Alister Kandyanta has been tapped to lead Kiyona Energy Limited, an impeccable source has told the Zambian Business Times – ZBT.
Kandyata who is currently heading a renewable energy unit at ZESCO has however attracted negative attention with some of his competitors for the position stating that he is ill qualified.
A source who asked for their details to be without stating that Kandyata has work experience and a background in the medical field and that he has not been selected on merit but is just being appointed on nepotism basis.
The source told ZBT that Alister Kandyanta who has been appointed to lead the project has no experience or expertise to run a renewable energy company as his expertise is in medical health and related areas.
Efforts to however get a comment from ZESCO on the matter proved futile by press time. ZESCO has recently announced an extended 21 hours of load shedding and has also initiated a move to increase its tarrifs by upto 150%.
