Sat, 25 Aug 2012 12:38:55 +0000 A fuel shortage has hit parts of Eastern Province as motorists are forced to drive to provincial town Chipata to fetch the commodity. A check by the Daily Nation revealed that Nyimba and Petauke Puma Filing stations had run out of the commodity for the past three days. Some motorists found queuing for the commodity from the road side sellers commonly known as ‘changayna’ blamed the shortage on government’ poor management of the energy industry. Ackim Zulu said that government has never shown any seriousness to address the fuel crisis. Another motorist Ben Phiri said for the past three days motorists have been driving to Chipata as Katete had also run out of the commodity too. Mr Phiri said it was disappointing that at a time government had announced the marketing season some parts of the country have been experiencing these shortages. Mr Phiri advised that it was high […]
