Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, Bright Msaka has said utility power provider Escom will now use diesel for top up power. He acknowledged the demand for electricity is just too huge. Msaka said Escom has enough generators for the exercise which will lead to reduced power black out in some areas. The Minister, however, said the situation […]
Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Bright Msaka has disclosed that President Peter Mutharika has signed into law a bill that seeks to unbundle Escom and a new power generating cmpany has been set up. Msaka said this on Wednesday amid calls for efficiency at Escom following persistent power blackouts. Msaka said the government has […]
A poisonous bacteria has hit Malawi as people have resorted to eating rotten food because of persistent power outages. Human Resources manager for Alliance One, Aubrey Mvula has since written employees at the company to avoid eating rotten food from shops because of the bacteria. He says the rotten food produces the poisonous bacteria which […]
Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Bright Msaka has described the current persistent and long hours of power blackouts as unacceptable. Msaka said this on Wednesday in Mangochi during the annual meeting of Millenium Compact, a US funded initiative worth 350 million US dollars to improve the supply and distribution of electricity in the country. Hesaid […]
The country’s health is in crisis as evidenced by the death of eight patients due to blackouts at two of the country’s referral hospitals, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) and Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH). Malawi is currently experiencing critical power outages as the utility provider Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) is failing to generate […]
Malawi power utility provider, Escom says the government is on the verge of signing an agreement with Mozambique and Zambia to share electricity with border trading centres of the country as the nation gears for the worst ever blackouts in the coming months. Director of Transmission Geofrey Banda said the draft agreement with Mozambique is […]
Karonga businessman Moffat Kuyokwa has lost about K4 million kwacha worth of goods to an inferno that was started by candle fire which was lit to cover for a blackout that hit the district last Thursday. Sounding distraught, the owner of Maneno Wholesalers blamed his fate on utility body Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (ESCOM) […]
Malawi should brace itself to continue experience serial blackouts, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has said. Escom said on Monday it has no immediate solution to the current power problems. The utility provider embarked on ‘load shedding’ process, where electricity is rationed to cope with overwhelming demand. But Escom has said the problem will prolong […]
Malawi is rapidly deteriorating into failed-state status and would be declared so failed should the persistent water and electricity woes currently rocking the country not be abated, a local human rights watchdo has said. Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP), a local non-governmental organisation focused on promoting and defending human rights, said in a statement made […]
In an effort to address Malawi’s historical power woes, President Peter Mutharika has appealed to Chiene President Xi Jinping for investment in electricity generation in the country. Malawi’s current electricity demand is projected to be in the region 400 MW with the expected rise to 1000MW by year 2020 against the installed power generation capacity […]
Former Cabinet Minister of energy who is also current People’s Party Secretary General, Ibrahim Matola has said the PP led government invested heavily in energy sector under the umbrella of clear road map, Economic Recovery Plan (ERP). Matola was responding to Malawi President speech made in Salima in which he blamed previous Governments for electricity […]
President Peter Mutharika has blamed past governments for the current electricity and water problems facing the country, saying they did not invest much in the two sectors. Mutharika said this in Salima where he officially opened a sugar plant, Salima Sugar Factory. “I am not to blame for the current electricity and water problems, not […]
Firebrand consumer activisit John Kapito has asked the government to fast track the unbundling of Escom as the power house is keeping the country in darkness all day long, all night long. “I have never seen a work government parastatal as Escom, very ineffective, very inefficent. It should change its name to Electricity Supply Commission […]
Members of Parliament Tuesday vehemently supported the Electricity amendment Bill which seeks to allow more players in the power sector but asked government to ensure that there will be no job cuts at Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom). The Bill once passed will also allow Escom, the country’s only power generating company to be […]
President Peter Mutharika has said Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) will split into two companies as announced by Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Bright Msaka. Government has been implementing a Power Market Restructuring (PMR) which among others involves the unbundling or splitting of Escom into two parastatals; one for generation of power […]
Malawians celebrate Easter in darkness. Malawians are celebrating Easter in total darkness as the sole state controlled power utility has earmarked massive load shedding programme during the holidays. On Friday, there was total blackout in the Capital City, Lilongwe almost the whole day so too on Saturday when most parts of the capital experienced the […]
Former minister of energy, Ibrahim Matola who has just returned from a three day Power and Electricity World Africa conference 2016 in South Africa, has expressed disappointment that Malawi has quickly become home to blackouts due to government failure to implement the laid down plans which People’s Party (PP) government put in place. Speaking to […]
A 33-year-old man identified as Amos Phombeya died due to electric shock in Zingwangwa Township in the city of Blantyre on Monday night as he tried to fix an electric fault. The incident happened around 8pm when one of his tenants called him to her house to check on an electricity problem which occurred in […]