date:Dec 29, 2012
Zambia is considering re-introducing price controls on its staple maize meal to protect consumers from food inflation, state radio quoted President Michael Sata as saying on Friday.
The price of maize meal has almost doubled to 80,000 kwacha ($15.41) per 25 kg bag from 45,000 kwacha ($8.67) two months ago and the government says the sharp increase is unjustifiable.
Sata said the government would bring back price controls it abolished in 1991 if millers maintained high prices, the state-owned Z