ZESCO has recorded a drop in the number of illegal extensions of power from 625 in August 2013 to 300 in August 2014 countrywide.
ZESCO spokesperson Henry Kapata has however expressed worry with the increasing vandalism of ZESCO transformers in Ndola, Kabwe and Lusaka.
Mr Kapata explained that according to the company’s intensive daily audits, vandalism of ZESCO facilities has increased by 18 percent.
He told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that 95 percent of vandalism occurs on power cables with the Copperbelt Province topping the list at 73 percent.
The ZESCO spokesperson has since warned that anyone caught stealing or vandalizing ZESCO cables or transformers will be prosecuted.
Mr Kapata charged that ZESCO is losing millions of kwacha through vandalism and theft of electricity cables which he said could be used for expansion of projects and new connections.
And Mr Kapata disclosed that the newly constructed Ndeke substation in Mufurila district on the Copperbelt will be commissioned before the end of the year.
This is great news for Zambia and Zesco. Such an important article and one response. We wonder why Zambia is lagging in development.
Too much ukugondwa !
Good news for ZESCO. But you guys at ZESCO take for ever to process applications and when we get the bill it’s “oh my gosh”. ZESCO please tone down on these exorbitant prices.
This is good news Zesco needed to just bring down the connection fees and this will end meaning more money for the company
Let’s have more of the pay-as-you-go systems so everyone can actually get the electricity that they can afford. Not much is vandalized in terms of telephone infrastructure now because by and large everyone owns the bigger part of the process in the form of airtime and the handset. I believe this train of thought should be considered and applied to as many services as are available to the public in our country.
Mr. Kapata, you must also explain why Zesco is milking us big time, we have felt the impact that you have inflicted on us , please reduce some percentage on domestic use.