THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has recovered more than 5 000 tonnes of mealie meal from millers suspected to have been meant for
the parallel market.
In a statement, ZRP National Spokesperson Assistant
Commissioner, Paul Nyathi said police are working with other stakeholders to
curtail criminal activities hampering government’s subsidised mealie meal
distribution.
“Checks conducted at Blue Ribbon Foods in Harare and
Bulawayo showed that 300 tonnes of mealie meal was yet to be distributed to the
market due to some reasons which are yet to be verified,” said the ZRP National
Spokesperson.
“At National Foods facilities ion Harare and Bulawayo the
situation was different, the company had 1 800 tonnes of mealie meal at
ASpindale Depot, 600 tonnes at Bak Storage, 500 tonnes of mealie meal at their
head office, 500-tonnes in Bulawayo, 1 000 tonnes in Mutare, 500 tonnes in
Masvingo all which was ready for distribution to the market, however, the
company indicated that they were waiting for payment form government under the
subsidy programme,” read the statement.
The country has been experiencing an artificial shortage of
mealie meal amid revelations that unscrupulous and misguided elements are
buying the commodity in bulk for resale on
the parallel market at exorbitant
prices.
Meanwhile, the Grain Millers Association- GMAZ says Millers
says are not holding on to subsidised roller meal, attributing the failure to
deliver the commodity to the current fuel challenges.
In a statement, GMAZ media and public relations manager,
Garikai Chaunza said some of their clients are failing to collect their
allocations due to the fuel situation. ZBC
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