Zambia: Private fuel buyers want to reintroduce subsidies


Issue 456 - 11 Mar 2022 - By Chiwoyu Sinyangwe | 2 minute read

The dramatic rise in oil prices driven by the war in Ukraine has added to rising fears that businesses will find large pump price increases unsustainable; pressure is mounting from private fuel importers and consumers for President Hakainde Hichilema’s government to reinstate the fuel subsidies it removed last December.

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