On Tuesday, 28th April, while enjoying my self at the launch of LiF Media's flagship publication LiF Magazine I received an sms from my brother informing me that ZESCO, the electricity company, had turned off our electricity because of an outstanding bill.
This wasn't altogether a shock considering that we had not received a bill from Zesco since July last year. We had however contiued to pay them the average of our usual consumption each month so my guess was that we owed them the accumulated difference for each month which would not be more than what we paid in a month.
Now, imagine my shock (no pun intended) when I took a look at the statement in the morning to find that we owed them just under K2,000, 000. To owe them that amount of money would mean that we had not paid our rates for two whole years and more.
Conversations with the Electricity Supplier on Wednesday and Thursday indicate that the clowns ... pardon me ...I mean thieves ... have no idea how they came up with that figure.
I am aware that that Rodin Sisaala and his Execcutive have been making appeals for government to allow them to increase tarrifs but until they do (I now hope they don't) ... EASY DOES IT!!!!!
Sunday, May 03, 2009
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Your posted this on the 03rd - today is 08th - boy have I got bad news for you. The ERB approved the increase of electricity tariff by 65% - so means that you either sort and agree that bill with them now than you sitting with a ZMK10million bill by December.
I am not even going to start on the expenses of utilies in Zambia - least of all fuel (Zambia has the most expensive pump prices in Africa) something has to give.
FK
We've already paid ZESCO 75% of the outstanding amount just so that we could re-connected ...
I do think that the electricity company needs the 65% tariff increase to run efficiently but it would be nice to know that their billing is correct.
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