ENERGY Expert Dr Johnstone Chikwanda says it would be irresponsible to say fuel prices will reduce because of the open access policy. And Chikwanda says the exchange rate is the biggest driver for fuel pump prices. Speaking on Diamond TV’s Breakfast Show, Thursday, Chikwanda said the fundamental factors that drove fuel prices were not necessarily because of competition to use the TAZAMA pipeline. “It is very wrong and irresponsible of me to come here and say because we now have open access, we have declared this pipeline a common carrier, everyone now put on your dancing shoes, we are going to have low prices, I cannot do that. Look at the Johannesburg-Durban pipeline in South Africa, it is a common...

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