Tag archives: ESCOM Ltd

Escom gives Blantyre Water Board 14 days to pay K1.6bn or face blackout

By Nyasa Times News Desk

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has threatened to disconnect power to Blantyre Water Board (BWB) over an unpaid K1.6 billion commitment. In a letter dated 1 September 2026, ESCOM chief executive Eng. William Kaipa told BWB it had paid only K400 million of the K2 billion it had committed to settle for August, leaving […]

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High Court rules ESCOM is a public body, employees are public officers

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The High Court in Blantyre has ruled that the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) is a public entity and that all its employees and directors of its board are public officers. The ruling is in relation to the case in which former ESCOM board member Dr. Jean Chifundo Mathanga, Chief Executive Officer John Kandulu, […]

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