Zambians are suffering with load shedding because of government’s appetite for money who opted to export power instead of increasing local supply, Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) president Edith Nawakwi has saidMs Nawakwi also said the reason why there is load shedding is not because water levels at Lake Kariba are low but the actual sense is that they are exporting power to neighbouring countries,.Ms Nawakwi said the fact Zambia was exporting power to three countries was proof the country has enough power such that no household could be even load shedded.She said the PF invested heavily such that they left an excess of 1, 000 megawatts over the national requirements of power.“Why should Zambians be suffering the consequences of the UPND’s appetite for money,” she said.Ms Nawakwi said people complained about the excessive borrowing by the PF but they had a very good plan because they invested the money in the energy sector […]
Govt appetite for money forcing them to export power, says Nawakwi
