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Aka
Aka
5 years ago

It is not just practical what is being said here! Giving a loan to porus pockets! Chineke

Make Malawi Great
Make Malawi Great
5 years ago

lol K30bn to give Dpp? escom and egenco needs reforms and an ACB officer on site

#DzukaniAmalawi
#DzukaniAmalawi
5 years ago

Extending a R30b facility to Escom is probably one of the most careless exposure the banks can ever take as it clear that the customer is not creditworthy and therefore will default within a year. This will then the beginning of undermining our own big 4 financial Institutions and may collapse entire industry. The consumers on the hand will be forced to pay higher tariffs due to the incompetence and corruption within Escom ranks. The solution therefore is to appoint a competent board and executive and fire the current one or even file a criminal case against all of them.… Read more »

paul
paul
5 years ago

ACB tip. investigate buy Malawi contracts known as BMC at Central medical stores Trust, they are stinking of corruption draining Malawis health budget

C Banda
C Banda
5 years ago

“This revelation comes at a time when Escom has lost 4, 000 litres of fuel for the gen sets through corruption and theft.”

4,000 litres is not even one tanker-load. Was it not published elsewhere that the loss was one million litres?

M'Malawi
M'Malawi
5 years ago
Reply to  C Banda

4 million litres according to latest estimates by those in the know

Nachipanti
Nachipanti
5 years ago

There is so much dirt in ESCOM and they need to sweep the house. It is not true that they need this money. Its merely political. Someone wants to fund electoral campaigns ndithu. ESCOM should be an institution that should be able to feed this country because they collect alot of revenue which are not properly utilized. There are so many misprocurements and abuses. The management do not know how to set priorities. I wonder which bank would be able to grant them the facility they want, may be FDH Bank will do. ESCOM has demonstrated that it is a… Read more »

Aaron Mwala
Aaron Mwala
5 years ago

How can someone run down a company the way he has and still have the job. He is borrowing from banks so he has money to give to his friends as stupid contracts. What is the matter with us fellow Malawians

Guest
Guest
5 years ago

K800,000 for 5 years? 4,000 ltrs lost? Am i missing something?

Johane
Johane
5 years ago

There’s no banker with half a brain that would lend any decent sum of money to a loss-making institution with non-existent corporte governance like ESCOM. The solution here is very obvious:
1 – ESCOM must be let go of corrupt government ownership. Privatise and list on stock exchange
2. -Electricity prices must be liberalised and increased.

kaitano
kaitano
5 years ago

Lazarus Chakwera munamutsutsa ukulankhula zimezo, lero ndizimenezi tsopano, ndipo uku mkuyamba chabe sizinati hahahahahahahaha!

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