I DIDN’T say we exported maize because we didn’t have storage capacity, what I said is this country does not have enough storage capacity that’s why we are putting measures to create storage capacity, says Infrastructure and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi. Milupi also says there was no contradiction between what he said and what Vice-President Mutale Nalumango said because there were several reasons which led government to export maize. Recently, Vice-President Nalumango said government sold maize from the country’s reserves in order to pay the farmers who had provided it. “It is on record as far as I am informed that the maize that we had stored had not been paid for and there was therefore need to pay....

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