Chama North lawmaker raises the alarm, seeks govt relief, as district faces food crisis

“Following my visit to the constituency I would like to take this opportunity to make an earnest appeal to the Vice President’s  office to urgently consider allocating more relief food to the people of Chama in the eastern province before people die of starvation,” Mtayachalo said.

He  said  in a statement on Friday  that  the   most affected areas his constituency  are Kamphemba, Mwalala,Kaozi,Kalinkhu, Luangwa,Manthepa,Ndunda, Nkhankha,mpalalusenga and Chisunga wards.

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He  said the district needs an allocation of 18000 x 50kg bags of maize which can be distributed as relief food as he  further requested the government to allocate more maize for community sales for those who can afford to buy until the next harvesting period.

Yotam Mtayachalo  said  he was  hopeful  the government would respond positively and expeditiously in regard to the  matter to prevent people from starvation.

“It does not make sense for people to starve when the district has enough maize stocks in the FRA depot so that they can concentrate on cultivating their fields instead of wandering about looking for food elsewhere,”  he said.