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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>I got an invite for late lunch with former President Rupiah Banda. He wanted to introduce me to \u201ca very interesting\u201d man whom he had met while in Atlanta Georgia in 2012 after he left office.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should listen to him attentively. He has great ideas,\u201d President Banda said ahead of the lunch at his Lilayi house last year. The three of us sat for a sumptuous lunch on the patio.<\/p>\n

The \u201cvery interesting\u201d man looked ordinary even though he was suited for the event and came with a laptop \u2013 ready for the presentation to me and the former President. The topic of discussion was power generation and biofuels in Zambia to help end load shedding.<\/p>\n

Chiluwata Lungu is a Zambian professor based in Atlanta. He is a lead Combustion Aerothermal Engineer working for General Electric (GE) Power in the US. He is a genius who is also the man behind the Zambia Robotics \u2013 the team of young engineers that has taken the world by storm. Check them on CNN Inside Africa programs and have won awards internationally. Lungu is an expert in the manufacturing of aeroplanes and jet engines. He knows his stuff!<\/p>\n

So, his take was that the brewing of Kachasu in Zambia should be encouraged. He believes the \u201cKachasu Project\u201d can be a game-changer for the country and create employment for the youths and women, especially in shanty compounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cKachasu is composed of ethanol which is a biofuel used for petrol,\u201d he said, adding that it can also be used as fuel for cars.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to change our mindset and perspective. Instead of looking at Kachasu as alcohol for drinking, we should look at it as a biofuel to power our economic growth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The professor had figured. A drum of Kachasu is appropriately 200 litres and currently costs about K200, which translates to K1 per litre of Kachasu. But if sold as ethanol, it will cost K5 per litre, which is five times more than what the brewers get in compounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a cheaper and greener locally sourced supply of fuel and Zambia can become a biofuel leader and exporter,\u201d Lungu said while giving Brazil a good example of the country making money in biofuels.<\/p>\n

As an expert in combustion, he said he is able to adjust most of the gensets in Zambia to start using Kachasu as fuels. It is very simple to do, he believes, given his experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cKachasu is 20% ethanol biofuel, a green fuel alternative for petrol\/gasoline,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine if our mothers and grandmothers can make Kachasu and ethanol biofuel in their backyards, what more can we do to transform our great nation if we put our mind and collective efforts to it,\u201d he said. After a three-hour lunch, I was wowed! \u201cKana Nzelu Ku Munthu aka\u2026\u201d President Banda said to me after the presentation.<\/p>\n

Last week, Prof Lungu got in touch with me even before the current Kachasu debacle broke out. He promised to take me to his farm in the Mungule area once he returns to Zambia to showcase how his genset will be powered by Kachasu.<\/p>\n

So, my thoughts are \u2013 Just legalize and regulate Kachasu as a biofuel in Zambia! NB. Prof Lungu is the man behind the Zambian Institute for Sustainable Development (ZISD), which also has a girls\u2019 football team.<\/p>\n

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