Kalabo residents have complained bitterly about the continuous Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) power outages that the district is currently experiencing in the area.
The residents complained in the District Development Coordinating Committee (DDCC) meeting that was held in the Council Chamber in Kalabo on Monday chaired by the District Commissioner Ireen Mate that they were failing to properly use computers in their offices and even run their homes properly due to the continuous power outages.
The residents complained that they were just paying ZESCO more money in the area for insufficient and unsatisfying services.
And when asked on the matter a ZESCO employee who was representing his institution in the meeting referred all queries to his Manager Wamui Mwanang’ombe who was reported to be out to Mongu for other official duties.
The stakeholders in the meeting also asked as to when the ZESCO pre-paid meters were to be installed in premises in Kalabo district and the ZESCO representative responded that the project was being done in phases and started with Mongu district and that Kalabo would also be attended to later.
In a related development, Kalabo residents have complained about the poor radio signal of ZNBC radio one being experienced in the area.
The DDCC members complained that since the installation of ZNBC Radio equipment to boast reception of Radio One and Two in Kalabo in the first week of November, Radio One reception went off just after few days.
The DDCC members said there was agent need for ZNBC Technicians from Mongu to travel to Kalabo to rectify the problem as Radio One reception was vital in the area in that it had a wider majority’s listenership.
And Ms Mate said that she would talk to the ZNBC Technicians in Mongu over the matter when she travels to the area on Thursday tomorrow ahead of the Provincial Development Coordinating Committee (PDCC) meeting.
The ZNBC’s Radio One in Kalabo broadcasts on 88.7 Frequency Modulation (FM) while Radio Two broadcasts on 92.7 FM.
ZANIS
WHEN IS ZESCO MANAGEMENT GONNA START PLANNING? THEY DON’T SEEM TO KNOW THE DEFINITION OF PLANNING. THESE LOAD-SHADINGS ARE POINTLESS. IF ZESCO MANAGEMENT DID NOT KNOW THAT WITH INCREASED MINING AND OTHER INVESTMENT ZESCO WILL NEED TO INCREASE POWER BY SO MUCH, THE ZESCO’S TOP MANAGEMENT ARE A BUNCH OF !D!OTS.
Do kalabo residents need electricity, advise me, because they have no capacity to pay also the place is too remote they only need tukoloboyi