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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>DECISION BY GOVERNMENT ON FUEL SUBSIDIES WAS NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT \u2013 SINKAMBA Green Party President Peter Sinkamba says the decision by government to remove fuel subsidies in the 2022 National Budget was not well thought out.<\/p>\n

Mr. Sinkamba said this is evidenced by Government\u2019s decision to extend the Statutory Instrument on the suspension of excise duty and VAT on petrol and diesel until 30th June, 2022.<\/p>\n

The Opposition Leader said he foresees government further extending the suspension on subsidies to avoid implications of increasing the price of fuel.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. DECISION BY GOVERNMENT ON FUEL SUBSIDIES WAS NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT \u2013 SINKAMBA Green Party President Peter Sinkamba says the decision by government to remove fuel subsidies in the 2022 National Budget was not well thought out. Mr. Sinkamba said this is evidenced by Government\u2019s decision to extend the Statutory Instrument on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":13947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12,16],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-13948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nDecision By Government On Fuel Subsidies Was Not Well Thought Out \u2013 Sinkamba - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DECISION BY GOVERNMENT ON FUEL SUBSIDIES WAS NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT \u2013 SINKAMBA Green Party President Peter Sinkamba says t ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/decision-by-government-on-fuel-subsidies-was-not-well-thought-out-sinkamba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Decision By Government On Fuel Subsidies Was Not Well Thought Out \u2013 Sinkamba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DECISION BY GOVERNMENT ON FUEL SUBSIDIES WAS NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT \u2013 SINKAMBA Green Party President Peter Sinkamba says t ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/decision-by-government-on-fuel-subsidies-was-not-well-thought-out-sinkamba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-16T20:25:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-16T20:42:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/01\/img-61e483221a9e1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/decision-by-government-on-fuel-subsidies-was-not-well-thought-out-sinkamba#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/decision-by-government-on-fuel-subsidies-was-not-well-thought-out-sinkamba\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Decision By Government On Fuel Subsidies Was Not Well Thought Out \u2013 Sinkamba\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-16T20:25:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-16T20:42:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/decision-by-government-on-fuel-subsidies-was-not-well-thought-out-sinkamba\"},\"wordCount\":111,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/decision-by-government-on-fuel-subsidies-was-not-well-thought-out-sinkamba#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/01\/img-61e483221a9e1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/decision-by-government-on-fuel-subsidies-was-not-well-thought-out-sinkamba#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/decision-by-government-on-fuel-subsidies-was-not-well-thought-out-sinkamba\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/decision-by-government-on-fuel-subsidies-was-not-well-thought-out-sinkamba\",\"name\":\"Decision By Government On Fuel Subsidies Was Not Well Thought Out \u2013 Sinkamba - 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