FORMER president Edgar Lungu says had he still been in power today, the price of mealie meal would be much lower than the current K380 or K420. Lungu says the country is in a food crisis mainly because the current administration exported all the emergency food stocks. Commenting on President Hakainde Hichilema’s statement that he shouldn’t be blamed by the opposition because hunger is biblical, Lungu said President Hichilema exposed his leadership inadequacies by misinterpreting good biblical scriptures. “On Monday morning, I watched our President, Dr Hakainde Hichilema invoke the Bible when he said, ‘hunger is biblical and that he was not a Magician who can end poverty with a magic word’. The Zambian leader likened the current hunger disaster...

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