29
Sep
Martin Endjala The cost of electricity should reflect the socio-economic conditions of people in a specific locality and should not be pegged to cost recovery, as many citizens are unable to keep up with the costly electricity rates. Landless People’s Movement leader and MP Bernadus Swartbooi told the National Assembly yesterday, that fundamental reform in the electricity sector is therefore needed, to ensures that those who are unable to pay for electricity are still catered for. He was speaking on a motion tabled by his deputy Henny Seibeb for the cancellation of electricity debt owed by local authorities to the…