PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s political advisor Levy Ngoma says the increase in commodity prices is only happening within a certain limit, unlike what was witnessed under PF’s reign. In an interview, Ngoma said price increases would always be there, arguing that people shouldn’t expect something which is costing K10 today to continuously reduce in the following years. “Haven’t you seen certain commodity prices going down? Prices of cooking oil have started going down. The price had almost hit the rooftop. Why did we see prices going down? This is an investment in the agriculture sector for farmers to produce more soya beans and sunflower. The supply is now exceeding demand. What do you see? Prices going down. When the UPND and...

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