ENERGY Expert Dr Johnstone Chikwanda says the government should also increase taxes on electric geysers because they also draw a lot of energy. And Dr Chikwanda says Zambia has been saving more than 100 megawatts of power since migrating from filament bulbs to energy saving bulbs. On Tuesday, Energy Minister Peter Kapala said he had discussed the need to increase taxes on electric cookers as a way of encouraging people to switch to gas stoves with his counterpart Commerce Minister Chipoka Mulenga. Commenting on this in an interview, Wednesday, Dr Chikwanda welcomed the development, imploring government to also hike taxes on electric geysers. “I had a press briefing which I held early this year, one of the measures that I...

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