PAC president Andford Banda says plans by government to import electricity will negatively impact an economy that is already in distress. Recently, Minister of Green Economy Collins Nzovu disclosed that the country is looking to import electricity in order to counter power shortages that are expected due to the lack of rainfall. In an interview, Sunday, Banda said government should look at other sources of energy to avoid the trend of importing electricity. “Hence forth the plans to import power to curb the energy deficit will put more pressure on the Kwacha, meaning that the Kwacha will depreciate because we have to send out dollars out there to buy power. What this means is that the issues we are still...

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