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I also saw Hichilema’s governing character during the drought and the maize shortage that followed during 2022/2023.
As trading houses on both sides of the border positioned themselves to sell maize into Zambia at crisis prices, I became a go-between, carrying messages between the presidencies in Lusaka and Dar es Salaam. Hichilema did not leave the matter entirely to his cabinet or to the market. He took a direct interest and pressed for a government-to-government arrangement with Tanzania, rather than leave Zambian consumers exposed to the prices commercial suppliers were quoting.
The maize eventually entered Zambia at little more than half those indicative commercial prices.
He then insisted that emergency imports could not become permanent dependence. Zambia had to return to producing its own food. Maize production subsequently recovered from about 1.5mn tonnes in the drought-hit 2023/24 season to more than 3.6mn tonnes the following season, producing a national surplus. A further bumper harvest is expected this year.
I did not hear this story afterwards from an official seeking to polish the President’s image. I carried some of the messages myself. I watched a president choose to fight for cheaper food when it would have been easier to let the crisis take its commercial course.
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This week, #The EastAfrican examines President Yoweri Museveni’s proposal for shared regional military and space programmes. Also inside: Uganda and Tanzania’s $20 billion energy-hub ambition and other major stories shaping the region.
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@millardayo Wakenya sasa mtuheshimu, asante kwa kutupa your beatiful daughter, tutamtunza kwa wivu sana, ila mkianza kingereza this kingereza that tutawakumbusha tuko na binti yenu
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"Maofisini wako wale wenye uwezo mkubwa kwenye kompyuta na madawati ya ofisi na wale walio na uwezo mkubwa kwenye viambaza (corridors) vya ofisi. Hawa wa aina ya pili ndio wanaoamua kwa kiasi kikubwa mafanikio na matokeo ya wale wa kundi la kwanza. Jinoe uwe mzuri kote kote."
An important step for #Tanzania’s capital markets. Opening Government Treasury Bills and Bonds to non-resident investors broadens investor base and creates another channel for global capital into the country. As we pursue #Vision2050, deeper and more connected capital markets will be essential to financing Tanzania’s ambitious growth.
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