Sat, 07 Jan 2017 10:51:31 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO PROLONGED hours of load shedding has impacted negatively on the growth of industries dependent on electricity and has hampered economic growth, the United National Independence Party (UNIP) has said. UNIP secretary general Alfred Banda noted that the extension of load shedding hours has made it difficult for businesses which depended on electricity to operate at their maximum and that reduced output in all sectors in the country posed a negative outlook on the economic performance of Zambia. Rev. Banda implored the Ministry of Energy to provide an update on the generation capacity of ZESCO from time to time so that Zambians could know the current state of affairs other than remaining mute while load shedding was on the increase. He said Zambians had hoped that with the increase in rainfall activities all over the country, load shedding would significantly reduce as the challenge of low water […]
