SOCIALIST Party Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says it’s regrettable that the UPND government is asking Zambians to remove nshima from their menu after failing to deliver its promise of reducing mealie meal prices. On Monday, Food Reserve Agency (FRA) Board Chairperson Kelvin Hambwezya advised citizens to also eat rice, saying the problem in Zambia is that people think nshima is the only food. But in an interview, Tuesday, Bwalya said the UPND had lost credibility. “Statements that Zambians should eat roller meal, that they should eat rice instead of their preferred nshima, we think the gist of these comments is not based on a genuine attempt to ask Zambians to diversify their diets. This is not what it is about, it’s...

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