Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says it has collected penalty fees amounting to K305 million from 1528 fraudulent customers the electricity supplier found bypassing or tampering with its billing system to get free electricity or lower bills.
According to Escom public relations manager Kitty Chingota, the company caught the clients during a six month nationwide exercise it undertook from February to July this year to physically locate and verify customers on its database.
“The verification exercise was also aimed at reviewing safety issues, including the quality of electrical equipment in use, whether there are illegal or unsafe power connections and whether the customer tampered with the meters or extended power lines behind Escom’s back.
“Escom also found that it is losing K305, 000 through illegal connections,” said Chingota.
According to Chingota the company registered a high number of malpractices in Blantyre, Lilongwe, Zomba, Thyolo and Mchinji.
Commenting on the issue, Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) executive director John Kapito expressed concern with the huge number of customers involved in the misconducts but also suggested that Escom is at fault.
“Escom have been poor in processing connections when consumers have applied to be connected” said Kapito.
Earlier last year a syndicate parading as ESCOM officers was uncovered after making illegal connections for people.
zaugalu basi mbava za escom sindimakuonerani kukondwa ine
Will use that for Christmas party
& we citizens will start collecting blackouts fee from u escom #watch out!!
Then use the money wisely.
200milllion for executive luxury cars ……..munamahara
half this months ma blackout kmano the bill is the same
So what will ESCOM do to customers who have been overbilled?
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Plz malawi bring other companiez here rather than escom which is nothng but apiece of shit
aah escom usamazimve if there woz another alternative power company u wud hav 0 customers
Zachamba eti?
ok tamva
Koma magetsi chizimilecho
Anyani akumazimitsabe magetsi ku Escom? Mukutizunza ngati dziko tinachita kubwereka. Ndalama mwapezazo musangokhutitsa mimba za anthu ochepa. Use the money to improve ur services. Ndalama sitidya zonse ngati tomato.
#Mbuzi #agalu anthu akuba osaganiza
Mbavaaaaa! Atabwerako ena inu mwatikwana
kwa amene anaotcha Escom anapereka zingati?
kwa amene anaotcha Escom anapereka zingati?
Call that a win??
Kusangalala ndi mafine pomwe magesi akukukanikani . Blackout in my area for 3 days now .
U foolz du kno d pain ur cozn n us???? Makape
Tell us that it was the reason why there were constant black outs if not then shut up
malawi ndi chocho chiphanzi timalemeresa munthu modzi sorry malawi.
We are in a blackout state nothng z workg in nyasaland
ine chilipilileni chaka chatha mpaka pano simunalumikize ndileke kuba zachamba eti?
koma pitilizan kafukufuku wabwino ameneyo
inenso zimandikwana zoti ndikhale mum’dima ndrama ndilinayo koma network izivuta…… ndy mumati tizitani.?
tidapumako nthawi yamasten koma APA NDE zanyanya. tidziti MASTEN aja adatenga ndi ma transfomer omwe?
mwazipeza zoendesela boma,mawa muzit boma lilibe ndalama,chonsecheso ndalama mwawabela anthu apa
kuwina koma magesi kusowa dairy!!! stupid!!
Mesa timagwirizana ndi mabwana anuwo,nodal amaze tigawanaso
taganizani,ine ndili cash yot ndkaripile kma akundikaniza ati akawoneko kaye kma pano ndi miyezi itatu eti?
they re robbing Apple too
Escom wins big eiishhhh
Ndalama zake sizimene akukataya Ku USA anthu mpakana 111 amatenga anthu oti akamulandire Ku airport
God bless America!
excessive tariff are making people to be involved in that .make it affordable ngati mungaone or ndimmodzi wopanga zimenezo.magetsi akuMalawi kungophikira waishosha uzingoyembekezera kulandira chibill chadzaoneni
Mxiew !
Ngati simusintha tipangaso zomwezi, company yanji osasintha momwe munayambira tizikhala m’mdima every day !
ESCOM ndinu achamba zitsilu nonse
Wachepetsa bro koma kunena kuti machende awo anthu olephela ntchito amenewa.
Dziko nd chnyengo kumene
EVEN IF THEY COLLECT PENALTY FEE OF 1 TRILLION….WE DNT CARE COZ NOTHING WIL CHANGE…THIS MAGGOTS ARE PATHETIC!!
kma magetsi mkumazima daily..zautsilu basi
Mugule machine ena abakha inu.6 hourz blakka out iz 2 much
Mbava sizatukuka Ndalama imangothela zinjoyi moti APA Ndalama zo akagula dzimagalimoto zamabwana malo mokhonza makina awo mbava iiiiiiiii ziiiiii nyani wagwetsa switch
Zimenezi zikumachitika chifukwa choti a escom akumadula magetsi ngakhale amakhala a half day the whole month!!
Kodi magetsi a ESCOM amayaka kapena amathima?
So how does it concern us? or r u tryng to say we may experience change on thz daily blackouts?
antchito onse aku Escom nyumba zawo magetsi ake ngokuba by-passing ndiye ife tizisalira? tiye nazoni 50-50 game
Your billing is ridiculous also
Abwere Pa Den Ndinayigwira Pankhosi
sinanga magesi anuwa angothima thima kma ma billz ndye phwiiiiii apa bola Prepaid basi
Zikufunika kumakubelan kumene simukutithandiza stupid!!
Aaaah nanga loadshedding dairy bwanji
use the money for stopping blackouts