Sata gives Mugabe $42.5m worth of Maize for campaigns

May 6, 2012 | Filed under: More News | Posted by:

The truth is beginning to emerge on the 300, 000 metric tonnes of maize worth US$42.5 million which the Food Reserve Agency is sending to Zimbabwe.

A Zimbabwean newspaper, the Zimbabwean Mail, reports that FRA has signed a US$42.5 million contract with a shadowy Zimbabwean company linked to State Security agency CIO, Sakunda Trading of Zimbabwe for the sale of 300, 000 metric tonnes of maize in a deal believed to be a secret pact between President Mugabe and his Zambian counter-part Michael Sata.

Last week Sata visited Zimbabwe on an official engagement and sources said he pledged his backing for Robert Mugabe re-election by providing him with maize for campaign in the countryside.

FRA public relations officer Mwamba Siame said in a statement issued in Lusaka that the sale of the 300,000 metric tonnes of maize to Zimbabwe will reduce the surplus stock kept by the agency to 330, 435 metric tonnes.

In Zimbabwe, maize procurement is supposed to be carried out through the State Company, the Grain Marketing Board, GMB and paid by the Ministry of Finance and sources said the deal has been financed by a diamond company Mbada Private Limited which is run by a cabal of military and Zanu-PF officials.

On its website Sakunda says it is an Energy company, and claims its largest supplier of  liquid fuels and other petrochemicals, and business of providing energy solutions that which it says keep the wheels of industry and the economy turning.

Sources said the company is linked to high-level Zanu-PF leaders.

Zimbabwe already owes  Zambia millions of US Dollars but has failed to pay.

In November 2011, the Zimbabwean government finally agreed to clear its long- outstanding debt of about $260 million owed to Zambia for the shared Kariba Dam infrastructure the country inherited at independence.
However, energy minister Elton Mangoma said the country had no capacity to settle the 30-year-old debt.

“We discussed and agreed that the interest would no longer be paid but only $70,8 million plus the initial evaluation of $70,8 million,” he said.

“It was agreed interest should be written off but the capital amount should be paid within 3 years, but Zimbabwe does not have the capacity to pay,” Mangoma said.

So does Zimbabwe have the USD 40 million to immediately pay for the maize or that was another donation by president Michael Sata?

Time will tell.

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  1. looking for support because Barotse issue is hot.

    Butata Lutangu Sipopa - May 7, 2012
    20:01

  2. If the FRA has sold the maize as a normal business transaction then as a country we stand to benefit instead of getting the maize to rot.
    It does not matter who buys the maize just as shoprite does not chose who buys its mechandice.

    michael - May 7, 2012
    19:44

  3. the man of action at wek. keep quite all u youths thats what u wanted. us who nkw what it takes to rule the country we used to tell u. finaly u ushered him. u will be in misery looking for employment until that shoes your uncle/mother/brother bought for u who woked during mwanawasa and rb finishes to walk looking for emplyment. It ws not a jock wen chanda chiimba the third used to educate/inform uneducated youth about the serpent the cobra how it used to bite even those it is close to. all ws said nd ws in vain. here we are wait fo next 2 yers to come so that u can se more actions from the man of actions

    THAT IS THE WAY - May 7, 2012
    13:13

  4. GIVE AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO TOU. IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE. nowonder we are complaining and struggling in this country coz we dont want 2 give others, we will never have enough thats why developed country who donate 2 africa have enough 2day. they are givers GOD blesses the hand that gives. i you pipo who r criticising everything dis govt has z doing you check yourselves. even b4 PF came into power we had poor pipo in villeges n boarding schools without food, did the previous govt give them? did we have enough sustain the whole country? did we give 2 the poor? did we stop povert in da country?…NOOOO!!! so u pipo who r talking without reasoning think through.

    GIVEN - May 7, 2012
    12:27

  5. NICE ONE MR PRESIDO, DONATE ALSO TO DR CONGO THEY ARE ALSO IN NEED OF MAIZE.

    jakson - May 7, 2012
    12:15

  6. Ukwa has no plans wityh our resources other than just ‘donating’ them away.

    Koma N'zedi - May 7, 2012
    10:52

  7. Zambians,let,s enjoy our new govt. The pathetic fools are here for a little while.

    Munyinza - May 7, 2012
    10:45

  8. 1. Where will Zim find that money? It will ne another eternal debt to Zambia like Kariba Dam issue.

