THE Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition (CSO-SUN) Alliance Zambia says the continued kwacha depreciation against major convertible currencies has potential to worsen poverty levels in the country. The Kwacha recently hit K27 per dollar. In an interview, Friday, CSO-SUN Interim Country Coordinator Daniel Kalala said with the depreciation of the local currency, people’s living conditions would be very difficult. “With the depreciation of Kwacha definitely we know that the living conditions of the Zambian people will be very difficult. Already, we are starting from a background where almost half of the population is extremely poor meaning, they can’t actually have access to good nutrition food requirements. And when the kwacha depreciates, it means the cost of all commodities go up and...

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