Book Review by DICKSON JEREAuthor: Dr Mbita ChitalaTitle: Corporate Capture – The Political Economy of Electricity Management in Zambia (2014-2021)Price: K500Publisher: Zambia Research Foundation Pages: 202Chapters: Twenty OneWE can ignore – for now – the poor editing and packaging of the book even though it could have been done better. However, the stuff in the book is jaw dropping! The author, Dr Mbita Chitala, name names and does not shy away from controversy. He began by stating how he found himself on the Zesco board. President Edgar Lungu handpicked him in 2015 to be chairman but only to be rejected by Energy Minister Dora Siliya. How a minister can undo a presidential choice remains debatable!“It was therefore not surprising when the Minister of Energy, Ms Dora Siliya was removed from the energy portfolio and replaced by another politician David Mabunda,” he writes, adding that the Siliya-appointed Board was dissolved and another one appointed which Chitala chaired from […]
CHITALA TELLS THE ZESCO STORY
