VICE-President Mutale Nalumango says curbing charcoal burning completely is not an easy thing without alternative energy sources. Speaking during the questions for oral answer session in the National Assembly, Tuesday, Vice-President Nalumango said government was working on alternative energy sources, which included the use of coal-bricks. “Indeed as government, and I believe everybody who is concerned with the climate issues, climate change, should agree that there is need to reduce on the cutting down of trees in order to produce charcoal. Government is aware that it is not an easy thing to fully implement [measures to curb] the charcoal burning, or indeed the charcoal use, unless there are alternative sources of energy and government is not remaining idle. I can...

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