Trade and consumer focused NGO, Consumer Unit Trust Society has observed that the intermittent power supply will have adverse impact on the country’s economic performance.
CUTS International Board Chairman Ambassador Love Mtesa noted that economic performance has greatly been hampered by load shedding by state power utility, ZESCO.
Ambassador Mtesa said his organisation has continued receiving numerous reports of plant and factory shut downs because of intermittent power load shedding.
He said the cost of running stand by generator sets will further add to the already high cost of doing business in Zambia.
“What we are going to see is a situation where manufacturers of various goods and services will increase their prices and thereby passing on that extra cost to the consumer,” Ambassador Mtesa said.
Ambassador Mtesa said even at the household level, many families have resorted to the use of charcoal for home use thereby increasing deforestation.
He has since urged ZESCO to work on a predictable and well calculated load shedding schedule that will respect the interests of consumers.
Ambassador Mtesa regretted that random and rampant load shedding by ZESCO is negatively affecting national productivity and economic performance.
“As a responsible utility, ZESCO should have a basic set of minimum service level standards which they should always strive to meet but the manner in which they are load shedding seems to suggest otherwise,” Ambassador Mtesa said.
He said ZESCO should also ramp up work on its infrastructure development programmes in order to increase generation capacity as a long term measure to end load shedding.
Yeah, bwafya ba Mutesa wesu. What is going on at Kafue Lower Power project? RB laid the foundation stone for that one, are they building? We need short and long term solutions. Ati shani ba Chitundu kaili?
its getting out of hand this zesco s.h.i.t….you call road shredding….lol
Zambian utility services provider such as ZESCO have no shred of regard for its customers. They have taken advantage that Zambians just complain individually without taking them to task through collective community/industrial action.
Its time to act, we allow ZESCO to hold us at ransom as if they give us free services.
Maybe as Zambians we need to experience blackouts on the scale of India to wake up from the slumber.
This is just so embarrassing i cant even find words to comment with really…
This Zesco load shedding will make PF unpopular very soon. I cnat stand it. Iam on fixed tarrif and yet pay the same amount every month. This is unacceptable
if India could experience blackout for 2days ,
what about zambia!
I think some complaints are not well founded!
we should grow up and face realities of life squarely!:d:d
Get your facts right.The India incident was a Once-In-A-Decade event.
In Zambia we are ROAD shedded every other day any time without notice.If we have elements like you who see wrong things as right or acceptable and expecting people not to complain then only God or Nature knows when/if we shall ever escape the vicious cycle of poverty
you are either foolish or just prefer seating back and suffering because another person is. How damn is that.
What a f00lish analogy!
Number six Zambia is not India(*****)
We have alot of rivers and lakes. Even the current infrastracture can supoort us. But all we hear si transformer of blownoff and so forth. its cross incompetence
Ewe mfwiti # 6,are we getting power from the same source with India? the incompetence of Indians should be accepted in Zambia? but ndiwe pure black muntu,you are the type that bleaches your skin to look like Indians.
Yet the competition and consumer protection commission in zambia just sits and watches. What a country
“mubqngq says:
if India could experience blackout for 2days ,
what about zambia!
I think some complaints are not well founded!
we should grow up and face realities of life squarely!:d:d”
Blackout and Load shedding=2 different things. Its one thing to not have power almost half the day everyday and another to not have power for 2 days continuously:-w
I guess your point is that things can still get worse?
point home is people should stop complaining like babes and instead offer solutions!
for how long will you complain!
It is so saddening that the govt is doing nothing, let alone saying nothing to alleviate this scourge coz I remember in the run up to the elections, MCS used to say it is so embarrassing that 48 years after independence Zambia still faces load shedding, when we come into power, fuel, power problems will all be dealt with. But here we today, almost a year of PF rule power shortage is now moving from bad to worse. Power now goes on anything that ends in a DAY i.e. on Mon’DAY’, Tues’DAY’ etc.
Anyone else remember the big banner PF put up at Manda Hill crossover in the 2008 elections with a picture of Mr. Sata (and his permanently scowling face) promising the nation an immediate end to all load-shedding once elected?
Shame on u ZESCO, yesterday i found that they hav mounted a prepaid meter outside my flat instead of fixing it inside. Anyway we hav to live with this nonsense kaili there is nothing we can do!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If it was at school ngakucivivula!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ukwa is really living up to his name of ‘man of action’ eh?
JUST SELL THE COMPANY TO CHINES , NO GOVENMENT WILL SOLVE THIS SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its a shame…
Load shedding has continued…………………………………….. I thought it ended with MMD,anyway its a new dawn.
No checks and balances the gvt does as it likes .ZESCO is used to sponsor political parties instead of improving its infrastructure
Normally in a democracy, you get what you vote for. But in Zambia some people have gone beyond being stupid. Instead of saying PF has broken the promises for which they were voted for, they are making excuses for their PF kaponyas. When are you going to wake up? A failure is just a failure, whether by MMD or PF. Which ever party that makes it should be condemned
It good to be attentive to the fact that Load shedding is directly proportional to forest shedding which is inversely proportional to water resources. More trouble coming.
For me I blame ZESCO’s especially the new pf-appointed management, it seems load shedding surged unreasonably when they took over. Its understandable theres a deficit but what should cause trebling load shedding in the period of 2 months.
if insults is your mother – language .mine is different !
COMPLAINING LIKE FOOLS
WILL NEVER TAKE THIS COUNTRY OUT OF POVERTY!
YOU BETTER START THINKING ON HOW TO PRODUCE ENERGY COZ
I DONT THINK YOU’RE UNDERSTAND!
BLAMING GOVERNMENT
IS UTTERLY RUBBISH AND TO EXPECT SATA TO GET A
WIP ON ZESCO IS EQUALLY
ON YOUR PART!
LET THOSE DOING POLITICS DO THEM ,BUT PRODUCING ENERGY IS NOT THE WAY YOU PRODUCE YOUR POPOO!
ITS NORMAL TO HAVE ENTERUPTIONS MAINTENANCE HAVE TO GO ON!
GROW UP !
:o
in mwanawasa we had this!
in Rb same !
In Sata same !
I cant just stomach it that
people still dont understand.
coming to gasoline its the same story !
one day even the sun will not show up (thats bible )!
I know that Where Chitundu stays, there is no load shedding, infact this is where most ZESCO senior staff stay. We should have a uniform experience. There should be a timeline also when this nonsense would stop.
shift there!
It will stop in 2020………but this is pathetic
CEC has applied to be Zesco’s competitor….mulebacinga
All these guys all they do is drink up our money with their poor service…….We pay DSTV bena ifi fya loadshedding taba fishiba….ngaya kumana fye day mulipililapo ninshi capwa…….ni scrambled channels……all the way.
Can we start chasing these guys out of the bars so that they have time to think…….pantu bakolwa fye nomba katontonya lisa…..mu 2020?
What happened to “no blackouts after 90 days”?
What do u expect when criminals and empty heads like Judge Ngoma are appointed directors.Its has so much to do with management crisis
You think I can loadshed myself?You are in for it,we will shed you till kingdom come.You believed us sure?Its more money in your pockets since most of you on prepaid will not have to use the power and this translates in you spending less.I pity you goons on fixed.
There is no loadshedding here in states.