With the country facing acute fuel shortage, organisers of the Urban Music People (UMP), have said that they have a plan to limit the impact of the fuel shortage revealing that they have a public shuttle among others. Some fun lovers have come out on social media to say that they will have problems to attend the three-day festival at Cape Maclear in Mangochi due to fuel shortage. The festival starts Friday and ends on Sunday.
“We are also comforted by the official announcement by the government of more fuel on the way,” the festival director Ken Zizwa Limwame said. Minister of Information Moses Kunkuyu assured the country of enough fuel yesterday during a presser saying the government has secured 21.5 million US dollars for the purchase of the commodity and that this will cater for 26.
9 million litres of fuel. UMP Festival dubbed The Evolution spearheaded by Chitoliro Productionz has since commenced its activities ahead of the main festival this weekend with a two-day conference for cultural and creative industries, which started yesterday at Amaryllis Hotel in Blantyre and will end today. Limwame described the first day of the conference which attracted several players in the creative sector as a great platform for wonderful insights and deep conversations.
‘We are proud to be associated with this innovative event, a perfect backdrop for the festival. The programme continues and will be joined by additional international speakers, who will join online and we will come .
