The death of one of a 17-year-old girl at Mangochi District Hospital the patients was caused by a power outage, Health Minister Atupele Muluzi confirmed in Parliament after United Democratic Front (UDF) member of Parliament (MP) for Mangochi South, Lilian Patel, raised the issue in the House. Patel raised the issue as a matter of national importance, […]
Anger boiled over after a national blackout, which saw babies dying in incubators, yet outages are frequent—for the lucky 10 percent of people with electricity in Malawi. Rural health worker Patrick Kamzitu is relaxed about the long and frequent power cuts that plague Malawi and which [recently] almost brought it to a halt when the […]
Managing Director of Power Solution Africa, a subsidiary of Aggreko, James Shepherd said the decision by Malawi government to procure diesel powered generators will ensure that both urban and rural areas have access to electricity consistently. Due to persistent black outs which Malawi experienced for the past few months, government made a bold decision to […]
President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika has assured Malawians that the country would soon start enjoying blackout – free situations due to proper measures government is implementing towards improving the energy sector. President Mutharika was speaking on Wednesday when he commissioned 55 Megawatts Power Supply Generators at Chichiri Power Station in Blantyre. He said blackouts would […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) Board Chair, Perks Ligoya, says plans are underway to make the statutory corporation corrupt free and ensure they achieve consistency power supply. Ligoya was speaking during the official commissioning of 55 megawatts power supply generators in Blantyre on Wednesday, saying the corporation will be aligning itself towards the vision of […]
President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday will commission the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) power generators that are expected to add 55 megawatts (MW) to the country’s national power grid which will be followed by hike of electricity tariffs for an average of 24.67 percent. The gensets are expected to ease extended load shedding hours […]
Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) has warned that the country will continue to face long-hours blackouts until April when the situation is likely to normalize. However, the warning contradicts the company’s earlier claims that the situation would normalize this month once they installed the controversially procured gen-sets. EGENCO’s Chief Executive Officer, William Liabunya said in an […]
Blantyre residents on Thursday witnessed the arrival of the much awaited Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM)’s stand – by diesel powered generators that are expected to add 78 megawatts (MW) to the country’s national power grid by January end and ease extended load shedding hours Malawians have been experiencing which Escom attributed to the decline in […]
We have just started a new year- people have sat down and taken stock of their lives. Others have made the decisions to make drastic changes on their lives while others have set themselves goals to achieve in the New Year. Before we go deep in the New Year, I thought an opportunity not to […]
A newspaper column has hit at the Peter Mutharika administration over rlling power cuts that have hit homes and businesses across the country in the just ending year, saying 25-hour electricity load-shedding is a new reality that made 2017 conspicuous. Writting in the Weekend Nation , a columnist that goes by the name of ‘Backbencher’, says the electricity […]
Sorrow engulfed communities around Nchalo Trading Centre in Chikwawa on Wednesday when a six-year-old boy was electrocuted to death after touching a live electricity wire. Police identified the boy as Yesay Frank from Bereu Village in Traditional Authority Maseya in the district. Reports indicate that the boy was electrocuted while playing in one of the […]
Minister of Health and Population, Atupele Muluzi has clarified reports that four babies died at Kamuzu Central Hospital on Christmas Day because of blackout, saying findings have proved that the deaths could not be linked to the power outage. In a statement issues on Wednesday, Muluzi confirmed the deaths of two babies but reject press report that alleged deaths […]
Power failure at Malawi’s major referral Kamuzu Central Hospital in the capital Lilongwe on Christams Day resulted in the death of four children as the ventilator oxygen machine was rendered ineffective. Member of Parliament for Kasungu West (Malawi Congress Party – MCP), Alex Major said he was at the hospital when power went off, saying […]
Malawians will start dipping deeper in their pockets to pay for electricity as Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) has approved a tariff hike of 24.57% but has instructed the state-owned Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) to effect the raise when they starts using the generators. Mera chief executive officer, Collins Magalasi, disclosed that the […]
That this government is taking Malawians for granted is well-known. It does not seem to have the slightest clue about how to handle sensitive issues that are hurting the people. For example, the country is reeling from the pangs of power outages. Many businesses, both big and small have been negatively affected. We are talking […]
Business in the National Assembly was disrupted on Tuesday as the House was thrown into darkness by a power outage with leading to jeers from the opposition as some members of Parliament (MPs) flipped open their mobile phones to use as flashlights. Others were pouring insults at the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) which […]
With claims of corruption and bootleg deals in the procurement of standby generators that were expected to add 78 megawatts (MW) to the national grid to minimise the intensity of current blackouts, opposition members of Parliament (MPs) took government to task in Parliament. Raising a question is national importance, Kasungu Central MP Amon Nkhata (Malawi Congress […]
A seven men strong delegation from Lesotho, led by deputy prime minister Monyane Moleleki, paid a curtesy call to Prophet Shepherd Bushiri on Monday where, among other important issues, they courted him to invest in their country, especially in the struggling energy sector. The delegation met the Prophet, who is the president of Shepherd Bushiri […]