ESCOM Loadshedding Irks Parliament
Parliament has adopted a report of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts which has exposed the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi's unsatisfactory performance in executing its mandate to the public.
PAC's Chairperson, Mark Botomani, disclosed this in the August House, during the presentation of 'A Performance Audit Report on The Distribution Of Electricity In Malawi By Electricity Supply Corporation Of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited'
The report uncovers gross disregard of expected operating standards by the corporation in the period under review (2011 -2016).
"The Customer Services Charter of ESCOM provides that ESCOM should provide new service connection within 30 days from the date of payment for service cable connection and a meter. Similarly, the Charter provides that ...