COMMERCE, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga has urged solar equipment traders to stop exploiting citizens with high prices, given that government has waived taxes on these products. And Mulenga says he has never been questioned by investigative wings because he stays away from illicit activities. ERB recently lifted domestic solar equipment importation restrictions. Speaking on 5FM’s Burning Issue recently, Mulenga observed that some solar equipment traders had been increasing prices despite the tax waivers. “I want to say something, and I want to say this strongly even to the industries and also the traders in solar equipment; when government gives incentives to say we have removed duty from solar equipment and everything, why does government do that? All governments...

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