Chipata residents have appealed to government to find a lasting solution to Zesco’s continued power outages.Speaking on behalf of other residents, Christopher Kangwa of Mchini Compound, said there was need for government to seriously find a lasting solution to the continued power blackouts as they negatively affect the economic growth of the district.
The residents expressed their displeasure in a walk-in interview to ZANIS in Chipata.
And Simon Jere, another resident, said Chipata district was badly hit with the blackouts as no explanations are made by the power utility company as to when the problem would come to an end.
Mr Jere observed that the situation was scaring away investors and if remedial measures are not found immediately, this should be taken as a wakeup call for the ministry responsible to quickly work on modalities of normalizing the situation.
He stated that it was sad that the situation has persisted, adding that the district was also subjected to load shedding which was not also properly communicated to the people.He stated that the era of power performance was long gone, saying the residents expect Zesco, like all sectors in government, to improve their work culture.
Zesco last month said the power utility had received equipment meant to improve power supply in Chipata district. Regional Manager Wilbroad Chanda, promised that once installed, capacitor banks would enhance power supply by the end of June.
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We all need to increase investments in all sectors.
Poor service ba Zesco, Surely i have no kind words for your guys, we are sick and tired
sale the thing. gov is to blame in all this.
I thought you guys go to sleep when the sun goes down? On a serious note, how can we be going backwards? Can anyone explain power outages 25 or so years ago? It was unusual and aptly explained by some disruption that was understandable. Now it is a case of poor planning and under-capacity of the resources required to run a society. Shameful!
ZESCO is very useless..no plan..