Soda asked to bring Ministerial statement as nation sinks in darkness

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Soda asked to bring Ministerial statement as nation sinks in darkness
Soda asked to bring Ministerial statement as nation sinks in darkness

Soda asked to bring Ministerial statement as nation sinks in darkness

Energy and Power Development Minster Zhemu Soda has been asked to bring a ministerial statement on the power situation in the country.

Zimbabwe is currently being subjected to massive power cuts due to problems at Hwange as well as Kariba which are the main power stations in Zimbabwe.

Speaking in the National Assembly Honourable Temba Mliswa said a lot of are waiting to hear the explanation for the current load shedding.

‘’My point of order is to get the Minister to come with a Ministerial Statement because the issue of power is important. You could see that there were a lot of Members who wanted to contribute.

‘’First of all, how far have we gone in increasing the capacity of power from the Hwange-Kariba and so forth including alternative energy as well because there has been a talk?

‘’Can we come up with a fair billing system and what are you doing to ensure that the farmers are not also affected because there has been a question where the farmers have wheat being cut off at this time yet it does not make sense.

‘’So, that Ministerial Statement must cover all these issues so that there is a position. Not only that, why do you cut off electricity from people when you know that there will be no industrialization going on, you expect them to pay for non-payment. We in fact must be suing the ZESA for not supplying energy because they are losing business. So what can you do to ensure that there is a win/win situation so that the citizenry does not sue ZESA because it only takes one citizen to sue ZESA for cutting off electricity yet they are losing business because of ZESA?

‘’Therefore, may the Ministerial statement cover all these issues including the issue of transformers as well? There are a lot of transformers which are being stolen which have not been replaced; as a result, what measures are you taking to ensure that they are replaced and they are not stolen,’’ he said.

Soda asked to bring Ministerial statement as nation sinks in darkness