Mwinilunga District Business Association Chairperson, Jackson Kapepa, says connecting the district to the national electricity grid will open up the area for more investment in various sectors of the economy.
Mr Kapepa said the development will help the business community in the district not only to expand their businesses in terms of production but also diversify into other sectors such as manufacturing and add value to the local products.
Mr Kapepa said the idea of having hydro power supply in the district has been long overdue, adding that it will facilitate massive economic activities as it will have a great spill-over effect on all the sectors and improve service delivery.
He said the thermal-generated power supply has not been user-friendly to the business community due to power deficits, adding that the coming of the national electricity grid will improve the way of doing business in the district.
Mr Kapepa said the development will also encourage the local people across the country to come and set up businesses in the district and improve people’s lives.
The US $163 million Dollars project of connecting Mwinilunga district to the national electricity grid is gaining momentum and has reached an advanced stage.
Long overdue.
Well come move by the Government.
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY BA CHAKOLWA VODKA WRUNGU…VIVA HH 2016
Discourse leave Lungu alone. I think your father just wasted his sperms. Iwe ponse kucitafye criticise. people like you don’t deserve to live. muli iwe ngabapangilemofye Imbwa.
There is a site on West Lunga River in Mwinilunga District that can generate 3MW enough for Mwinilunga District. The feasibility studies were funded by the Polish Government some 10 years ago. The cost of I KW is some $3000 or $3 million per MW. The cost of this small hydro would therefore ccost some $10 million compared to $168 million for grid extension. The Shiwangandu mini hydro with a capacity of 1MW cost $ 5 million and therefore on the basis of this cost the Mwinilunga 3 MW small hydro would cost about $15 million. What a waste of taxpayers money. My heart bleeds when such uneconomic decisions are made.