Ex-Escom CEO, director in court over multimillion fraud allegations

Former Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom)  chief exevutive officer Alexon Chiwaya and the state power distrubution’s ex-human resource director Daphter Namandwa are back in court in Blantyre to answer fraud charges. The Blantyre resident magistrates court wants to determine whether Chiwaya and Namandwa have a case to answer or not. The State has so […]

Ex-Escom bosses Chiwaya, Namandwa plead not guilty to fraud charges

Former Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) chief executive officer (CEO) Allexon Chiwaya and director of human resource and administration Daphter Namandwa have pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of fraud and abuse of office. The two appeared before Blantyre Magistrate Court after they were arrested in August,  2020. The abuse of the public resources happened […]

New broom at embattled Escom, exit Mwapasa enter Dr. Chiwaya

Amid power blackout woes in Malawi, chief executive officer for the embattled power utility company, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Evelyn Mwapasa, has been fired. According to an internal memo signed by Escom’s director of human resources and administration, D. Z. Namandwa, the new man at the helm is Dr. Alexion Chiwaya. Dr. Chiwaya […]