ACTING Defence Minister Mulambo Haimbe says government is only using military vehicles to ferry maize for the Food Reserve Agency from satellite depots to the main depots, and not to transport farming inputs under FISP. Responding to a question in Parliament from Lumezi independent member of parliament Munir Zulu on why government was using military vehicles to transport farming inputs under the Farmer Input Support Programme and whether the use of the military vehicles did not compromise state security, Haimbe said the use of military vehicles in the transportation of maize did not compromise state security. “The government is not using military vehicles to transport farming inputs under FISP. The military vehicles are being used to ferry maize for the...

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