meet Zesco to see how best they could assist the milling industry because it [load-shedding] is increasing the production losses. We are being affected just like any other industry,” added Banda. Agriculture deputy minister Maxus Ngonga told Parliament yesterday that the government, under the Presidential Milling Plant Initiative, will facilitate the development of milling plants close to the production areas in all the 10 provinces. “The plan involves setting up 10 milling plants in all 10 provinces as well as small solar powered milling plants.
The small solar powered plants will be managed by the cooperatives. The programme aims to ensure that value addition is done near production areas. This will also help reduce the cost of living among our consumers,” said Ngonga, in a response to a question raised by Kalabo Central UPND member of parliament, Chinga Miyutu, on the setting up of milling plants across the country.
Miyutu wanted to know when the government would facilitate the setting up of maize milling plants in provincial and district centres to ensure low prices of mealie-meal.
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Hello Haters
July 18, 2015 at 3:08 pm
Ifintu nafilungula, more money from your pockets, kikikiki, whether you voted for pf, chosa kaduda mu pocket, keep shouting infintu!
Beautiful Moma
July 18, 2015 at 3:18 pm
Uno mwaka ala kuli bapamela pa zed. Kikiki. Iwe Haters, let’s contribute we start a business. Lol. Bapamela baku lipila pa month end. Kuputula direct kuli ka salary. Kikiki.
This things have ripple effects. I am sure that as a result of a cut in production and an increase in overheads, some people will be made redundant. Too bad.
Hello Haters
July 18, 2015 at 3:32 pm
Best location for our business would be chawama, talking about ripple effects, i feel for beggers no more arms, ama coin takulayamona nomba, people will start treasuring every little ngwee in their hands.
MCCM
July 18, 2015 at 9:55 pm
UPND cadres u are now behaving like kids,is this the first time fuel,mealie meal prices etc have been hiked?Which govt has never hiked zesco tarrifs.We will stil vote for PF
Hello Haters
July 19, 2015 at 6:51 am
Koliba mbuli nzinini mumabisi, mulama kufwa anzala doooooo! While still holding on to ifintu no bwato bulebunda, typical pf chauvinistic tantrums.
AMASHOKO KOPALA
July 18, 2015 at 3:17 pm
ba lungu ubwato bwalabunda the bigest misfire n pf is alexander chikwanda is inncopetant minister …………
kc1money
July 18, 2015 at 3:37 pm
You are right
politicise everything
July 18, 2015 at 3:18 pm
Oooh z dis Zed or greece Oooh its zed some1 just reminded me and a dumb MotherF+r wil screamin ifintu ni nyo nyo.HH cum and save us pliz
New Educated Zambia©❤
July 18, 2015 at 3:45 pm
Now you won’t even be able to eat in the dark due to load shedding. You will now won’t be able to afford eating at all. So we told you that the forced reduction in mealie meal prices was a gimmick by the pf. Now you can all see for yourself. Vote upnd
Judge Joe Bidden
July 18, 2015 at 3:48 pm
Ba TUMFWEKO go fuc yourselves why did you delete my very first post here? That’s just disgusting we can’t all be praising and agreeing with you.
New Educated Zambia©
July 18, 2015 at 5:39 pm
language please
Judge Joe Bidden
July 19, 2015 at 11:24 am
You too go fuc yourself! Ain’t here for games.
New Educated Zambia©❤√
July 19, 2015 at 11:29 am
Hey jjb why that terrible language. It’s not like you to swear like this. I know you can be a fool at times but even this is too much for you
politicise everything
July 18, 2015 at 4:07 pm
@ Nez pliz educate dis Pf MuthFkrs
VAMPIRO
July 18, 2015 at 4:12 pm
MAZ will soon start regretting once provincial milling plants starts producing on the market.
Hello Haters
July 18, 2015 at 4:44 pm
Pursuing a pie in the sky, keep dreaming a government running businesses? Not a good idea, just take a look at zesco.
kayula
July 18, 2015 at 4:49 pm
This is not the first time to see this excitment. Millers have never been fair to PF. let them increase God will take care of us. In South Africa power has been a problem for the last 3 years but you cant find this excitment. Most Zambians by nature are selfish thats why they can sell companies and share money.
kayula
July 18, 2015 at 4:55 pm
How does increase of fuel affect them when they are using maize which they transported in old price? If they talk about maize they are buying next week it will be understood. If that came from transporters and retailers yes. We shall still vote pabwatoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Hello Haters
July 18, 2015 at 5:10 pm
It’s nothing personal, it’s just businessmen taking taking into consideration the costs involved in producing your five fingers mealie meal.
