Citizens First (CF) President Harry Kalaba says he will stop the export of electricity to other countries when elected Republican President after the 2026 General Elections.
Mr. Kalaba said it was shocking to continue exporting electricity to other nations such as Namibia and South Africa at time Zambia was grappling with a national power crisis.
He said the Zambian people deserve to use the power the Government was exporting.
“I will curtail the export of power. The Government is still selling power to Namibia, South Africa, DR Congo and Malawi,” Mr. Kalaba said when featuring on Radio Icengelo on the Copperbelt.
“As I become President, just after swearing in I will halt the selling of power to Namibia. We want our people to have power because it is not Namibians that elected this Government. We love Namibia as our neigbours but we need to provide power to the local people. Who can starve his own children when at the expense of giving food to the neigbours,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Kalaba says the real opposition to the UPND Government is the people of Zambia.
He said voters are the ones responsible for deciding which party or leader must preside over the affairs of the nation.
“The real opposition the UPND have is high mealie meal prices, loadshedding and hunger. Even ba Kunda in 1991 said there was no opposition. We had elections in 2021 and the PF said people won’t remove us from power. When people decide they can change. Wait for 2026 that’s when you will see which party and leader the people want,” Mr. Kalaba said.
Yeah, it should be Zambia first. But then, Kalaba is not a viable alternative!
Very stagnant, undynamic mind.Instead of seeing an opportunity to generate more electricity for export, he wants to stop exports and fold his hands. Vert far from being presidential material. The real opposition the UPND have is high mealie meal prices, loadshedding and hunger but the solution is nor opportunistic, clueless, visionless and mind-boggled politicians.
What you save in power will all go on massive legal costs for export contracts signed
The only opposition has to come from within the upnd
Poor thinking. Your strategy should be invest more into alternative sources so you satisfy domestic needs and triple exports. Zambia has always been a mono econy. simply put, 1 source of energy (hydro), 1 source of revenue (copper), 1 main food. Answer lies in diversification and increased output iwe mambala… (maize) You are a wrong one….
Ba Kalaba stop dreaming. HH told us similar lies and here are.
Sense is to ask if the PF just wanted to punish us with load shedding then they just didn’t want to win the election. Truth is they had no alternative just like the Upnd.
Tell us something else… not this thing.
Another useless opportunist….blah blah blah whilst in opposition but when you elect them they do exactly the same thing…useless Pompwes…just like HH
HH was a great hope mwebantu! What a dissapointment he has turned out to be!
Tell me how he can recover the economy fully just in 3yrs time. Sometimes use Common sense bwana.Do you know how much damage has been done to the country by ba Lungu?The war in Russia and Ukraine had an impact throughout the world where fuel supply is concerned.The country had drought, yet you expect cheap Maize meal.
#Auto Musonda. Go ask HH since he promised to improve things in hours and weeks.
What Mr. Kalaba should have said that if he comes into power, which is very unlikely, He will use the potential of the Kalungwish River for hydro power generation so that each region is made self sufficient in electricity. Is Mr. Kalaba also aware that people of the Zambezi region are the same as those in the northern parts of Namibia and Botswana. As a matter of fact they pay for the electricity in hard currency. If we did not earn something from export of power the Kwacha rate would be by now K50 to one US$.
And if there is a draught and that same river dries up?…