Government has dismissed as false, reports circulating on social media suggesting that electricity tariffs for prepaid meters will go up by 150 percent with effect from today.
In an interview yesterday, Minister of Energy and Power Development, Joram Gumbo, said people should listen to announcements by Government. He said Government does not use social media to communicate its policies. Said Gumbo:
No power tariff increases have been effected as yet, and as Government we advise the public not to be misled by the social media claims suggesting that power tariffs have been increased. We don’t use social media to communicate our policies and if there is anything pertaining to any change in policy, as Government, we have got our own channels of communicating with the public. People should listen to announcements that come through the Government.
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