UK-based Zambian engineer Professor Clive Chirwa says Zambia is not supposed to be experiencing load shedding given that it has minor industries. And Prof Chirwa says Zesco should be separated into different companies for generation, distribution, transmission, and resale in order to make the firm more efficient. In an interview recently, Prof Chirwa said it was nonsensical for Zesco to suggest that it could not generate enough power due to the low water levels at Kariba Dam. He argued that there was enough water in the Kariba Dam, adding that what was needed was changing the dynamics of how energy was generated. “Zambia is not supposed to be load-shedding; it has got no industry to load-shed for. It has got...

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