Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) and Agriculture Developmeny and Maeketiv Corporation ( Admarc ) are again in the spotlight for abuse of public resources as Auditor General’s report show the two State-owned institutions abused K9.3 billion through doggy procurement transactions. The audit report of the fiscal year 2016/17 – prepared by former Aiditor General Stevenson […]
New management for the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has challenged its employees that ‘inefficiencies’ in service delivery shall no longer be tolerated as the demand for energy continues to rise each passing day in the country. Speaking in an interview, ESCOM’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Alexon Chiwaya said the parastatal aims at complementing […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) investigators carrying out inspections at customers’ premises in Blantyre have uncovered an alleged syndicate that has been conducting an illegal electricity connection. One of the customers revealed to Escom that am intermediary had connected his newly constructed house. “When questioned, the middle man implicated some Escom employees, leading to […]
Three casual workers who died after a scaffold they were using to replace Shoprite banners fell on overhead powerline at Chichiri in Blantyre, have now been identified by their relatives. The victims have been identified as Harold Chisakasa aged 30 of Mteya village T/A Ganya in Ntcheu who was residing in Ndirande township, Kriswell Jenda […]
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) is considering on adopting a cost-reflective tariff model to sustain its operations on the market. Escom Chief Executive Officer, Allexon Chiwaya told the local media that they did a cost of service study on how much it costs to produce one unit if electricity and whether it’s selling […]
Board chairperson for technically insolvent power utility Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom), Thom Mpinganjira has said he has instituted a grand investigation to find out how some members of staff connived with the powerful ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials to fleece the powerhouse huge sums of money which left Escom with a debt […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has asked the government to bail out the state run power house with a K54 billion which it accumulated as a debt. This came to light during the ongoing parliamentary cluster meetings in Lilongwe. Secretary to Treasury Ben Botolo confirmed the debt. “But we are not bailing them now, […]
The World Bank has trashed reforms at Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom), including the unbundling of the state run power house, as not benefitting the people because of the continued power black outs. World Bank senior private sector development specialist Ephraim Chilima said this during a meeting on Tuesday in Blantyre convened to evaluate […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau’s (ACB) instituted investigations have revealed traces of corruption in the controversial gen-set deal, saying it investigating further. ACB identified procurement flaws in the two-year $73.9 million generators leasing agreement between Aggreko Power Solutions and the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom). ACB director of investigation, Daniels Mponda told Legal Affairs Committee of […]
State electricity companies Egenco and Escom say the private sector is refusing to venture into the power business unless the government increases the tariffs from the current K73 per kilowatt per hour to K250 per kilowatt per hour. Some of the private sector officials interested in the generation of power, including Press Corporation, have said […]
Escom is said to have told the parliament committee on Budget and Finance that the government decision to hire power generators to boostpower in the country has not yielded the intended purpose. Budget and Finance Committee of parliament met Escom officials in a closed door meeting on Friday at parliament building in Lilongwe. No reasons […]
The United States government has given Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) two weed harvesters worth US$40 million which both Washington and Lilongwe would reduce power black outs the country is experiencing. The US ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer said weed is a serious problem in the production of hydro-power as it gets stuck in turbines and […]
Capital City, Lilongwe is experiencing an unprecedented power cuts, load-shedding going for a day and half in most instances, crippling the economy and negatively affecting the every day life of residents. In some instances, when the power returns, it comes with force damaging some household property as most people live fridges, laptops and others on […]
After whistle-blowers and leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera claimed to have objective material evidence linking State House officials and Chief Secretary to government Lloyd Muhara to alleged corrupt practices,into the procurement of the multi-billion kwacha generators contract at the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom), the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has confirmed it is investigating the matter. […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has confirmed that power generation slumps again and announced extended hours of load shedding of up to 18 hours for five days during Easter holidays. ESCOM says in a statement seen by Nyasa Times that its main power supplier—Electricity Generation Company Limited (EGENCO)—has lost output by 20% and they will […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has dubbed the accused the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of peddling lies following the persistent power black outs in the country and accused Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) of duping Malawians. MCP second secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka, writing on his Facebook page, said the government cheated Malawians that power black outs would be […]
US sponsored survey has revealed that state electricity companies, Escom and Egenco are inefficient in their operations because of political interferences. Grace Simwaka, head of energy sector reforms at Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) has told journalists in Lilongwe that the two companies can only operate effectively and efficiently if their boards are hired on merit. The law allows the President […]
Lilongwe experienced an early electricity black out on Monday just two days after Escom and Egenco, state power companies, wrote the ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, Water and Irrigation to increase the flow of water at Liwonde Barrage. In a letter seen by Nyasa Times, Escom and Egenco want the ministry to increase the flow of water […]