PETROLEUM Transporters Association of Zambia (PTAZ) Secretary General Benson Tembo says confining the transportation of fuel to pipelines might result in job losses in the road transport sector. Tembo was commenting on Energy Minister Peter Kapala’s remarks that the government was looking to start getting fuel from Harare which would be transported from Beira, through the pipeline connecting into Zimbabwe. In an interview, Tembo said government’s pronouncements should be tied to already existing businesses so that they are not seen to be disadvantaging already existing transporters. “One thing we want to tell the Ministry is let us make such pronouncements while talking about the plight of the already existing transport. Because the transporters will be found in a very awkward...

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