ZAMBIA Consumer Association (ZACA) Executive Secretary Juba Sakala has urged the government to further reduce the price of ZNS eagle mealie meal from K230 to K180. Meanwhile Defence Minister Ambrose Lufuma says the government cannot reduce the price of ZNS mealie meal any further. In an interview, Monday, Sakala said government should cushion the impact of the high cost of living by reducing the price of ZNS mealie meal. “When you look at the food basket it is above K10,000 and when you look at the income of the people and the average people are getting the take home of K3000 somewhere there. This is just a third of the food basket. Now looking at the maize meal being the...

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