Energy Minister Kenneth Konga says the current crisis in the Middle East will greatly affect the supply of crude oil in the country.
Mr Konga however said government has put up measures to ensure the steady supply of fuel if the crisis continues.
Mr Konga said government is stocking up the strategic fuel reserves so that the country is not affected by the crisis.
The Energy also said cabinet has not yet sat to discuss the submissions made on the way forward on Indeni petroleum Refinery Company following the pull-out of its equity partner Total International of France.
He said the decision on whether government should source for an equity partner in Indeni will only be made after the matter has been discussed by cabinet.
Mr. Konga however, said government has been reluctant to source for an equity partner because it has been able to run the company effectively single handed.
Government currently holds a 100 percent stake in Indeni oil refinery.
Total pulled out citing lack of government commitment to reinvest in the oil refinery.
And Energy Deputy Minister Lubinda Imasiku has told parliament that the country is consuming 1.6 million litres of diesel daily, and 650 000 litres of petrol.
He says the daily consumption of Jet 1 fuel now is 150 000 litres while that of kerosene is 50 000 litres a day.
Mr Imasiku says the country is spending K11 billion on the daily consumption of diesel and another K8 billion on the daily consumption of Petrol.
The Deputy Minister was responding to a question from Gwembe Member of Parliament Brian Ntundu who wanted to know the daily consumption of fuel in the country.
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HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH PROPAGANDA AND LIES…YOU HAVE FAILED AS A MINISTER, WORLDWIDE THEY HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE MOOD IN MIDDLE EAST AND ALL THE CONFUSION GOING ON. THEY HAVE ALL TAKEN MEASURES TO CURB THE PROBLEMS BUT YOU TODAY AT WE HAVE TAKEN MEASURES…ITS A LIE…WHAT MEASURES??? HOW ABOUT THE CURRENT PRICE OF FUEL, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? ITS EXPENSIVE RIGHT NOW, WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE CRISIS STARTS AFFECTING YOUR SUPPLY, IS THIS WHEN YOU CAN START STORING SURELY….IF YOU GET STATISTICS WORLDWIDE YOU’LL SEE THAT WESTERN COUNTRIES HAVE STORED OIL THEY BOUGHT EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS VERY CHEAP…AND TODAY THEY CAN EVEN RESELL IT FOR 500% PROFITS…YOU HAVE BEEN MINISTER ALL THESE YEARS, WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
this is the worst minister Zambia has ever had in recent history!!! The man is a failure, there is not determination or creativity whatsoever in his ministry. how does he live with himself, day by day he defends fuel prices and shortages, no sense of planning or ideas. the man is busy growing fat yet we are suffering, how can we still be talking of only one refinery??? we should have many more, it really shows lack of leadership if even total can pull out and say lack of seriousness/commitment. this minister awe mwe, electricity bills are through the roof and imagine fuel is key to everything in zambia, if he did his job we would have fuel stored away and sourced from everywhere cheaplyY
lower fuel prices means the price of doing business goes down, farming inputs are transported much cheaper, mealie meal prices go down and once fuel and mealie meal go down the effect is great because people are saving money, and zesco is affording its daily running and brings down tariffs..but this minister is proud to go home and say he is a minister…no nzelu, no progress..for years he has watched as the situation got worse and worse…in developed countries they understand einsteins philosophy that doing the same thing over and over doesnt give a different result and they fire such ministers who dont even know what they’re doing….most of our problems are because of this ministers mediocre jobB
Zambia fuel supply is always affected even when there is no crisis in Libya. This country is now 4th world.
The adverse effects that his ministry have on our society are great…all blame is on this minister (some of it goes to national planning and to the vice president and president for poor planning, for watching this happen and for appointing such an *****!). Worldwide oil is sourced from angola, nigeria, middle east, w are closer than many nations that are getting cheaper oil….for us its expensive because this foolish man wants to use outdated equipment for oil refinery whilst driving a lavish car. france refineries were blocked for over 2 weeks but fuel didnt run out, for us just one flame and the whole country has no fuel. look at the effect this has on prices of electricity and the total cost of living ..
Sata at one time did mention the need for Zambia to build a pipeline from Angola. If only the MMD could think hard about it we wont have to suffer much with fuel crisis
Mr. Kongas poor policies are to blame for poor lives we are living. Once all these necessities are expensive, everything else follows because everyone wants to make a profit. talk time goes up, meat prices just like mealie meal go up and worse still when other commodities start going up, they cause fuel and mealie to rise further because even the distributors of the two must survive. people cant afford air time, people cant afford fuel and the next thing is robberies, lawlessness, drinking the little money we have…all our societal problems can be blamed on this mans narrow thinking and poor job..
I CALL ON YOU MR. PRESIDENT TO QUICKLY FIRE THIS EMBARRASSMENT AND REPLACE HIM WITH A MAN OF ACTION, A SERIOUS RESEARCHER DEDICATED TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT!!! You are groundbreaking stadiums, but will stadiums feed us? will we play football hungry, will we walk to the football stadium from all over the country because we cant afford petrol, will we sleep in the dark after playing football? If you planned efficiently, built another refinery and sourced more fuel…people would automatically save something and businessmen, farmers, bankers would have money to spare, would be able to reduce prices and the effect would continue in all sectors and back again to fuel. havent you learnt that your system has not been working?? dont even defend it because look at prices todayY
this minister is decampaigning himself and gov’t because he doesnt think. WHAT IS GOVERNMENT DOING AS REGARDS TO PLANNING FOR ENERGY?
OUR NEIGHBOURS ARE TALKING OF SETTING UP NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, WHAT RESEARCH IS ZAMBIA DOING, WHAT FUTURE ARE WE PLANNING?? IS THERE A PLAN TO BUILD MORE REFINERIES OR TO START TRANSITIONING TO CLEANER ENERGY?? I AGREE WITH HONOURABLE KONGA THAT MR. KONGA IS A DISAPPOINTMENT. ELECTRICITY AND FUEL ARE SO EXPENSIVE, THEY ARE SO EXPENSIVE THAT GOING OUT IN THE SUN TO SUNBATH COSTS TOO MUCH MONEY…IT MEANS YOU MISS OUT ON A CHANCE TO WORK FOR MUCH NEEDED CASH AND ONCE YOU SWEAT YOU’LL HAVE TO TAKE A BATH WHICH IS ALSO BECOMING EXPENSIVE. JACK UP BA KONGA, OR JUST RESIGN…FOLLOW MPOMBOS FOOTSTEPS
It time govt speeded up the oil exploration/extraction process. We are endowed with mineral wealth oil included.
Its time we put this rubbish of middle east crisis and oil behind us, become self sufficient and a serious oil exporting country.
ummmm Minister Kaonga. ni jealous ya bwanji iyo? me man is just saying the truth and there you are running your mouth off.
Fuel price is so high, poverty is on the rise and yet FOOLS are calling for Banda’s gratuity, honestly what kind of stupid shit is that? Why can’t the MMD Government just for once do something that is reasonable. Now coming to the topic of fuel, I think the higher prices and shortage are as a result of poor planning, luck of seriousness to store enough fuel for times like this. SOme of this shit shouldn’t have been happening if we had a good/ reasonable Government in place.
@ number 4 Nubian princess hahahahahahahahaha. 4th world that’s got my ribs hurting.
My question that really never gets answered on LT, do we get oil from Libya? Does Angola produce oil?