FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti has come under fire for attempting to scuttle Government plans to import 150 000 tonnes of maize from Zambia to feed poor people facing starvation as part of the MDC-T's grand plan to instigate food shortages and price increases ahead of polls.
Zambia wants to sell the maize under a Government-to-Government arrangement, but Minister Biti wants to involve private companies, a development that observers say could be manipulated by pro-MDC-T groups to trigger food shortages and price increases ahead of the harmonised elections expected before June 29.
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