By Mubanga Mubanga
The Zambia We Want (ZWW) publicity and information chairperson Muhabi Lungu says the UPND is not doing enough to end loadshedding, since they know that he it will be blamed on drought.
Speaking in an interview with Daily Revelation yesterday, Lungu said the UPND government was not taking the problem of load shedding seriously.
Lungu urged the government to put in place measures to solve problem of loadshedding and not blame natural calamities.
“For us we think that the government is not being serious. And the reason why we say they are not serious, is because they are under the impression that people are not blaming them. And that because this is the issue of drought they are comfortable,” Lungu said.
“After all, people know we have a drought. But as we said, the problem is with the government. We put you in government to resolve the problem. And even if it is the worst drought, the government should have by now been importing power. Because they can’t tell us that they can’t import power.”
Lungu also said there was no indication from the government as to when the loadshedding situation would get better.
He added that even President Hichilema failed to give policy direction when he addressed Parliament recently.
“There was no such statement. I understand the President delivered a speech to parliament, and the President is supposed to be making a serious policy statement. There was absolutely no indication when the situation would get better,” Lungu said.
He said the UPND government should be specific as to how many hours of electricity would be provided each month.
“And we had said that don’t tell us about megawatts, tell us that by the end of October, we would not have provided with that by the end of October, we have now been provided maybe 5 hours of electricity. Not the one hour and half that they are producing now,” Lungu said.
“Or absolutely no power for 48 hours. They should then go ahead and say to us by the end of December, we would have returned 6 hours of electricity, by the first quarter we are gone back to 12 hours or whatever.”
