SPECIAL assistant to the President on policy implementation and monitoring Ben Kapita has commended Chat Milling Company for passing over the benefits of the country’s bumper maize harvest to consumers by reducing the price of mealie meal.
Mr Kapita said it is important that Zambians benefit from the bumper harvest the country has continued to record by ensuring that the price of mealie meal is reduced to affordable levels.
“I am happy with the price of mealie meal in Kitwe, especially at Chat Milling Company. I am impressed that they are selling a bag of breakfast at K39,000 while the bag of roller meal is going at K28,000. This is very good because Government is subsidising the price of maize heavily, hence the need for millers to reduce the price of mealie meal,” he said.
Mr Kapita was speaking after he toured the Chat plant in Kitwe yesterday.
“I would like to urge other milling companies to follow what Chat Milling Company has done by also reducing the price of mealie meal. They must reduce the prices just like what their colleagues at Chat have done,” Mr Kapita said.
He said President Banda is keen on developing the agricultural sector, and called on Zambians to participate actively in its growth.
Mr Kapita said Government is committed to ensuring that Zambians feel the benefit of the bumper harvests that the country has recorded by working with millers in reducing the prices of mealie meal.
He also advised the millers to ensure traders do not exploit consumers by selling mealie meal at exorbitant prices.
“I am happy with what I have seen at Chat Milling Company, but it is important that millers also work with their traders in ensuring that they don’t over-price mealie meal. As a government, we are committed to ensuring that our people, the Zambians, benefit from the programmes that we are implementing,” he said.
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