ZESCO Board Chairperson Vickson N’cube says no one is being discriminated in terms of the load shedding schedule, revealing that he also experiences outages lasting up to 12 hours sometimes. A Parish Priest at St Augustine Catholic Church in Lusaka’s Kalikiliki area, Fr Paschal Mashilipa, lamented on Sunday that Zesco’s load shedding schedule was being unfairly implemented because shanty compounds seemed to be experiencing longer hours of darkness. Meanwhile, Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga said Zesco should be as committed to restoring power on time as they were when it came to switching it off. Commenting on this, Tuesday, Nc’ube insisted that there was no discrimination regarding the load shedding. He, however, said the power utility company was...

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