FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane has signed a statutory instrument to provide for suspension of duty on mealie-meal. Meanwhile, President Hakainde Hichilema has convened multiple consultative meetings with both government and private sector officials at a high level, in response to the mealie meal shortage. In a statement, Tuesday, Secretary to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa however, clarified that the duty suspension is only applicable when mealie-meal is imported by a holder of an import permit issued by the Ministry of Agriculture. He said the measure had been implemented to help address the shortage of mealie-meal in some parts of the country. “The Minister of Finance and National Planning Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane, MP, has signed a statutory instrument...

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