HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says some companies have deliberately been selling mealie meal at exorbitant prices despite government offloading huge quantities of maize to millers, through FRA. And Zambia Correctional Service Commissioner General Fredrick Chilukutu says the Service has noted the escalating prices of mealie meal and will intensify production to mitigate its cost. Speaking during the flagging-off ceremony for the sale of mealie meal at Kalonga Milling plant in Kabwe, Tuesday, Mwiimbu said government has engaged the Zambia Correctional Service and ZNS to mitigate the escalating mealie meal prices as a way of honouring its campaign promise. “You may wish to note that despite the government offloading huge quantities of maize through the Food Reserve...

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