ZAMBIA'S ENERGY CRISIS, IS GOVERNMENT DOING ENOUGH TO RESOLVE IT?

[@emmanuelsinyangwe4288]

😂😂😂😂🎉😂Costa Mwansa himself and his questions you can make a minister run away. Muli baume

[@jethrondhlovu]

@@emmanuelsinyangwe4288 kukosa. We are a serious people, imbued with the power of citizenship. We demand and expect truth. Nothing less.

[@johnmapomajr7551]

Long live Costa 😂😂 very good questions no one could have done better Ati why can't you say we are sorry we lied😭😭

[@shadricklonga1371]

Excellent Costa .. keep speaking for our citizens

[@johnmulapi6018]

Costa , journalist of our generation. Keep up with the job sir. Salute

[@janetkawangu5788]

Minister was grilled with facts. Well done Costa. You asked the right questions that begs answers but clearly this gvt has no solution to this load shedding crisis.zambians we are doomed.

[@obedysunkutu6151]

Costa my God continue bless you as wise you are good in questioning

[@TophisterBanda]

The minister didn't want to accept that his government has failed completely to run this country properly.

[@theheos264]

We need more people like Costa Mwansa to keep these people in check. We need the head of Zesco next I still think this minister doesn’t all the information on Zesco.

[@martinmwape1883]

Costa, you are great. Keep up the good work

[@samsonchibabika5693]

The minister was pinned down with questions and he was running away from the actual questions this is exactly what HH does when is interviewed

[@marvinchamata958]

Well done Costa! We must hold these servants of the people accountable. Bring on bashi promise now.

[@Looking-glass1]

Excellent interview, keeping speaking on our behalf by holding these people accountable to the Zambian people.

[@elishakanengezha7151]

There are people who may not explain certain things the way you may wish but they are honest and hardworking persons.

[@sylvestersichilima6353]

You are a clown 🤡 ... We all know that this government made us to believe in their crappy words...

[@paolorossi784]

You praise singers have a big problem. Your level of reasoning is quite low.

[@hapenga2694]

Does President HH ever take time to listen to the people he appoints to these positions???

[@theheos264]

I don’t think HH cares Bro. He’s in support of the current USA agenda of making a fake food shortage, believe it’s a world thing not just a Zambian thing. All those countries who have relations with the USA are on the same agenda fake food shortage.

[@bonaventurenkoma]

I doubt he does that.

[@thomasmusonda7672]

Costa Mwansa is very tough the Minister was on Fire.

[@kevinchikuwa2126]

That “if you have power” intro was diabolic 🤣🤣

[@ewiscambrimar1678]

Costa keep up with your good work we have your back ❤

[@emmanuelsinyangwe4288]

The minister he doesn't know how much power kariba produces, its a shame

[@jameschilombe4591]

I equally wondered.....honestly

[@ngandwemwamba5614]

An imposter in the office.

[@ArmandYambisa]

😢he could at least have done his research for the purpose of this interview

[@pulenjobvu9256]

Standing Ovation good work sir Costa.......

[@wisdom7476]

Costa your a hero!!!

[@lakawealth]

Appointments should always be done on merit. We cannot have a Minister in a very sensitive sector failing to explain basic policy matters.

[@Allideas.]

You have spoken well ,I can't stop wondering how this man was appointed

[@jethrondhlovu]

Costa, hello. Well done. This is the true role of the 4th estate. Tenaciously holding power to account, in an articulate, observant, succinct, and courageous demeanor, speak truth in its presence. By the way, here's a thought....When you get tired of that acronym and wish to retire it, here is your fall back: Courageous, Observant, Succinct, Tenacious, Articulate. (You are welcome)😏

[@EvansMulenga-i5k]

Great interview. We just have to be very honest. UPND gonvt must really awake. Using crisis as a shield is nothing but mockery. This is so, will keep having crisis, so gonvt must be ready and not feeding us with excuses. As Costa rightly puts, these are things this gonvt campaigned against. We are really suffering !

[@MEM0106]

Other times if not most times, not being well spoken is a major disadvantage mwe!The minister was trying to drive his points across ,but not being well articulated has completely rubbished almost every point he was trying to bring across. Truly this is a hard time for us as a country.power outages trickle right down to households and as such the impact is overwhelming!! The government is clueless on this one and I really wish they could be more open minded to admitting and not firefight😔

[@psalmmushitala60]

True 😂😂,eish it was embarrassing for the minister

[@ghostops5988]

Nicely done coaster. The UPNd government reminds me of my boss, who used to make promise and great in talking, but barely knew how to do reports. The UPND government acts like this is worsst drought in history. They can't even close to deal with Tanzania, and yet they love taxing and ganishing peoples business . We brought this on ourselves. Being educated can be to hopless aometimes when it matters the most.

