Stakeholders have expressed different concerns over the government’s indication to increase electricity tariffs.
CTPD Head of Research Boyd Muleya has welcomed the decision saying it will attract investment in the energy sector that will be crucial to addressing current power shortages.
But a Welder in Lusaka’s Kalingalinga Compound is concerned that such a move will increase the cost of doing business.
During a Town Hall meeting held in Lusaka, Finance and National Planning Minister Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane announced that an electricity tariff hike is inevitable to address the power deficit the country is facing.
By Wendson Mavoro