Malawi government is plotting to sell heavily-indebted Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) which has been monopolising the power sector. Sources at the Ministry of Energy told Nyasa Times that government will be inviting bidders through Privatisation Commission on the parastatal sale. He added negotiations were at an advanced stage for selling a strategic stake […]
Lilongwe City Council members of staff on Friday knocked early weekend retreat after the power provider ESCOM switched off their offices for unpaid huge bills. It took the Mayor of the City Willie Chapondera who negotiated with the ESCOM officials to come and connect the electricity. Chapondera confirmed Nyasa Times that indeed the civic offices […]
Two students from Chancellor College of the University of Malawi have died in a car accident that happened early hours of Thursday, police have confirmed. According to Eastern Region Police Headquarters publicist, Inspector Thomeck Nyaude, the 5-seater car was carrying 9 people. Toyota Corolla registration number MC5313 hit a pole near her house and overturned […]
As local entrepenuers are still pressing for fair competition bidding in tenders, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has argued that the Indigenous Businesspersons of Association of Malawi (IBAM) has no mandate to review procurement procedures being followed by the utility body. Escom has, however, advised IBAM to channel their concerns over Public Procurement […]
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has once again attracted the wrath of local companies following revelations that the utility service provider has given a contract to Rousant International Limited to supply poles without advertising the tender to allow competitive bidding. The trading company, believed to be a South African, is buying the poles […]
Despite Indigenous Businesspersons Association of Malawi’s (IBAM) request to suspend the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) tenders, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has awarded contracts to companies owned by Malawians of Indian origin, NCB results have shown. The development has further irked local business persons who are accusing the Corporation of flouting procurement procedures […]
Local businesspersons, who participated in the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) tenders in December 2014 and January 2015, are accusing the Corporation of flouting procurement procedures and for awarding contracts to foreign companies at the expense of indigenous business operators. Through the Indigenous Businesspersons Association of Malawi (IBAM), the businesspersons are also asking Escom […]
Programmes manager for Kalondolondo, Jephter Mwanza has rated Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (ESCOM) and Water board poor in execution of their services and emphasizing there are a number of issues that needs to be sorted out. Speaking during water and electricity services assessment review meeting at Sun and Sand Holiday Resort in Mangochi, Mwanza […]
Malawians should brace themselves for a dark Easter holiday as the country’s sole electricity provider, Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (ESCOM), plans a massive load-shedding to carry out some maintenance works. According to the schedule published in the local papers on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, the utility supplier says the three-day load-shedding commences on Good Friday, […]
Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (ESCOM) Tuesday expressed its non-commitment on whether or not it will compensate victims of fire that gutted Mzimba market Sunday morning, allegedly said to have been sparked by an ESCOM fault. Goods and property worth K800 million are said to have been lost in the inferno, according to M’belwa Council district Commissioner Thomas Chirwa. […]
The troubled Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) says it has re-commissioned Nkula Hydro-power station after the recent devastating floods forced the power supplier to shut it down to avoid severe damage to the machines, saying said consumers would only experience load shedding due to other reason, including maintanance of distribution lines and not due to […]
At the time the nation was eager to resume a moment of uninterrupted electricity supply, the situation has just gotten worse with some parts of the country experiencing intermittent blackouts every two hours. For the past four weeks, the country experienced a moment of critical blackouts following the shut-down of Nkula A and B power […]
Malawi will experience more power outages due to low energy supplies and maintenance work being carried out at Nkula power plantation A and B located on Shire River which has been affected after torrential rains knocked down 10 pylons, sole electricity provider Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has said. Since the onset of the […]
Wayankha Bakery of Blantyre based businessman Karim may soon face grilling by law enforcing agencues over a series fraudlent allegations linking to Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom). Nyasa Times is following leads that connect Wayankha Bakery to anomalies at ESCOM. Already, Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has said Escom is facing probe in the possible […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) is facing probe in the possible links to the plunder of public resources christened as cashgate, Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has said. The cashgate crackdown has resulted into prosecutions of government officials and private sector individuals, with list of convicts rising now. Escom has always been a “hot-spot” for […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has issued an apology to tap water users in the areas surrounding Malawi’s Capital for water shortage problem hitting the residents for the past three days saying this is largely because of electricity outage that the Board is experiencing at its main Treatment facility in Area 3. Residents has since Sunday […]
Executive Director for Pan African Civic Educators Network, (PACENET) Steve Duwa has turned down the offer to serve as a board director for Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Esom), saying doing so would be contravening the dictates of his organization that prohibits its employees from political alignment. “I would rather opt to be where I have […]
The fire that gutted Kalikuti Hotel in Lilongwe last Friday may have been caused by faulty electric wires which sparked to start the fire, hotel manager has said. Misuchi Msumba, the hotel manager, said the fire had then gotten to all the furniture from the collision of Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) wires. He […]