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ESCOM Defies Presidential Directive On Buy Malawian Policy, Offers Bid To Foreign Companies
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has supplied is said to have offered tender to foreign companies to supply different Electricity components which would have best supplied by local companies.
The revelation is in total disregard to directive by the President Lazarus Chakwera during his policy brief where he directed that all MDAs should buy from Malawi Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
Our sources close to the deal told us that the decision by ESCOM to award tenders to foreign companies is killing Malawi business.
“Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi’s invitation of international companies to compete bidding for a tender to supply products leaving local tenders that have already been submitted by some Nationals is very strange and many tend to wonder how possible the state owned company could be inviting international companies leaving out our l
March 17, 2021 Peter Kanjere 5 Comments
Malawi Police in Balaka have arrested Madalitso Gama, the suspected mastermind of last month’s foiled attempted theft of an Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) transformer in the district.
khwisa transformer theft car used
Balaka Police Station spokesperson, Felix Misomali, confirmed the arrest of the 26-year-old ESCOM faults operator Gama, who allegedly fled from the scene at Khwisa Trading Centre.
He said they arrested Gama, who hails from Mchiwa Village, T/A Mabuka in Mulanje District, on March 4 2021, while two more suspects are on the run.
“We urge members of the community to always verify identities of ESCOM employees and their actual motives when they see them tampering with ESCOM property,” Misomali said.
March 15, 2021 Duncan Mlanjira – Nyasa Times 5 Comments
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Staff Union (ESU) has released a public notice in which they threaten to undertake an industrial action nationwide on Thursday, March 18 if some long outstanding dispute are not resolved.
ESCOM electrician may disconnectl power during the protests
The ESU discloses that the long outstanding dispute was against governance structures in ESCOM, Malawi Government, its Board of Directors and executive management which remains unresolved.
In a statement released on March 11 by ESU president Charity Harawa and secretary William Manyamula, the issues in dispute are Public Reforms in Energy Sector and Harmonisation of Salaries and other Benefits.
March 15, 2021 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 1 Comment
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi ( Escom) Staff Union and management have agreed to call off a strike which was expected to paralyse power production and distribution from Thursday.
Minister of Energy Newton Kambala: Government is already working on resolving some of the concerns such as salary harmonisation and the Power Purchase Agreement between Egenco and Esco
This has brought a sigh of relief to people most of whom were panic buying electricity units.
Last Thursday, the Union issued a notice that all Escom workers will put their tools down due to disagreements on protracted labour issues.