FuManchu
July 18, 2015 at 5:30 pm
Soon our relatives with market stalls will meet to discuss increments to the price of beans/kapenta meda, bunch of rape, and tomato!
Kachema is better than Monkey Eater
July 18, 2015 at 5:32 pm
vampiro, do you know that kanyama constituency has more than three milling companies? superior, mushe, gbm etc. now tell me if people in kanyama buy mealie meal cheaoer than the rest of us?
mz
July 18, 2015 at 6:39 pm
fintu fyabipa pa z. bwafya sana tukalya inshi mwe lesa sure.
mz
July 18, 2015 at 6:45 pm
does it mean more money in our pockets means the Zimbabwe way
New Educated Zambia©❤
July 18, 2015 at 6:49 pm
we ask you to vote upnd in order to save this beautiful nation of ours. we only have one zambia. do not let these chaps spoil it. we thank you
mz
July 18, 2015 at 6:48 pm
it is better to stand in front of a roaring hungry lion than beholding the future of this country. it is fearful and jaw dropping to think of our Zambia tomorrow…what has really gone wrong in our country???
New Educated Zambia©❤
July 18, 2015 at 6:50 pm
do not despair my child for all shall be well if you vote upnd in 2016. wise decisions bring prosperity. we thank you
Onyx power @vampiro
July 18, 2015 at 7:37 pm
You are the most useless idiot I ‘ve seen or I will ever see. Do you think bloggers are voters. Bloggers are noise makers overseas writing shit and dreaming nightmares.
New Educated Zambia©❤√
July 19, 2015 at 12:16 am
vampiro you are a very upset chap but who can blame you with this pf governments failure
mz
July 18, 2015 at 7:17 pm
i think zambians are one of the endangered species
Hello Haters
July 18, 2015 at 7:32 pm
2015 presidential by-elections
– pf candidate.
-Small time lawyer.
-Show of legs and hands plus court injuction takes over pf party presidency .
-Weakness no direction (lacks vision)
-Strongest selling point during campaigns anointed and humble.
-Individual Capabilities -NON.
Aikona kuli muntu waso, kanshi muzadya chi HUMBLE chamene icho.
kakolwe
July 18, 2015 at 9:50 pm
Mulungushi Rock Of Authority!
Function: Replacement of Mazoka, founder president of UPND!
MODE OF ELECTION: Spear wielding ruffians chase credible successors & unleash a one-time-privatization beneficiary as president.
14 years down the line, upnd manifesto has been hidden out of fear of the clause “a leader who is rejected 2 times”
Only-A-……. shall lead the upnd fully enshrined: Might as well say the boy is upnd king. Life president
Hello Haters
July 18, 2015 at 10:34 pm
Your account of what happened is so fictitious and mine is the truth nothing but the truth, so help me God.
kakolwe
July 19, 2015 at 9:24 am
So you salve your guilt. DENIAL!
“Hey! Come and see where the dog did NOT bite me” is stupidity and not faith? Same as your friend who has seen four winds of change and revolutions in favour of the five time loser!
The only person for whom false starts and head starts favour negatively in the universe is HH!
mz
July 18, 2015 at 7:56 pm
i just admire how well other countries are doing. the love that bind their society together. America is a great nation not by chance but because of their intelligent effort, because of the love that exist among its people…an american is willing to die for his country…luk at Zambia, a country full of hatred, a country full of mockery, and yet it is a country of black people…a country which calls itself a christian nation…what is christian about Zambia? when i look at all these things, i just realise that our Zambia is a land of emptiness, shuttered dreams, broken hearts and above all a land of selfishness. Zambia is country where only a handful care for the future, a country where a person can live in a stinking toilet for years provided they have been promised something…a country where people are living as though it were their last day…gud evening folks
Shi ali
July 18, 2015 at 8:07 pm
Tizayamba kudya gaga manje,,,
Hello Haters
July 18, 2015 at 8:44 pm
Kikikiki, uyu ufuna kunityola mbambo weo, manje mukayamba kunyopola gaga, nkuku za broiler zizadya chani tyala?
