Escom suspends 9 workers for leaving Mutharika in the dark at graduation
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has suspended nine workers following a power failure that occurred last week at Chancellor College in Zomba during graduation ceremony when president Peter Mutharika was giving a speech.
Two of the Escom officials said they have been told of their suspension today, Friday but officials from the state power distributing company say they cannot talk now.
Nyasa Times source say an investigation was launched soon after the black-out which left Mutharika in the dark, cutting off his speech.
The nine, whose names are yet to be released, are said to be direct people from the chain of command manning the grid that went off during the presidential function.
Energy Generation Company (Egenco), the company established to generate power,has embarked on intensive load shedding because of what they say low levels of water in Shire river to generate enough electricity.
WHO IS THIS IDIOT MATHANYULA? MALAWIANS,IF WE STILL REMAIN BASTARDS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY,WE ARE CREATING A STATE OF LUNATICS WETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT,MALAWI WILL BECOME A LAND OF BEGARS UNTIL GESUS COMES TO REDEEM US FROM HELL.
People have died in hospital blackouts, nobody got fired. Now you want to act because it’s the head nigar in charge? It’s not fair
Escom suspends blackout in Malawi kkkkkk
Zausilu zimenezo palibe zowapatsa sas mmene wanvera kupweteka iyeyo ndi mmene nafe zimatiwawila
We need to suspend the APM himself
By the end of the court case he will be dismissed as a fake president
load shedding is affecting all the Countries in SADC Region, our Brothers in Zambia are experiencing 9hrs without power in a day. At least we have a managable load shedding due to intervention by the same Government you are castigating here. Having said so it is arrogant, stupidity and impudence to loadshed the function of National importance being presided over by the President, our status of Load shedding does not warrant that and thats why ESCOMs Management has suspended the culprits. Unfortunately some people at ESCOM forget why they are there for. Load shedding is not a pleasant thing and it should be well managed and not to be influenced by arrogancy and belonging to a different political party, those doing that the best for them to do is to leave the organisation.
Which Zambia are you talking about here you fool?I stay here in Zambia,Lusaka so stop telling lies.If you are one of the beneficiaries with this corrupt government then just say so than your filthy comments.
National importance? Is citizens lives not of national importance? Kamuzu Banda promoted a BWB officer who disconected water at sanjika in those days when kamuzu was untouchable for accumulating unpaid bills. This is one way to show him that people are fed up and he needs to do something right away. If it was Magufuli it would be good news!
Suspended for load shedding which the rest of us face on a daily basis? Is this President that shallow? Nobody can understand the rubbish that comes out of his mouth even with the electricity at full capacity anyway!
Surprising indeed
Deserved,,,that was unconscionable to the head of state
How, its his his people who are suffocating/syphoning money from ESCOM, what do you expect then
Who is Peter Muthalika,,suspending people becoz of a fool like him..Poor people are dying in hospital theatre’s becoz of blackouts…APM udzafa ngati galu.
eya amati ukalipila kuti azaike magetsi pozamangilila amafunaso zina ndalama.
under potala era
corruption at ESCom is now the order of the day. if you dont give them bribes they will not connect you nor attend to your faults. Corruption at EScom has reached endemic levels.
Mr. Saunders is very bitter, no doubt but all he has written is rubbish. ESCOM wouldn’t be where it is now were it not ripped off through dubious procurements (sanctioned by APM), nepotism whereby management and senior positions are according to tribe and region; not according to competence.
ESCOM’s last Investment in power generation was in 2000, 19 years ago. Power demand hasn’t remained static since then.
if he is a citizen why should he be treated difrently when we all are experiencing 8t?
si dzana ankauza kamwana kaja ku zomba komweko atafusa za ma blakouts!!! wat dd pitala answer her????
agalu mwaiwala????
so by firing the staff then you have made your day not their and families, so era ended ti.
mulibe manyazi anthu azikhala moopsezedwa conci?
Where were the generators that were corruptly bought by DPP, do not suspend them, thus howMalawians are feeling the pain of blackouts
I support this action by Escom bosses, some employees and Engineers at ESCOM are very arrogant and incomptent.
They misuse the resources which are supposed to assist the Faults crew to
clear faults quickly. ESCOM Vehicles are seen delivering and picking children in private Schools, doing individual shoppings, doing private errands for members of staffs. Load shedding is poorly managed by Engineers, they take time to restore back and they dont care even if they have enough load to restore the power, other locations are favoured, they are loadshedded minimally
because of personal interests. This must be a start of instilling discipline in ESCOM
Mr Saunders i think you are a fool.If there is electricity problems then let the president see it by himself also.He is a human being and he needs to face reality also,Why firing the workers,on what grounds?Who does not know that there is power outage in our country?That is stupidity to fire the workers on power outage just because APM was there.Is APM God?
Its you who is a fool, I think you are writing from ESCOM, do you think its right to Load shed where the President is holding a public function? Ngati mwatumidwa ku ESCOM KO Mwauponda you are all going to be fired. If you check around SADC Countries including RSA there is Load shedding. But does that warrant staff to act stupidly towards the head of state? So Lego you are a very stupid and arrogant person not fit to work for ESCOM will try to establish the protocols where you are posting from
Is APM God or a human.Are you worshiping him?I am not a guy who worships a human being.Its you fool who can do that.There is power outage in Hospitals and people are even dying why are you not condemning it?Learn to have a human heart than your stupid and primitive behavour.When we say country we don’t mean only a president but citizens.Understand the word GOVERNMENT first then you will stop writing your silly comments.
ESCOM vehicles are seen ferrying DPP thugs in town. That’s what is draining ESCOM’S resources not the bullshit you are talking about.
But on the other hand the 9 suspended workers should not worry. They should just sue ESCOM for wrongful suspension. Unfortunately it’s the taxpayer who bears the burden of this DPP government recklessness. Koma tsiku limafika in life no matter what.
Zoziyamba dala kkk!!If you knew that you are against DPP then you wouldn’t join ESCOM kkk it is a Parastatal kkk.Kupusitsana kkk.Kenaka Termination of services
Why have got such kind of shallow minded like this?Is ESCOM only for DPP you fool?Think twice before you write your stupid hatred,tribalist etc commets here.
RUBBISH!!!!!! LOW LEVELS OF WATER IN SHIRE RIVER BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA BLAaaaaaaaaaaaa WHY only Malawi, our neighbors in Tanzania and Zambia are not as bad as….. this band of thieves led establishment all you know is to steal from the citizens and share among your cronies!
I think magesiwa ndi mmene alili kuno ku Malawi? What so special with you Mr President? Black out simukuiziwa ku Malawi kuno?
And my advise kwa inu mwaimisidwa ntchito just seek legal advise basi
the president should also be suspended for failing to provide electricity in the first place