Mumba Warns of Over 24 Hours of Load Shedding Amid Energy Crisis
By Keith M. Mweemba
Lusaka, Zambia – Hon. Anthony Mumba, Member of Parliament for Mufulira’s Kantashi constituency, has issued a stern warning that Zambia may face over 24 hours of load shedding starting in September. This comes as the nation grapples with an ongoing energy crisis exacerbated by severe drought conditions.
During a parliamentary session, Mumba highlighted that Zambia has already utilized its maximum water allocation from the Kariba Dam, a critical resource shared with neighboring Zimbabwe. This depletion is expected to severely impact small businesses, which are already struggling, and lead to an increase in job losses.
In response to Mumba’s concerns, Minister of Energy Eng. Kapala assured that the government is implementing both immediate and long-term measures to address the crisis. The Minister emphasized that strategies are being developed to mitigate the impact on the nation’s power supply and the economy.
A minister who has failed at his task.
He has never stated any short term measures, this shows lack of solutions. Just giving meaningless and very useless ministerial statements in parliament. Right now ZESCO is in total disarray with it’s load shading schedule, it has never followed it. We could have seen intelligence of this leadership now in the times of energy serious crisis but what we are
seeing is mediocrity, everything is crumbling now