HH at a media briefing
HH who is an economist explained that the fuel shortage the country is experiencing is also as a result of bad procurement arrangements by the government. He said there was alot of corruption involving the top leadership in the procurement of fuel.
The UPND leader said Zambians would suffer because President Lungu had no idea on how to tackle the challenges facing the country but was busy enjoying himself by traveling around.
President Lungu says the fuel shortage is due to some challenges in the procurement process.
Speaking before depature for Mozambique on Thursday, President Lungu said the sluggish banking transactions have resulted in one of the fuel shipments being anchored in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for one week now.
President Lungu assured the nation that he will not tolerate such sluggishness in the procurement of fuel for too long.
Zambia is experiencing shortage of fuel starting from Tuesday this week. A check by Zambian Eye Friday evening found that many service stations in Lusaka had no fuel.