FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the Patriotic Front chose to subsidise fuel because they considered education less important. And Dr Musokotwane says government has considered reverting to the quarterly fuel price reviews but fears that the fluctuations may be huge after a three-month period. Asked, during a News Diggers-organised Public Discussion Forum on Zambia’s Debt, whether government was considering reintroducing fuel subsidies, Dr Musokotwane said government was choosing to pump more money into education rather than subsidising fuel. “Subsidies on fuel – colleagues I want to say this: no government can subsidise everything, it is impossible. When the colleagues were subsidising fuel by not paying the bills, that is the choice they made that they are...

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