    2. Be sure that your sins will find you out…that is God’s word and it never returns void!

    Nonsense!

    Headman Kagoli - Monze District - May 7, 2012
    10:30

  9. ARE WE THAT COMFORTABLE SUCH THAT WE CAN BE DONATING TO OUR NEIGHBOURS LIKE THAT? AND SOME OF OUR NEIGHBOURS LIKE BOTSWANA ARE MORE COMFORTABLE THAN US. BA UKWA IS JUST DOING KULIBONESHA TA (SHOWING OFF).

    KATEZ - May 7, 2012
    09:43

  10. BASOKWE BALALELA LET US WAIT ND SEE,THERE LL BE TOTAL LAMINTATION 4 LAZY KOLWESTANS

    HOMEBLUST - May 7, 2012
    09:32

  11. PF cadres where are u?

    chombela nganda - May 7, 2012
    09:06

  12. first.. it was $10,ooo to botswana, then $8m fuel to malawi, and now, $42,5m…dont we have needy areas in Zambia sure. i see thousands lining up for work which is never there, pipo are hungry for Gods sake

    chombela nganda - May 7, 2012
    08:59

  13. Rubbish!!!,for whose benefit.

    PF MUTALE - May 7, 2012
    08:39

  14. There IS too much hunger in rural zambia today ,elderly people are suffering,no aid from GRZ,what is this nonsense,dishing out resources hopelessily,leaving the owners suffering,this is the result of voting for uneducated characters.

    Butata Lutangu Sipopa - May 7, 2012
    08:28

  15. Bla bla bla….. yawn..

    Charlie Saykes - May 7, 2012
    08:21

  16. For sure why PF Govt involving so much into Mugabe why? For sure Zambians we are going to be cut off from all European Donors . Those Europeans Donors are no longer in good terms with Mugabe and now Sata is showing so openly to be supporting Mugabe, wait and see how Zambians are going to be before the end of this year. Parliamentalians its time to protect your people, dont just sit down and watch? Zambia is heading into a wrong direction. Ba Sata is not focusing pls stand up and protect our mother Zambia????????????????????????????????????????

    Ozzy - May 7, 2012
    08:21

  17. Ichipuba chenu chipuba chenu

    Jacob Zume - May 7, 2012
    08:15

  18. ba sata chipuba sana. so it means we are rich in Zambia while others are suffering. ANY WAY NI DONT KU NDABWA UKWA

    the same TK - May 7, 2012
    07:55

  19. :’(

    Pretty - May 7, 2012
    07:36

  20. Just like the Malawi oil story, this one is full of air. FRA can sell surplus maize to any company or nation. Zim opposition have failed to sell themselves to their people full stop. Maize only can’t win votes ask RB. PF identified with the poor & it worked. Zimbabweans have suffered for a very long time and yet the leader of opposition is dining with Mugabe in the name of national Govt. Give Zims a break!

    Daudi - May 7, 2012
    07:28

  21. where is the DC for kalomo, the OP, Officer-in-charge Zambia Police? does it mean they are not aware of this plunder, are they involved? it pains to see these boys amass wealth in this evil manner. if this be the standard set, there will be uncontrolled looting of govt property. ACT NOW. DONT SPARE ANYONE!!

    MUSANKWA - May 7, 2012
    07:13

  22. The Zimbabwe Mail? Isn’t this the same newspaper that reported that Mugabe was on his death bed a few weeks ago – and that his family had been flown to Singapore to be by his side as he breathed his last? What else cre they gonna tell us!?

    Ricky Bobby? - May 7, 2012
    06:56

  23. we are slowly turning into a typical unip government, someone is so not happy with the way the zambian economy is growing, he suddenly gets into power finds all these resources in the kofas and decides to be giving it away, very soon we will have nothing left and we will end up eating yellow maize….

    mwine mushi loot cause umushila - May 7, 2012
    06:55

  24. we re really in trouble, sata and his pf hv not yet settled the many issues in this country, even issues to do wit the buying of maize by the corupt FRA. right now in kalomo, thieves or do we call them criminals stole billions of kwacha from govt through maize deals. FRA officials, the then Finance Bank Manager and two other bankers, depot managers and the said criminals are walkin the streets of kalomo seemingly without regrets. the dogs hv bcome rich overnight buying Prados and trucks, plz cage them

