Government to sign contracts for addition 200 megawatts emergency power-Siliya

1. And what about the SMS alerts going around that power in Lusaka will be cut from 13-18 January?

2. Any new power plant will only deliver that power in 4 to 5 years’ time. It cannot be advertised as an emergency solution. PF lost the plot when they dumped all their 90 days promises soon after 2011 elections. Scrambling to compensate now is too late. Moreover without proper rains so far, expect power problems to be worse in 2016.

   And what is the correct position on the tariffs? Have the new tariffs been reversed or its for residential only? Is Dollar Sleer suggesting that ERB should immediately come up with a new tariff to replace the old one? These are the effects of appointing relatives and cadres to run govt institutions like ERB.

3. Progress
   A working government
   I’m proud of PF, the bestest government ever

   • @Simumba,while we acknowledge that the power problem started a long time ago with lack of investment by previous governments,we cannot judge from this article that PF is working as they lack specific time frames when they hope all these Megawatts will come on the grid and how many hours of load shedding it will reduce!? Any way can talk but if not bound by time frames they can always talk themselves out with excuses!! Let them come with specifics and implement,then we shall say they are working on power. For example what EL and Team have done with the constitution is commendable despite the lost time in the past due to Wynter’s schemes!

4. Dora
   Please make changes at ERB. The level incompetency at this institution is chocking.
   This are people who only move when govt makes a move. They think of nothing but increasing tariffs not effective ways of using what is available in the country.

   Dora also explain why you are not signing the statutory instrument on fuel marking which was suspended in October last yer due to the absence of the same. Information not rumor is slowly tickling that there are skims to re tender the process because you have people in mind where your pocket will benefit that you want to win the tender.
   My advise for you Dora is that you will burnt your image as there is no other entity in the world that will beat Authentix and the executioner on the ground. These are leaders in this business and you…

   • Dora
     will not justify any reason you will or your cohorts want to advance. This is my advice, sister Dora. Do not let yourself in another issue. We know that the first one was the Post Newspaper invention. But imagine how they come after you if this proves true.

   • Can you explain this a bit further? Do you know who won the bid? (As I udnerstand this must have been awarded by now as I see this news: http://allafrica.com/stories/201512211299.html )

     You say Authentix has no competition but this is further from the truth now that a Big Whale as SICPA has bought GFI, see:

     http://sicpa.com/oil-and-gas-marking_technology-acquisition_GFI

     And mind you SICPA is good at bribes too if needed be:

     http://www.politico.eu/article/euro-bank-security-greece-faces-brazil-tax-million/

     Overall its in the best interest of Zambia to have SICPA deliver the program as GFI is the best solution above Authentix and the only ISO certified.

5. And where is the money coming from since this is not cost reflective tariffs and the figure is almost double as the one Lazy Lungu mentioned in his press conference last year….the once corrupt Dora is back to signing and negotiating million dollar contracts…how laughable.

6. and why quote everything in dollars? no wonder our kwacha keeps on loosing value. in short let us dollalize our economy.
   second, our people keeps on loosing jobs but we have got pretty indians at kagem mine working as security guards. how they get working permits no one knows. this is why we say this gov. is so pollas
   someone should come to kagem and investigate why foreigners are doing jobs which can be done by the locals.

   • That’s because you’re sleeping!!

7. Everything shrouded in ambiguity!! When is the 300MW from solar power plants expected to come on board? When is the 200MW to be imported from the Turkish ship expected to start flowing into the national grid? How did you arrive at the $20million for energy saving bulbs? Are you offering tax concessions to those who will import and sell these hence the $20m is counted as lost revenue or are you going to import and distribute these bulbs to Zambians free of charge? When the thermal power plant in Sinazongwe expected to add power to the grid and how MWs. When is the power plant in Itezhi -tezhi expected to come on board? All these hidden facts and ambiguities with out time frames lead to suspicion! Is it LT’s reporting or Governments opaque way of doing things??

8. There is something wrong with the PF’s spin doctors in the way there are spinning the truth. When the new ZESCO tariffs were introduced domestic consumers were assured that they will not be affected. Yesterday, the Minister of Energy was telling the nation that it is only the tariff for domestic consumers that will revert to the old one on 1st February. So you lied to us when you said domestic consumers will not be affected. What Frankstein (sp) monster have we created? Is this a genuine reversal or an election gimmick? There is no mention of ITT. It was supposed to be producing power last month.

9. PF have very short term policies. By now 80 % of consumers should have been using solar panels for day time electricity which does not require batteries. This could have helped the economy as consumers would have spare monies to spend else where on the economy, PF should have partnered with a manufacturer of solar panels to have a plant in zambia. But this was not done because they needed their cash cow ZESCO to continue robbing pipo of hard earned money, if consumers had solar panels no one will pay for day time electricity. Now they are spending colossal funds on importing electricity. another reason why Zambians were not encouraged to go solar is because as the situation is now it is easier for them to steal money while claiming to import electricity.

   • @Patrick,that sounds credible because even contracts with these power suppliers are not open to public scrutiny to see if the price we are paying reflects the realities connected to importing power from ships. Indeed there is still no long term policy and activities at national level solution to encourage solar power usage at house hold level which could ultimately reduce dependence on national grid as you have highlighted and encourage rural electrification.

10. This is the consolidated 200 megawatts (MW) Jameson Sperm Chamber situated or rather embedded deep between the “bokossi” of “Siliti Zambia Open” in the middle of Independence Road.

11. @Senior Engineer RTD, are we in the same country? If so, do we read the same statements? As far as I know what they said about domestic tariffs is that domestic customers who consume less than 300 units will not be affected by the increase in prices, but those domestic customers who consume more will pay more for consumption above 300. Why do you guys always try to distort clear facts? We are not all sleeping you know. And the worst thing is that you are killing your uPMD because the majority of us now believe the party is feeding us on lies in order for one tribal candidate to enter state house. Therefore uPMD is just as bad as ir not worse than otehr liers before them. In other words, as I always say, the tragedy of uPMD is that because of their big lies morning, afternoon and night,…

    • @ Hakainde Terrible. This is even worse a lie because the impression given was that you should not worry unless you use a lot of electricity i.e. > 300 units. But what is 300 units? A 1500 W (1.5kW) stove used for 6 hours per day is 1.5×6= 9 kWh or 9 units and for a month it is 31 x 9 = 279 units. What about other electrical appliances, geyser, lighting, TV etc. Not even a person in Kalingalinga can use less than 300 units. There are still people who use 100W (0.1kW) incandescent bulbs. For a house with 10 incandescent bulbs used between 18.00 houses and 6.00 hours i.e. 12 hours this 0.1 x 10 x12= 12kWh or 12 units per day or 12×31= 372 kWh or 372 units per month.

12. Therefore uPMD is just as bad as ir not worse than otehr liers before them. In other words, as I always say, the tragedy of uPMD is that because of their big lies morning, afternoon and night, people do not see them as a viable alternative government, rather just as power hungry ethnic politicians.

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