MINISTER of Energy Peter Kapala says it is better for the country to have available power that is not cheap. And Kapala says government is looking at the option of restructuring debt owed to Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs). In a recent interview, Kapala said the whole southern region had increased electricity tariffs because of power imports. “First, let’s look at what adjustment is that? Even you yourself every year you get a salary increment, isn’t it? We all get. Normally, because of inflation and things like that, things go up. So, when you look at the current situation we find ourselves in, it’s not something that we like. The whole region, even in Zimbabwe, if you find out, they have...

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