The Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) has refuted speculations that the power utility wants to do away with the prepaid metering system.
Zesco Public Relations Officer Lucy Zimba said there was no truth in the speculation, saying at no time did the company ever hint on going back on its new metering system.
Mrs. Zimba said the prepaid metering system is a national programme that the company embarked on and would ensure it completes the project in all the nine provinces of the country.
She told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that the utility firm will not do away with the prepaid metering system.
“There is no truth in that speculation as this is a system we had embarked on and will not stop it until we complete the programme countrywide,” she said.
And Mrs. Zimba said the current load-shedding being experienced in most parts of Lusaka city is as a result of the transformer which was gutted at Leopards sub station a couple of months ago.
She said the accident has resulted in an overload on the Zesco electricity system making the load-shedding at peak hours necessary.
Mrs. Zimba said the situation will normalize once the sub station is back on its full operation capacity.
ZANIS
Yaba ba zesco nabo bali nu!!!
Warning ba Zesco: If you istall these meters of yours and still charge my uncle in luanshya exorbitantly,mukambona amatako busy!
Old woman shutup why pocking your nose in things you dont know after-raw sisala has failed as who are you dont talk 2 much
Is Zesco supposed to change the PR each time there is a new MD. Mwansa had Angela, Sisala had Monica the new one has Lucy. These are not political positions so PRs should be maintained. Is there anything we do not know?
For efficiency and improvement to energy supply, break up Zesco or remove their monopoly.
#4 The change was made by Sisala himself well before he left. Do you read or just speculate blindly?