FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane has proposed a K19.9 billion second supplementary budget for 2026. Dr Musokotwane says K15.8 billion of the proposed supplementary budget will to be utilised under the Ministry of Agriculture, with K14.7 billion required to pay farmers who supplied maize to FRA in 2026. And Dr Musokotwane says government plans to borrow an additional K18 billion from the domestic market to finance the K19.9 billion supplementary budget. In May this year, Dr Musokotwane had proposed a supplementary budget estimates worth K26.3 billion. Presenting a ministerial statement in Parliament, Thursday, Dr Musokotwane said K1.1 billion is required to augment the required spending under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP). “Madam Speaker, by virtue of...