The government’s efforts to bring down the price of mealie meals across the country to make the staple food more affordable for the average citizen, seem to have had little to no effect as mealie meal prices continue to remain stubbornly high in Nakonde and Lukulu Districts of Muchinga Province and Western Province respectively.
A K25 kilogram of roller mealie meal has hit K300 in the Lukulu district of Western Province while the same is going as low as K190 in Monze District of Southern Province.
Meanwhile, the cost of breakfast mealie meals in Nakonde also remains high at K350.
According to the official statistics made available to the Zambian Business Times – ZBT, a 25-kilogram breakfast mealie meal is going at K350 in Nakonde district while the same is going at K230 in Monze district of Southern Province as the lowest.
It appears, however, that more needs to be done to alleviate the financial burden that this essential food item places on the people of Nakonde and Lukulu.
