DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says his ministry has prevented 80 percent of the local mealie meal from being smuggled out of the country. And Lufuma says the ministry is in liaison with key stakeholders on modalities and crafting a legal framework to actualise the directive of the re-introduction of the school leavers training programme. In an interview, Tuesday, Lufuma said smuggling on border areas was difficult to control, adding that the country could have run out of mealie meal. “We are dealing with people and people are sophisticated. It is a lucrative market out there. The sophistication of individuals and wanting money, quick money in the bordering areas, it has been very very difficult for us to control. Nevertheless we...