The Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) says it is working on increasing pay points for prepaid units to bring power nearer to its customers.
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ZESCO Public Relations Manager Lucy Zimba said the cooperation was putting in place measures to ensure that it puts up more pay points for prepaid units customers to have easy access to power.
Ms Zimba told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that the corporation is also considering awarding tenders to street vendors to enable customers access prepaid units anywhere.
Ms Zimba said the problem of traveling long distances in search of prepaid units will end by the end of this year.
Residents from Mazyopa compound have for the past few weeks been complaining about the corporation’s failure to put up prepaid unit points near their area.
The residents have been traveling long distances to Chaisa and Matero ZESCO points for the units.
The residents had since appealed to the corporation to look into their plight.
ZANIS
Those prepaid units are really good coz you are sure that you are paying for what has been consumed.
Zesco should follow the foot steps of mobile phone service providers. Its really frustrating especially after knocking off and you are told there are less than so so units remaining and one is forced to drive to Kabwata or Head office. By using vendors Zesco will be creating some informal employment and the move is most welcome and long over due.I hope there wont be corruption when choosing the vendors i.e friends and relatives.
I agree with people of mazyopa,here in ndola it’s even worse because there is only one pay point for all ndola resident’s which is zesco main centre in town and now am told a few days ago they opened another one at kansenshi shops or some where in town am not too sure, So as we are towarding pay day, there will be a lot of people queing up for payments and you can be in the que up to the time you don’t know. management knows about this problem,but nothing seem to change.