Businessman challenges Zesco over-billing
By Thandizo Banda
A KABWE-BASED businessman Joseph Moyo has petitioned Zesco Limited over alleged over-billing.
Moyo, a real estate entrepreneur, through his lawyer Zonde Ponde-Suntile of Zonde Ponde Legal Practitioners, is seeking clarity from Zesco over the alleged outrageous electricity billing on his Moyo Village property on Great North Road in Kabwe.
“We write to seek clarification as to why and how our client Joseph Shabaya Moyo at his premises known as Moyo Village under meter number 478 7275 has been receiving outrageous electricity bills,” reads the letter in part.
In the correspondence dated August 7, 2025, seen by The Mast, addressed to Zesco senior regional manager for Central and Eastern provinces Ponde-Suntile is urging Zesco to promptly rectify the cause of the disputed readings for the particular meter and month.
The lawyer says Moyo Village does not understand how and why the bill was overcharged.
Moyo references a similar complaint she filed with Zesco Limited in March this year, which has not been responded to by the national power utility .
Suntile submits on Moyo’s behalf that her client’s closing balance as of July 15, 2025, was K0.00.
“However, to his surprise, the said bill jumped to K33,662.90 as at July 31, 2025, just 16 days later. My client was on August 25, 2025, further billed K62,908.91,” letter reads in part.
The alwyer says Moyo’s bills had jumped as much as three times in some instances.
Moyo, is the founder of Tuskers Hotel, Moyo Farms and several residential apartments.
Zesco senior regional manager for Central and Eastern provinces Crispin Katongo said in an interview with The Mast his office was actively looking into Moyo’s complaint.
“We have instituted investigations to establish the facts and will accordingly address the findings,” Katongo said.
He said Zesco would capture the precise electricity usage by the client.
