Socialist Party join in calls to declare the hunger situation a disaster

The opposing Socialist Party in the Western Province has raised its concern about the hunger situation in the region.

In a statement, the Western Province party spokesperson, Preston Chinyama, said it was criminal for the Patriotic Front government to down play the hunger situation in Western, Southern and Lusaka provinces owing to the poor rain pattern for the 2018-2019 agriculture season.

“The harvests were very poor and it was not the people’s fault. The people in Western Province areas of Mbume, Natukoma, Nalwashi and the surrounding areas have cried out and under normal circumstances, government should have quickly responded to the call but the only response they have received from the government is mockery of the highest order. It’s heart breaking, inhumane and barbaric to treat the citizens of their country in such a way. Wild fruits, tubers and natural gathering were means of sustaining life in the Primitive Communalism society but the same can’t be practiced in today’s world because nature is depleted and provision for the nation is now a critical government responsibility,” said Chinyama

He said the people have spoken and the situation is real - the PF government must take responsibility!

“Why is government not taking responsibility for the situation? The vice president as controller of government business in Parliament and the head of state are playing hide and seek with the people of Western Province,” he said.

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