Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has been pressured into connecting electricity to a private secondary school after the owner held a lone overnight vigil at the premises of Escom offices in Mzimba on Monday night. Escom public relations officer Innocent Chitosi has confirmed that his organisation has connected power to Chiwawalu private secondary school in […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) employees on Monday held protests in Blantyre against the decision by government to further break up the State-owned utility company in an unbundling exercise that will remove the business unit from the company. The employees moved around the commercial city in Escom vehicles, chanting and protesting vehemently against the […]
An employee of the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has died after being electrocuted in the line of duty. The deceased has been identified as Kondwani Masambira, 34 of Msusa Village in the area of Traditional Authority Kapeni in Blantyre. Chikwawa Police Station Public Relations Officer, Sergeant Dickson Matemba said on Thursday that the […]
Nkhunga Magistrate’s Court in Nkhotakota on Monday sentenced seven people to three years imprisonment each for hacking Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) employees on suspicion that they were blood suckers. The court convicted eight people, but one was given a suspended sentence. The eight are John Manda (37), Ellia Chirwa (35), Patrick Manda (38), […]
Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has expressed satisfaction with the financial status of the Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) and the strategic direction it is taking to achieve its goals. However, Chilima says he is concerned with the mess that is at the Electricity Supply of Malawi (ESCOM), which he believes is responsible for the financial […]
The Ministry of Economic Planning and Development and Public Sector reforms which is headed by Vice President Salous Chilima has successfully helped to resolve a long standing dispute between Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) and Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) over electricity payment arrears. A statement released on Tuesday and signed by the Vice President’s […]
Government says it will not bail out utility supplier Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) from its K53 billion unpaid electricity generation bills it owes Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) A statement published by the Office of the Vice-President Tuesday morning and signed by the vice-president’s press officer Pilirani Phiri, said following an agreement between Escom […]
There was drama at Blantyre Magistrate Court as Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner Jean Mathanga lashed at a newspaper photojournalist for taking pictures of her and demanded that they be deleted. Mathanga was appearing at the court as former Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) board chairperson who was arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) together […]
Vice president Saulos Chilima has given Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) 30 days to stop buying fuel (diesel) for Aggreko to generate power using generators. Speaking during a reforms meeting he had on Friday with ESCOM, Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO), Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) and the Ministry of Energy, Chilima said underlined that […]
A local timber plantation company has lamented that Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) decision to import poles for electricity has cost the company K2.5 billion risking local jobs. Raiply managing director Krishna Dassi has told minister of Labour Ken Kandodo that the state run power distribution company stopped buying local poles for electricity in […]
Former chief secretary to government Lloyd Muhara, a judge at the High Court, has beem implicated to have been the the kingpin of the procurement of the multi-billion kwacha generators contract at the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) which were awarded to Aggreko in November 2017 dubiously. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has confirmed it […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says it has busted a scam costing tax-payers about K5 billion involving three parastatals: Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera), Electricity Supply Commission of Malalwi (Escom) and National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma). HRDC, through its Whistleblower Initiative, has since reported the matter to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and wants a quick […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has once again exposed corrupt activities at Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (Escom), this time about a contract to supply meters and meter boxes they suspect was dubiously awarded. HRDC, through its whistleblower initiative, has since reported the matter to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). ACB director general Reyneck Matemba has confirmed […]
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) on Friday, July 31, disconnected a total of 20 houses at Nthandizi in Bangwe township in Limbe for illegal connection of power supply. Escom has disclosed that some of their employees, both active and former staff members, are contributing to illegal power supply connections. This was disclosed on […]
I am very sure that very well-meaning Malawian is following the latest developments in our country and what the current government is doing, with keen interest to ensure that the democratic gains made over the past 12 or so months, translate into socio-economic gains, national development and poverty reduction. It is within this spirit that […]
Leader of opposition in parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has become the first Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) top official to condemn the looting at Escom in 2018 when some party officials got millions of money for fuel. The DPP sanctioned some of its members to get money from Escom for fuel for a Mulhako wa Alhomwe function, […]
A commissioner of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), Jean Mathanga, who is former Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) board chairperson has been formally charged together with former chief executive officer John Kandulu and two others in connection with a K4 billion corruption scandal at the power utility. Mathanga, Kandulu, former Escom director of procurement Fanuel […]
Minister of Energy, Newton Kambala has said Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi’s power substation at Phombeya in Balaka is earmarked to be upgraded for possible power interconnection with Mozambique and Zambia,stressing government’s commitment to providing continued supply of electricity as the country continues to explore more sources of energy apart from hydro generated power. This […]