[@fesakohler1619]

Costa, you seem passionate... But let the Guy explain and make him look like a fool. Listening is powerful. This Government for sure has failed the people.

[@komzs232]

Good interview..... This is how you do journalism

[@codasa401]

🎉Costa! What a man. Kudos to you

[@SilaTiz09]

I understand now we have a minister who does not understand his job and his master is watching his mess. What a shame we have gotten ourselves into.

[@johnelekani3026]

Good job Costa great questions

[@WasalipaMutambo]

Costa stop wasting your time interviewing some of these useless Ministers. They had all solutions in opposition but they can't implement them today. They're just good in talking.

[@chizaphiri7930]

Government should go and bring manufacturers for batteries and panels so that we can get close to wholesale prices for solar components

[@mafutajanet9306]

Costa please bring back the minister to this interview again. Allow more callers to ask alot of questions .We still are experiencing load shedding to the max . ABA abantu surely they don't care

[@lams-mm6qr]

So from what the minister said long term we are safe if those are not lies.but from the look of things short term we are doomed indeed lack of leadership.

[@jonesjeairra6621]

Costa u inspire alot of us Keep up 🙏👌

[@EchoMan-s5j]

The starting point should be the fact that they made a mistake exporting power beyond the capacity of Zesco to generate. It is not a natural disaster as this minister minion claims. Had they not exported power w would not have been in this situation. There is nothing wrong with hydro-power stations and we are lucky to have the current installations. Typical to UPND, the solution was to jump into a plane to China without consulting Zambians. Zambian people have the ability to solve the current crisis with the help of foreigners, but you have party that wants to work alone. Even the idea to increase capacity at Maamba was highlighted more than two years ago. Solar energy is not sustainable as a complete solution

[@ArmandYambisa]

Costa, great interview. Thanks for speaking for the people. I wish you gave him some time to get some of his points across, his not as articulate as you. Minister, you were not prepared. Disappointed that you didn’t even know how much power Kariba produces

[@jeremynkhoma4462]

Good job Costa. Minister came to your interview unprepared. How unfortunate!!

[@emholdinglogistics5946]

This is the Costa I used to know, you need to be prepared when you are invited by Costa.

[@psalmmushitala60]

Ine nkakana 😂😂😂. Nah huh, Costa can make you cry😂

[@chitetakayombo8342]

Kudos to both Costa and the Minister .. A government should be accountable to people ... I am Happy the Minister took up this interview...too much political undertones though ...

[@paolorossi784]

What do you mean by political undertones?

[@tabokaluwa7919]

Good work. If you could just chop the interviews up into shorter segments you'll maximise the message delivery. Just a suggestion

[@brianchiteta6544]

Hon Minister is aptly explaining the energy issues. Except, Zambians believe in magic solutions which are never sustainable. At the level of graduate, I expected the journalist not to be simplistic. Zambians?

[@bonaventurenkoma]

Your argument is baseless

[@andychandalwenga2515]

Why are you ignoring the fact that the upnd promised no loadshedding? They should have employed those solutions from the get-go. Zambians are not looking for magic solutions. we just want what was promised period.

[@Alphamanna]

This is not a caring government for sure!!

[@kalomboC]

1. The government has no plans beyond Maamba and Nampower to alleviate the power crisis in the short term. 2. The government has no plans to build power plants of any kind, hydro-solar-thermal in Northern part of the country despite enormous potential.

[@paolorossi784]

How much load can the same Gensets sustain? How much was the cost of each Genset? Because 20 sounds like a small number. Lusaka alone has more than 20 markets

[@theheos264]

We need more people like Costa Mwansa to keep these people in check. We need the head of Zesco next I still think this minister doesn’t have all the information on Zesco.

[@AramMunkanta]

Costa you are really good hitting the Neil on the head 😂😂😂 you can make a minister run away

[@mikebwanga4520]

well done costa , you spoke for the zambians they have no love for the pipo

[@milesmaluba]

If you think about it broadly, we have a government that doesnt run away from accountability. It is great that press has access and freedom.

