ZAMBIA Consumer Association (ZACA) Executive Secretary Juba Sakala has called on the government to address the cost of production in order to lower the high cost of living. The cost of living for a family of five in Lusaka as measured by the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) Basic Needs and Nutrition Basket (BNNB) increased by K109.39 for the month of April 2023. The centre said the BNNB for the month of April in Lusaka stood at K9, 112.6 compared to the K9, 003.21 recorded in March. But in an interview, Sakala urged the government to find means and ways of stabilising prices of essential commodities. “Prices which are on the market which are always [moving] up [and] down,...

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