PAMBASHE PF member of parliament Ronald Chitotela says Zambians will choke and suffocate if government doesn’t reintroduce subsidies. Last week, Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa said some conditionalities tied to attainment of debt restructuring can’t allow government to subsidise fuel and mealie meal. “Because of this debt situation we have, even if some people have been proposing that government should put in place measures to mitigate or cushion the home economics of its citizens, it becomes an impossibility. Some people are talking about subsidising mealie meal, fuel etc, the debt situation puts us in a precarious position because some of the conditionalities to attainment of debt restructuring is exactly preventing those same issues. Because if I owe you money, I...

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