[@victorelom3304]

The problem is they don't want to accept that they lied. They said dollar will come down by 14hrs , mealie meal, Fuel ⛽, electricity. But they are still refusing they never said any of the above.

[@SampaLumbwe]

Its true.....we cant be waiting for the long run. Everytime a question is asked they refer to the previous regime🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@jamesmunkanta]

Nice Costa for the aggressiveness, and thank u minister for the information

[@bonaventurenkoma]

He should have resigned on moral grounds

[@stellamuyunda4581]

Zambia runs a free market economy so the vendor drives the commodity price. So even if there are tax waivers the vendor can still hike prices. Unless Costa wanted the minister to give him cheap or free solar there’s very little that can be done. The only solution for businesses is to import the solar products from source. Sometimes it’s okay to accept that things are beyond our control.

[@andychandalwenga2515]

Boss upnd mocked the past government for load shading. They told us they had proper solutions to fix this problem but it's 3 years down the line we are having the worst experience with the same problems they promised they had solutions for. It's apparent they lied. As long as we keep accepting to be lied to and excuse lies we'll (Zambia) always be in these situations.

[@stellamuyunda4581]

@@andychandalwenga2515 Does that mean that you are not aware that we’ve had the worst drought since independence? Or that the ideas that the upnd had in opposition are being worked on now but that it’s not magic, we need investors and those things to be built before we see the benefits? I would have applauded your criticisms if this govt was idle but they are not. They are working so be patient.

[@andychandalwenga2515]

@@stellamuyunda4581 don't mention the drought. Just don't. We didn't just wake up one morning and found water had dried up. This drought has been there for many years. This was a known problem even before upnd came into power. The government could have prepare to avert the worst while working on long term solutions. Remember these are the very reasons we voted then in. But it's looking like they were caught unaware. Not acceptable. We have known the effects of climate change done the 90s and loadshedding start during MMD era. So for me drought is no excuse. Prioritizing contingent measures should have been the upnd's focus from the get-go.

[@paolorossi784]

"..Mamba Cholera plant.." ba minister sure🤦🏼‍♂️😂😂😂

[@andychandalwenga2515]

@@paolorossi784 it's a shame

[@Thoms_455]

This is the govt that is confusing my thinking. How do you export power and then import power on the other vein? What sense is there?

[@sakasokontwe6607]

Incompetence at its worst.On average a 3Kva inverter is K7000, 24 Volts battery is K14,000 and a 585 watts solar panel is K2,800 x 2= K5,600. So ba Minister to power a fridge, TV and lighting you need K30,000. In hindsight Zambezi River Authority provides projections of data on the questions he is failing to answer.

[@patrickkaimba5214]

😅😅awe Costa you have grilled our minister

[@milanzik6768]

Costa Mwaume !!!

[@grahamchiwewe5445]

3 years in office with 3 hours of power 😅

[@maxwellchisenga8428]

Let's learn from this one, and I think we as a country we have now understand that we shouldn't expect from neighbouring to borrow

[@robertkapoko1575]

Costa God bless you

[@luciassimataa9641]

this minister is literally blank, "somewhere there " ?? really

[@andychandalwenga2515]

Thank you Costa for asking the hard and relevant questions. But boo-hoo to the minister for skating around every question and not provide definite answers. His responses were very depressing to say the least. The population that can afford to transition to solar energy are a very small number compared to us who can't afford such alternatives in our homes. To me the so called incentives are very weak. I never imagined government to fail miserably like this in terms of crisis management. I believed the president during campaigns when he insisted that drought should not be used as an excuse. No political leader in this country should use drought as an excuse when it comes to power solutions it's embarrassing. I want to see a government that capable responding to emergency situations in the shortest time possible. 3 years it's taken this government to look for solutions while the situation deteriorats but even after those three years we are getting weak assurance. in terms of crisis management this government has failed miserably. I doubt it's the government that I can trust to save this nation from calamities. There re so many problems that have arisen from this power situation that are not being looked at by government. People are drinking and using filthy water in compounds, there's no water in many areas where power has been going for days and yet I've not heard or seen government rise and respond to these problems. At the very least, find a way to supply water to the affected areas. Bring water-bowsers to the communities while we wait for the power situation to be resolved. That would show that you care for the people. A note to those aspiring for positions in government and to all political parties. We've known for decades about climate change and we know that droughts, floods, intense fires, super-charged hurricanes in may parts of the world are not strange occurrences. Be leaders that take these matters seriously and have mitigation in place, before hand.

