Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:40:10 +0000 By Bennie Mundando and Chintu Malambo WHY should power being produced in abundance by ZESCO be restricted to produce job losses in the mining sector, Zambia Republican party president, Wright Musoma has charged. Mr Musoma , who was reacting to looming job losses at Mopani because of restricted power supply by CEC, said each day lost was production lost, just as power generated that day will not be recovered. He has called for a probe into the saga to establish why this impasse, which may lead to job losses, has been allowed to continue. He said Energy minister, David Mabumba should consider finding out the shareholders of Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) because he may be aiding wrong people and cause thousands of miners to be jobless. Mr Musoma said that the minister needed to find out who was controlling CEC because it was not just job losses at stake […]