    EAGLE'S EYE - May 7, 2012
    06:54

  25. Foolishness at its max. The truth will eventually emerge but let us look at the kariba dam debt. The minister is saying a deal was reached and intrest written off, well and good. Then he says Zimbabwe has no capacity to pay so what good is the deal if it takes them another 30 years to pay? Was this deal discussed in parliament?
    Can’t we get payment in kind? Zimbabwe seems to have a lot of money as this article seems to indicate so we have to push and find a solution.
    What a non thinking government we have

    joseph mbesuma - May 7, 2012
    06:52

  26. ‘Yoboy’ my thoughts exactly! I hope people will be wise when commenting on this topic and not be childish because whether they like it or not it is clear that our current govt’s priorities are a bit upside down….Can we sought out our backyards first before we move to the neighbors?

    Mediator - May 7, 2012
    06:50

  27. This is not generosity, it is foolishness! Ukwa is senile and his actions confirm it. Enough said!

    Czar - May 7, 2012
    05:39

  28. No comment.

    Contact - May 7, 2012
    04:16

  29. Please please, Zambia is in the wrong hands. Let Kaseba tell her husband to leave office before it is too late. By every standard, the old man is a disgrace. He has no agenda, no brains & his cadres are looting the country. He is donation crazy. God save the oldman I pray and I mean it.

    Know-it-all - May 6, 2012
    23:29

  30. Iwe ukwa, i havent eaten since yestade and u are doin nonsence! My fridge z empty like am sellin it.. Kusamwa hope ths haunts u.. Ur the worst president ths country has evr producd, u thot runin a country easy, jst gud @ talking. Kmt!!!

    Gucci - May 6, 2012
    23:22

  31. RB told us, these chaps are “mambalas”.

    Ba Mambala! - May 6, 2012
    21:30

  32. Tuchili tule dabwa. Imbwa shile teka!

    Corrupt Supreme Court Judge - May 6, 2012
    21:15

  33. Failed states have characteristics of the current PF government. If you read Betrand and Russell (1987), you will realize Zambia is a perfect example.

    From these glaring and shuddering mistakes in the first half of their first year pF government has shown lack of open and foward thinking among its cabinent ministers.

    Secondly lack of intellectual capacity in the PF.

    Myopic PF - May 6, 2012
    21:11

  34. 90 Day fallacy…failed.
    What next….undirectional, unfocused, unprogrammed out of impulse reactionist decisions with measure of risks involved.

    These decisions are serious and they have Doppler effect reparcations.

    Even Marble Head (Bob Sichinga) his Mouth i m told in cabinent is so quiet….yet when he is out, his mouth is like a machine gun!

    Yet PF, have nothing to point at as an initial development project!

    You know with US $45million, how many SMEs and Support Industries can you assist to set up?

    This lack of thinking by our cabinent is freightening to say the least!

    Ubututu Pompous Musonda - May 6, 2012
    20:59

  35. Give him a break he wants to be an African statesman like KK at the expense of zambians Mo money in yo nibor’s pocket incase you to go into exile our economy is going odwn by the minute the Post will be there to defend him

    Dry - May 6, 2012
    20:56

  36. BAD

    Butata Lutangu Sipopa - May 6, 2012
    20:53

  37. ZAMBIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS ARE STARVING NO GRZ FUNDING,THIS IS COMPAIGNING FOR FAVOURS WHEN BAROTSELAND GOES TO INTERNATIONALCOURT OF JUSTICE FOR THE BOUNDARIES WITH NORTHERN RHODESIA.45% OF ZAMBIANS ARE STARVING.

    Butata Lutangu Sipopa - May 6, 2012
    20:51

  38. Thats what Zambians wanted lets wait and see …………UKWA is busy now ……………………

    allergic to corruption! - May 6, 2012
    20:50

  39. Even if u smoked Dagga at 17, its effects still show even when u are 70!

    Let a Tribunal of Doctors and Physcyatrics be set up to determine Ukwa’s ability to govern before he lands this country aground!

    NEMBA - May 6, 2012
    20:40

  40. Muchili Mulidebwa?

    UNZA Dizzy - May 6, 2012
    20:34

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