NOMINATED UPND MP Gertrude Imenda says it is perfectly in order to use the country’s foreign reserves to prop up the kwacha in an effort to cushion fuel prices. Imenda says the high cost of fuel will negatively impact the Grow Zambia Agenda, as fuel is a driver of the economy. On Friday, during the Vice-President’s Question Time in the National Assembly, Imenda asked whether government thought it was the right time to use some of its reserves to cushion fuel prices. In response, Vice-President Mutale Nalumango said government had no intention of dipping into the country’s $6.5 billion in reserves to cushion fuel prices. In an interview, Monday, Imenda said she believed that the current fuel situation was a...

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