VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango has attributed mealie meal price escalations to the K280 maize floor price set by FRA as well as the greediness of some millers. And Vice-President Nalumango says the silent protest by opposition members of parliament could be because the government is doing a good job. Speaking during the Vice-President’s question and answer time in the National Assembly, Friday, Vice-President Nalumango urged millers not to be greedy by overpricing the commodity. “I will attribute this (escalation of mealie meal prices) to maybe one or two factors. One, is that the government recently set the price of maize for the farmers to K280. So that automatically means that the one who buys will also do a markup and the...

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