The country’s sole energy provider, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) for almost three months has been contravening the public daily undertaking with unstoppable daily black outs.
Yet, monthly bills remain the same or even higher for those customers on postpaid service.
To make things worse, the company has an audacity even to launch massive disconnection exercise without mercy for unpaid bills as its meeting the general public demand.
In responding to poor service delivery, Escom gave two version of answers as to why the nation is under the siege of blackouts one being that the water levels at Shire River has gone down making turbine fail to run smoothly. While the other response says, its operation machines at Nkula developed the fault.
This has led to speculation that its tactical move of showing the company’s poor performance which will be a recipe for it to be sold like the case of Malawi Savings Bank (MSB).
This is happening while the much touted public reform is underway sparing Escom of being restructured to tick.
So, what the best way for Escom to take in walking out from this embarrassing mess? Others are demanding the firing of the entire company’s staff members, will this sort out these challenges? Is commercializing Escom, a way to go for the country?
