ZESCO Spokesperson Matongo Maumbi says the corporation has installed 23 generators in critical institutions in Lusaka, Chilanga, Kafue and Mumbwa, but he laments that they have proven to be expensive. And Maumbi has disclosed that Zesco is generating about 100 megawatts at its Kariba North Bank Power Station (KNBPS). In an interview, Maumbi said government now wanted to install solar power in other public institutions, as running generators had proven to be costly. “The first 23 [gensets] all are in, and all were installed. So the others the line of thinking now is to just go straight into solar than gensets because they have proved to be very expensive. There are other identified places which we don’t want to mention...

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