PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has announced that government will be increasing the Zesco tariff because it is too low. He, however, quickly added that he is not dictating the increment to ERB, but has been following the feedback and it is positive. The ERB is today set to announce its decision on Zesco’s emergency tariff hike application. And the Head of State says the Presidential Delivery Unit Forum was formed to address the inadequacies that are inherent in government systems. Speaking at the PDF forum, Wednesday, President Hichilema said Zesco’s first application to the ERB was wrongly communicated, as there was no explanation that low-income earners would be exempted. “By the way, the [Zesco] tariff was too low, I am proud...
