Government will continue importing electricity and speed up the completion of electricity power generation projects that were planned to be established countrywide.
Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the government is also closely monitoring the water levels for hydropower generation at all power stations following the improved rains in some parts of the country.
Speaking when he delivered cabinet resolutions during a press briefing today, Mr. Mweetwa said the government is working to address all logistical challenges and ensure a constant supply of fuel across the country and at filling stations.
And Mr. Mweetwa said to address cholera, measures have been taken, which include pre-positioning medical and non-medical logistics and stocks to all cholera high-risk districts and at all the provincial capitals.
The Minister also disclosed the approval by Cabinet of the establishment of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) Regional Office in the Republic of Zambia.
Mr. Mweetwa said the approval is based on the fact that BADEA currently does not have a regional office in Southern Africa.
ZNBC
All talk; no action. They’re now even tired of talking about net-metering. Meanwhile, the crippling blackouts rage on. Cry my beloved Zamunda.
Produce rain kaili……..
FWD2031
#Spaka. When you were in opposition rain was not a factor….in Dubai there’s no rain.
Conmen.
Always waking up when it’s too late. this is a National catastrophe and deserves presidential attention
yet todate very little has been said by him. His silence is NOT goldern
Enough has been said about the drought…….
What do you want the president to
say ???………
that the drought is bad. ????
FED2031
As the leader of the nation I would have thought he could enlighten the nation what is being done to alliviate the problem not his spokesman, who tells us that power generation is being expidited how many times have we been told this ? shouldnt this have been done years ago ??
As much as you are an ardent supporter I am the exact opposite to me the GRZ is out of control
it does know whether its Arthur or Martha
Ive said before HH is an astute businessman, Honest, and good moral standing BUT this does not relate to him being a good president and leader of this nation
#Spaka. When you were in opposition rain was not a factor….in Dubai there’s no rain.
What else is there to say…..urinate in the Kariba dam
” speed up completion of power generating projects” – what is meaning of this. Pour in more resources? What was the expected delivery time? With the ” speeding up” what is new time frame, it changes from what to what? Very shallow press conference as usual
This how poor and useless Zambian journalism is………..
They go to a press conference to only listen like robots………..
Always trying to give hope to zambians.
Zambians are tired of promises.
Atleast let them see eight hours of power?
Was enroute through Vienna International Airport. It is CO2 emissions free as it has its own solar power supply. And all this power generated through an average of 1917 hours of sunshine annually. Zambia has an average of 2836 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) and a lot of land where these solar panels can be installed.
In this day and age, Zambia, Zesco, government, engineers or whoever is supposed to make this country great again, has not explored this?!?
Wonder if anyone is understanding @Deja Vu’s “in Dubai there’s no rain”?
Don’t be too quick to judge. Dubai is also just transitioning to solar as it is still mainly powered by gas plants. Sometimes i wonder why it is the poor countries being asked to transition to clean energy when in fact we should be the last on the lot. Coal or thermal power should be used until such a time when we can affordably transition. Life is not easy for poor nations.
Coal is the answer well stated
Solar is both costly and high maintenance