The People’s Newspaper
ZAMBIANS have continued being subjected to queuing for the Zambia National Service (ZNS) Eagle mealie meal because the UPND government has decided to introduce monopolistic policies in the milling sector which has distorted not only the pricing of the mealie meal but is causing acute shortages of the commodity, Mulenga Fube has said.
THE people in the Southern Province are disappointed and getting frustrated that for the first time in generations are being subjected to queuing for the Zambia National Service (ZNS) Eagle mealie meal for hours on end, Namakau Siynanga has said.
IT is a scandal for the UPND government to subject Zambians to queuing for the Zambia National Service (ZNS) Eagle mealie meal for hours on end and those involved shall have to pay dearly for their sins when the right times comes, Lameck Mangani has said.
THE Zambia National Service (ZNS) Eagle mealie meal is not being distributed in rural areas and severe hunger has broken out in the country’s remote areas such that children are no longer concentrating in school, Dundumwezi UPND Member of Parliament Edgar Sing’ombe has complained.
THE Zambia National Service (ZNS) model of using Eagle Milling to supply mealie meal is failing and will not take us anywhere apart from punishing Zambians who are being subjected to queuing for the commodity, Jackson Silavwe has said.
THE Zambia National Service (ZNS) with its allied millers on their own cannot produce mealie meal and feed the whole nation and that is why there is need to bring private millers on board, Cornelius Mweetwa has said.
THE continued shortages of the Zambia National Service (ZNS) Eagle mealie meal in most parts of the country has the potential to trigger food riots as citizens are ever getting agitated that they have to be made to line up and even scramble for the staple food, Paradius Sakala has cautioned.
THE Zambia National Service (ZNS) through its Eagle Milling Company has no capacity to satisfy the demand and market for mealie meal as its monthly production capacity of 15, 600 tonnes has always fallen far below the consumption capacity of 100, 000 tonnes per month, Antonio Mwanza has said.
THE Zambia National Service (ZNS) Eagle Milling imported Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) mealie meal which is purported to be destined for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a scandal Mtolo Phiri and all those involved shall be made to account when the time comes, Stephen Kampyngo has said.
ABOUT 212 bags of Genetically Modified Maize (GMO) mealie meal worth K68, 000 have been stolen from the Zambia National Service (ZNS) Eagle Milling warehouse at Kasumbalesa Border Post in Chililabombwe.
