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The opposition Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) says President Hakainde Hichilema should immediately suspend the export of mealie meal to neighboring countries so that millers can concentrate on supplying the local market.
Party president Sean Tembo in a statement on Tuesday in Lusaka said that the UPND government should also admit that their policy of allowing mealie meal exports throughout the year is wrong and has undermined the food security of the nation.
Tembo said the continued shortages as well as unaffordable prices of mealie meal across the country are totally unacceptable and pose a risk to national security.
He said that if President Hichilema remains adamant to suspend mealie meal, then he should not be surprised if citizens decide to protest against the continued shortages of mealie meal across the country.
“The people of Zambia should no longer tolerate being subjected to hunger and misery by a President who has no idea of how to run a country,” Tembo said.
Contributed by Augustine Sichula
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