FORMER agriculture minister Micheal Katambo says it’s shocking for Vice-President Mutale Nalumango to suggest that government sold maize from the country’s reserves because there was need to pay the farmers who had provided it. Katambo says the UPND leadership will cry to some of the decisions it was making today, such as depleting maize reserves through exports on pretext of clearing debt to farmers. In an interview, Saturday, Katambo said it was a lie that UPND sold maize to pay back farmers who had provided it because PF had paid them all. “That is very very shocking. We get shocked everyday, we get shocked each and every day they pronounce that. In our reign as PF and president Lungu and...

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