[@simeonredzslion1067]

Imagine mutale and costa on the same team grilling Ministers like this 😂😂😂 This was a beautiful interview. I personally pledge 2 bodyguards for our brother cause I know and fear what might come for him😂😂😂😂😂

[@paolorossi784]

We need to bring Simmon Kagwa and Pasta Sempa to come and interview these criminals we call political leaders.

[@DMulengo]

This isn't loadsheding, it's power shutdown.

[@dorothydaka6710]

Costa good question

[@JuzielPhiri]

Zambia, my beloved country.

[@rachealmoyo-tq3nw]

Kikiki this was personal ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Mwelwajr]

Excellent COSTA, the Minister doesn’t even know what is talking about

[@cathymponnda9153]

@Mwelwajr Ala mwandi. He cannot construct the lies properly.

[@Mwelwajr]

@@cathymponnda9153 it’s so irritating when people just fail to accept failure and promise to do better

[@harrisonmusonda5067]

Costa mwansa ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kabwemutale7623]

Costa patali wakulekafye kkkk he realy hammered the minister kkk

[@jehulameck7088]

The minister is too good for his ministerial portfolio.

[@OliviaNyirenda]

These are the people we want to give another 5 years and more? This is the best we can do?

[@vaneckchimiku]

They are sincere. That I give them

[@chikumatembo5706]

I love costa

[@samsonchitandula6674]

I don't think this minister will attend an interview with Costa again. I don't his boss has the same level of confidence in him😂😂

[@victorbwalya-gj8xh]

Costa for president

[@Wallacenawa]

Costa wa last.... great one

[@princechipeta8572]

COSTA easy up on this man. He has no answers for you.

[@paultembo2264]

That's the grilling we expect from a reporter. Minister do not just defend to protect your position in the ministry. You are not the right person for the job.

[@doccuthbert189]

Am actually watching this in the dark 😢

[@shomamuchimba4808]

This is personal..... asking questions and not listening to the response

[@muchingasimbule4006]

That's my observation too 😂

[@christonmwaipopo7643]

He was putting his interest at heart, like when he mentioned about his business how its been affected with 21 hours of loadsheding.

[@bonaventurenkoma]

There was nothing to listen to except for excuses and rhetoric 😅😅😅

[@lisachela7224]

Can someone translate this interview into a local language so more Zambians can understand where we are mwe bantu😢

[@johnkapila]

Costa needs a podcast

[@rootsdubz]

He owns a TV station called Diamond TV 🤣🤣😂😂

[@shadreckthewo4132]

Even when you are explaining the truth, how you say it can make you look dull.

[@MelvinShampungani-rt2ev]

Procurement Authority,Zappa should import directly from the source foreign suppliers of solar panels, Inverters, Batteries then sale to the people themselves without any private importers. If you let private importers they end up not selling those solar panels cheap to the people.

[@florencephiri]

Zambia we are Doomed! We are suffering mwe!

[@richardzulu6628]

A minister with no brains running out from the real question s

[@pearsonzulu8700]

Kindly which people were employed

[@samsonchitandula6674]

HH nankwe.....he threw this man in the deep end of the pool in the middle of a major crisis. Let him make changes.

[@M2B-ZM]

The incoherent answers have not helped stimulate confidence in how this crisis is being handled. It appears there was no foresight/plans.

[@MiltonHamaambo]

This was too personal Mr. COSTA.... otherwise, you're hiting the nail..

[@esnartnalungwe3203]

Nice Costa, Upnd what vomited and started eating again am sorry for New Dawn you have to apologize to Zambian. The minister he is lacking leadership.

[@mosesbanda4892]

I needed any examples of immediate measures

[@EstherShawa-ye1gw]

What is this minister blubbering about???😢😢 awe shuwa

[@bervinmusonda4213]

The minister didn't know what he was talking about, he failed to answer all the questions, bring him again so we will grill him

[@fredmungusa1786]

The minimum qualifications for being minister is a full Grade 12 certificate as of mr. Sata's government

[@sweeterpasi6856]

costa mwaume

[@daviesmunsongo9368]

Mind you there's no maintenance at Maamba Colliers but stopped supplying electricity to national grid due to the debt Zesco has to Maamba Colliers.

[@ntazisimengwa4810]

Can the minister outline time frame

[@pearsonzulu8700]

even the solar they are mentioning to us to buy its very expensive someone need more than K25000 and above