NAMIWA: ESCOM Should pay back to consumers
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has demanded Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) to pay back to the consumers for ‘illegally’ increasing electricity tariffs.
This follows revelations that ESCOM board agreed to increase Electricity Tariffs without authorization from the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA).
MERA told the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources last week that ESCOM acted against its advice not to raise the tariffs in March 2021.
The development angered members of Parliament (MPs) who wondered how the electricity supplier could make unilateral decision on the tariff.
On the other hand, CDEDI executive director Sylvester Namiwa demanded that MERA should take a disciplinary action against ESCOM management over what he described as “this embarrassing incident”.
Escom officials in a meeting with Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change
BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost) In a clear display of arrogance, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) went ahead with their greedy decision to hike electricity tariffs despite Malawi Energy Regulation Authority (Mera) advising them to put the adjustment on hold.
This has been revealed during an interface with the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change today Tuesday 27th April, 2021.
According to Welani Chilenga, the committee’s chairperson, Escom officials told him earlier that the increase was made to bail out the institution from its financial quagmire, and based on the minister of energy’s statement in parliament.
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The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources has expressed satisfaction with Southern Region Water Board Nkhudzi water project and have urged Lilongwe Waterboard to follow suit.
The parliamentary committee members familiarisation tour at the construction site in Mangochi.
The site of the project
The Committee made the remarks during a familiarisation tour at the construction site in Mangochi.
Speaking during the committee’s tour to the project, the committee chairperson Werani Chilenga commended the progress on the project.
Chilenga said the board has shown that it can efficiently use resources and urged other water boards repeatedly mentioning Lilongwe Water Board to emulate the same.
April 12, 2021 Collins Mtika - Nyasa Times 2 Comments
A drive to Mzuzu on the 116 km stretch from Mzimba via Chikangawa in 1998 and before would always be an indelible experience kilometre after kilometre of undiluted verdant charm.
Deforestation at Viphya
A panorama of gently undulating hills of forest lushly decorated the roadside beyond the reach of the human eye in Malawi’s northern highlands, just off the grandeur of Lake Malawi.
That was the Viphya Plantation in boastful almost arrogant glory, a man-made green belt whose history stretches back to the rule of the late Hastings Kamuzu Banda.
But all that is no more; what remains are stumps that jut out as sad amputees on an ecological battlefield, thanks to mismanagement, political manipulation, greed and upended priorities.