Allow us to express our displeasure in the way ZESCO seems to be handling this national crisis. ZESCO has increased the rate at which there is more darkness to lightness.
Yesterday various residents experienced prolonged times of darkness in various parts of Lusaka. For instance Libala and other places that lost power at 10:00hrs only had power restored at 22:00hrs instead of 17:00hrs. Zesco did not pass on official communication on what caused this to its so called “esteemed customers”
This Wednesday it seems the same situation is being experience. For parts of Lusaka that lost power at 06:00hrs only had it restored past 16:00hrs instead of 14:00hrs. No official communication has been given to why this is happening. Residents who have called Zesco to get information have been told Zesco is having system challenges and some are being told of emergency load shedding that needs to be carried out.
Surely society does not need this to add to the economic hardships and hikes in prices of almost entirely everything. The dollar to include is a bigger issue on its own.Government has been talking about diversification of the economy to other sectors such as agriculture and other developmental sectors.
How can this diversification happen in complete darkness being experienced in the country? Power is a major necessity for any developing sector of an economy. If it is in shortfall nothing can
change in this country. Production happens in the day and if we cannot produce due to power shortage then it’s pointless to look at other sectors of the economy.
Looking at the trends coming from our Power utility company has caused citizens to invest into other sources of power such as gensets and solar energy. A question I have for Zesco is this “Do you think when you normalize the power shortage next year (if rain does fall in large quantities), people are going to get rid of their gensets/solar power solutions?” I doubt that and people are most likely to continue using them so as to save on the hiked Zesco Utility bills(Which can be brought about due to low demand for Zesco power). The people who end up suffering are the ones that cannot afford gensets or solar power setups. They will even be given a bigger challenge to pay Zesco more money on those hiked prices due to low demand.
It does not take a professor to foresee all these things bound to happen. I believe wisdom is a gift and if the people in authority have it then they can act upon it. Advice is usually free of charge.
However as Zambians have been taken advantage of due to their peaceful nature brings about all these problems but the day they decide to feel otherwise, it might a be thing that will blow out of proportion. Thank you for your time.
P.S : Zesco give us the New Load Shedding schedule
WE ARE EVERYWHERE, WE ARE IFINITE AND WE ARE SOCIETY
By ZedXposed
Ifintu ni Lungu.
Don’t worry, once Lungu comes back from wasting time in Kitwe, he will come and waste more time in Lusaka looking humble and being dull. Guess you should be worried.
ZESCO needs to call for their own national day of prayer for loadshedding
Qin garneton kitwe it’s now days. Fire the zesco director is doing nothing and import power we need it now.
Why complaining u voted for pf without the seen the mess they created enjoy more load shedding, hugh inflation @15.8% month of october but yo lack of vision govt cooks figures to 8%, shame,kwacha fall,rise in prices of commodities, with these hardships u still want to vote pf again?
Comment: You want magic to bring you power, how dull can you people be?
We have quite a passive civil society in Zambia. Such ‘load shedding’ would not be tolerated in many societies. This is simply unacceptable. It would be better for those in charge to admit failure or gross mistakes and resign. Let those who know and are serious, sought out the mess – those who have failed will only sink the country further in quick sand the longer they remain at the helm.
So true, in fact an absence of any functional civil society. A society in which everything is acceptable, all kinds of nonsense are ok. a society with very low standards for itself. Its a mark the nation is not ready for development, besides thousands of people in compounds have never had power or jobs anyway so power cuts and inflation wont affect them too much as the days are spent doing nothing.
Comment: If you don’t know how electricity is generated its better to keep quiet.
Even in Choma we had no power yesterday 27th October 2015 from 06:00 hours up to 22:30 hours
Comment: when will this end!…we are sick and tired.