Staff Reporter
Netizens have castigated the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for suggesting policy measures to ease the current power challenges despite the ruling party implementing the same.
Yesterday, CCC said that in the event that it is voted into power next year, it would rehabilitate Hwange Thermal Power station, build additional hydro power stations as well as modernising the country's transmission infrastructure.
However, netizens dismissed CCC suggestions as just hot air as the ZANU PF led Government was making efforts to make the country energy sufficient by 2025.
A netizen, @bvanyangu tweeted that CCC had no moral standing to comment on the country’s power crisis as they were in the habit of sabotaging Government’s energy projects.
“The CCC Mayor (Jacob Mafume) and his party (CCC) sabotaged the Pomona deal that had the capacity to generate power for Harare. How then can they comment on the current power challenges? They must not provide alternative energy policies when they are sabotaging Government efforts to address the energy crisis,” said Bvanyangu.
Another netizen, Raymond Mhlanga said that CCC could not provide alternative energy policies when they were failing to offer adequate services to residents in Harare and Bulawayo.
Gladys Nyikadzino also frowned on CCC suggestions arguing that the Government was already seized with finding lasting solutions to the current energy challenges.
“CCC is not suggesting anything new. The Government is already implementing programmes such as the expansion and rehabilitation of Hwange Power Station and licencing of Independent Power Producers in a bid to make the country energy sufficient. The least CCC can do is to support Government’s efforts in solving power challenges instead of offering meaningless suggestions,” said Nyikadzino.
Meanwhile, despite climate change and the illegal sanctions impeding energy and power development in the country, Government is targeting to produce at least 5 000 MW by 2023 and this will be enough to meet local demand and exports.
