PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema is right when he says the monthly fuel price reviews have caused a negative impact on households and businesses in the country. It must be pleasing for our people to hear that the Head of State doesn’t support the frequent reviews because the impression citizens had was that this was a decision that was approved by the Cabinet. Indeed it is true that planning becomes impossible if prices of critical commodities like fuel keep fluctuating. President HICHILEMA: “Let me repeat, the environment in the energy sector, particularly petroleum, is hostile and is causing us to push the cost of living, to push inflation high. We want, therefore, (i), to be innovative, (ii), to be ingenious or think...

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