- EGENCO dismisses claims by Parliament member
- Yeremia Chihana blamed the increase in electricity prices on EGENCO
- Electricity tariffs have doubled, according to Chihana
The Electricity Generation Company of Malawi (EGENCO) has dismissed claims made by Parliament member Yeremia Chihana on electricity tariffs. Chihana, in an interview, claimed, electricity tariffs have increased since the establishment of EGENCO. Chihana stated that the price of electricity increased from between MK15 and MK20 per kilowatt per hour (kWh) to MK35 and MK45 per kWh.
In a statement issued by EGENCO, the company denied the claims saying, ”There are numerous tangible examples of what EGENCO has done to bring improvements in the electricity sector in the country. The coming in of EGENCO has created a scenario where the company’s core mandate is to generate electricity. This has resulted in the company being focused on power generation, where it has carried out rehabilitation, modernization and in some cases upgrading the old machines that we have, giving them new life and improving efficiency and adding generation capacity,”
Listing their efforts at providing stable electricity supply, EGENCO said, ”At the two islands of Likoma and Chizumulu, after 19 years of unreliable and inadequate power generation and Supply, EGENCO has managed to install solar power with a capacity of 1.3MW which is way too high to the demand at the islands, thereby providing clean and reliable power to the islanders enabling them enjoy electricity 24 hours every day,”
”We would like therefore to appeal to the public to regard the remarks made by Honourable Chihana as mere speculation, untrue and therefore misleading,” EGENCO stated.