Vedanta doesn’t deserve KCM – Sean TemboTHE new government should hand over Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) to Vedanta Resources not because it deserves to run the giant mine, but because the approach used to take it away was wrong, says Patriots of Economic Progress (PeP) President Sean Tembo.Mr Tembo said in an interview that emphasis should be made upon Vedanta that it has to operate within the confines of the law, or else the licence would be revoked.He said the PF Government should have taken over the mine by evoking the environmental provisions using the basis that Vedanta polluted the environment.He said Vedanta not only did it not pay contractors and suppliers but also had no regard for the environment as it polluted the Kafue River.Mr Tembo said the first route to use to take away the mine from investors, was to invoke the provisions of the Environmental Act and show that the mine has polluted the environment with impunity.“Government needed to take over KCM […]
VEDANTA DOESN’T DESERVE KCM- SEAN TEMBO
