The Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) Managing Director Justin Loongo has expressed optimism that the 2025/26 rainy season will witness an improvement in power generation.
He says the forecasted rainfall in the country and the region as a whole will result in increased water levels and better electricity generation.
Loongo recently told a local media house that the latest forecasts point to a positive shift that could ease the current electricity shortages if sufficient rainfall is received in the Kafue and Kariba basins.
Speaking to the media,Loongo said that despite last year’s widespread floods in regions such as Lusaka and Muchinga, those areas lie outside the main catchment zones that feed Zambia’s major hydroelectric reservoirs leaving no significant impact on water levels in the Kafue river and Kariba dam.
Loongo said the Kafue catchment received inadequate rainfall during the last season, leading to reduced inflows and severely limiting generation capacity.
Meanwhile, the ZESCO Managing Director has reiterated that some residential areas are still receiving more than 10 hours of power supply daily despite the ongoing energy constraints.
The country is facing serious power outages due to a number of factors including law water levels at Kariba Dam.
Zambia shares Kariba Dam its main power station with neighbouring Zimbabwe.
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