MINISTER of Information and Media Cornelius Mweetwa has alleged that the PF Councilor in Eastern Province who was recently arrested for theft of mealie meal was not working alone, but with some big wigs in the opposition. And Defence Minister Ambrose Lufuma says mealie meal shortages are sometimes normal, especially when there’s demand for the commodity. Speaking when he toured the ZNS milling plant in Chongwe, Mweetwa wondered why the same people who were accusing government of feeding people with GMO maize were the ones involved in smuggling of mealie-meal. “On Friday 27th January 2024, a PF Councillor by the name of Robert Phiri of Sisinje ward of Chipangali constituency in Eastern Province was arrested for theft of 450 bags...