Zambia's Electricity Crisis and Government Response

TLDR

• When he took office in 2021, Zambia was in debt distress and had been failing to make its payments.
• This accelerated the consolidation of a split opposition around Mundubile, a 55-year-old lawyer, accountant and former government chief whip under Lungu.
• I wouldn’t love to see them come back in the first place because we gave them a chance to rule the country and we saw what they did,” Edith Muntanga, in her late 30s said, referring to the previous government’s record.
• The government has since ramped up costly electricity imports and accelerated solar projects, easing the blackouts in recent months.