Peter Sinkamba Sets Up Company To Cultivate Weed

Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has announced he is set to meet Drug Enforcement Commissioner Alita Mbawe this week to present the conceptual framework for his proposed pilot Green Gold Medicinal Marijuana Investments Project.
The ambitious project will see the Green Party cultivate, process, and dispense marijuana (cannabis/hemp) for medicinal purposes pursuant to Section 9 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Cap 96 of the Laws of Zambia implemented by Worldwide Environmental Risks Surveyors Limited (WERS), a Zambian registered company that he owns.
The proposed Cultivation Facility will be situated on the Copperbelt. In addition, four pilot Medical Marijuana Dispensary Centres are proposed to be opened and located in Kitwe, Ndola, Lusaka, and Livingstone.
The pilot project is planned to produce approximately 500 tonnes of processed medicinal marijuana per annum by 2017. Capital expenditure for the proposed project is Ten Million United States Dollars (US$10, 000, 000). The proposed commencement date for pilot activities is June, 2015.
Sinkamba said this in a statement made available to Mwebantu New Media in Lusaka.