Judge Joe Bidden
July 19, 2015 at 11:28 am
Kikiki it’s sounds more funny
The Spartacus
July 18, 2015 at 9:20 pm
Eehee nw lets see if Pathetic Failures ll have there own prices tagged fo them..
The Civilised Sam
July 18, 2015 at 9:41 pm
Things are really bad for the majority poor voters!Anyway,this is Zambia where illiteracy & poverty levels are high making these poor majority vote blindly! To survive in Zambia now,ninkondo!
kings
July 18, 2015 at 9:55 pm
my money is to buy expensive things like meali~meal than buying prostitutes in upnd who take us to division of the country, even if it reaches k150 per bag will still buy than buying condoms in upeeend. pf is a party of unity, love & joy. we ar not called die hard for nothing, we ar strong & vote pf.
joy
July 18, 2015 at 10:14 pm
Elo lwanya nomba…..awe kubunga mwikatako bwalidula kale
kayula
July 18, 2015 at 10:16 pm
if you are not in zambia you would think Zambia is collapding yet the country is changing every minute for the better. Go to South Africa and see real loadsheding. HH is not and will never be our saviour. Let them increase God will open another door.
kings
July 18, 2015 at 10:59 pm
@kuyula amen, hh is a symbol of doom & destined for hell. pf chabe
Michael
July 19, 2015 at 6:28 am
vote HH come 2016 bafikala!!! balya njikwite nabafilwa ubufumu
Hello Haters
July 19, 2015 at 6:39 am
Walanda bwino sana yewe, ubufumu bubashupile kwati filya king saul wamu Bible bwamushupile, abana izileli bayambile bayambile ukulilila kachema musuma David @ sutulubule kufilwani, balya twikwite liluba walya.
Mark 2
July 19, 2015 at 7:52 am
Why doesn’t tutu and his fellow socially maladjusted kwindi chief of grief comment on serious posts like this? It shows what kind of people they are ba john so lye ubwali. Stay away from all posts for ever we are tired of your boring insults on this blog. We want to debate issues with maturity. Bakolwe ne michila. Vodka Dundu twakupapata sana you visionless less resign on moral grounds. Up team UPND Up team lovers of a better Zambia
kakolwe
July 19, 2015 at 9:38 am
Imagine yourself sitting inside UNZA sports hall. You are writing your final paper. The paper is three hours. One hour into the exam, this handsome, nicely dressed professor of a lecturer bends over your answer booklet & sees that you have made a mistake in your current answer! You see the picture? Good.
What would you do if he announced to the entire hall to say “This chap has already failed this exam! Chikopo!, please, let him give up right now!”
New Educated Zambia©❤√
July 19, 2015 at 9:47 am
How dare you compare running this great nation to writing an exam at a university that you yourselves have even failed to manage
kakolwe
July 19, 2015 at 11:57 am
I still talk to you? Then excuse me!
New Educated Zambia©❤√
July 19, 2015 at 9:44 am
We thank you and welcome you to the upnd. We need your vote in 2016
Shaka Zulu
July 19, 2015 at 9:24 am
Ba kembo ilelo ni pa sunday. Kabiyeniko na ku church. Whether PF or UPND you are all Zambians and children of God. Go and repent your sins.
Judge Joe Bidden
July 19, 2015 at 11:32 am
PF Govt has more sins for starving its citizen
Shaka Zulu
July 19, 2015 at 12:28 pm
Sure? What about someone who pockets money meant for Zambians after selling their assets?
major chileshe
July 19, 2015 at 12:46 pm
Hahahahahahaha yaba
major chileshe
July 19, 2015 at 12:45 pm
You r ryt,
major chileshe
July 19, 2015 at 12:48 pm
Ndeloleshafye
club zero
July 19, 2015 at 2:37 pm
No need to fight,I will go kuli lungu and get my vote because I was told mealie meal wil be less than 30 kwacha and MORE MORE money but now I carry a bag of coins ku casino,give me my vote befor I kill someone oooooooooo