ZESCO Limited Managing Director Victor Mapani has confirmed that the plan to dismantle the backlog of electricity connections applications is on course.
Mr. Mapani said as of 31st December 2021, there were 67,000 pending applications which had built up over the last few years because ZESCO did not have resources to finance the connections.
He said with the funds raised so far, ZESCO has managed to make 40,000 connections and is remaining with 27,000 connections, which it expects to make between now and 31st December 2022.
“This means at 60% of the work has been done in less than half the timeframe. This is partly due to most connections done being standard connections that need less or no construction works,” Mr. Mapani said.
Mr. Mapani also revealed that ZESCO requires over US$108 million to complete the exercise.
Meanwhile, ZESCO has revealed that it has made significant gains to reduce the debt owed to Independent Power Producers following successful negotiations with Maamba Collieries Ltd and Itezhi-Tezhi Power Corporation.
Mr. Mapani said following the successful negotiations with Maamba Collieries, ZESCO’s power supply invoice has been reduced to US$16.5 million from US$25 million per month.
Just lies… give me a list… names and addresses. Not a single person I know has been connected. Same as retiree benefits. You didn’t have poles so how did you manage to connect the forty thousand?
40,000 new connections? I don’t believe a word of it. And if it were true – which it isn’t – then loadshedding would be even closer than already predicted. BUY SOLAR!
LIES LIES LIES
MOST HEADS OF DEPARTMENT ARE SPEWING GARBAGE THESE DAYS
WHAT IS GOING ON ?
“Mapani also revealed that ZESCO requires over US$108 million to complete the exercise.”
This is what happens when you continually appoint from within nothing changes its still the same mindset…no innovation or efficiency is brought onto the table. The thinking with them is more customers equates to progress forget about customer service, quality or profitability…this is the same mindset at Zamtel. They require $100m but were willing to procure brand new luxury Jeeps for Directors two months ago.
“Mr. Mapani said as of 31st December 2021, there were 67,000 pending applications which had built up over the last few years because ZESCO did not have resources to finance the connections.”
Why doesn’t he complete the explanation and tell us why ZESCO didn’t have the finances; why you funding the ruling party or political campaigns? This is why history repeats itself because you hide the truth.
We had these numbers under control during pfs tenure. In less than a year, hh and co have managed to damage our country.
Please ignore the UK based Troll/ Impostor it is craving for interaction
Fuseke
Stup!d KZ, under PF rule the loadshedding was worse than it’s ever been, only last year – the months before the election – there was no loadshedding, and Zambians will pay for that this year with Lake Kariba levels lower than ever. And those 67,000 connections missed were all paid for – what did you do with the money???
My friend fuseke
@No.1, 2 and 3: You are all well known PF thieves so who can expect you to say anything good about UPND or the New Dawn. You are the ones that store the money fro these connections and took your own PF children to study in Ukraine ,thank God for the war and they came back flying like insects. That was ZESCO money you stole at the expense of connecting poor Zambians. You iddiooots!
You are just a stray dog
Zesco required $108 million to make these connections but this money was already paid by the same people who are waiting to be connected so where is it? Was it misused to pay cadres and fund PF campaigns?