CENTRAL Province Permanent Secretary Milner Mwanakampwe has announced that the revamped Mulungushi Textiles will feature a 100-megawatt solar plant, with over 80 megawatts of excess power being fed into the national grid. Mwanakampwe says the project is also expected to create 500 direct jobs. In a recent interview, Mwanakampwe explained that the textile plant required about 20 megawatts to operate, meaning the remaining 80 megawatts from the solar plant would help address the nation’s power shortage. “First of all, it’s to say that we are grateful that President Hakainde Hichilema had decided to end the traditional ceremony that used to be called Mulungushi Textiles that would come every two weeks before the election. We are two years away from elections...

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