FOOD Reserve Agency (FRA) Board Chairperson Kelvin Hambwezya has advised citizens to also eat rice, saying the problem in Zambia is that people think nshima is the only food. And Hambwezya says millers in Lusaka will now sell a 25 kilograms bag of mealie meal at K160, while on the Copperbelt at K170. Hambwezya says the agency has so far offered 152,330.00 metric tonnes of maize to various millers countrywide. Addressing the media on the national food security status, Monday, Hambwezya said citizens need to broaden the food base unlike depending on nshima only. “We are selling maize, and please members of the press, carry this message out. We have opened maize sales to I presume across the country; Mpika,...

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