UPND National Chairman Collins Maoma says the ruling party won’t lose popularity because people understand that load shedding has not been brought by the ruling party. And Maoma says UPND has not ferried any youths to Chipata in readiness for President Hakainde Hichilema’s address today. In an interview, Maoma said UPND sympathises with small scale businesses which have been affected by the load shedding, but government was finding ways to mitigate this challenge. “Everyone is aware that this season we had bad rains, we don’t have good rains. When we don’t have enough rains, it means agriculture, power generation will be affected. What government has done is to find ways and means to make sure that they mitigate the problems...

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