Minister Kambala says Malawi govt to terminate contracts of idle independent power producers nyasatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nyasatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
January 23, 2021 Wanga Gwede and Alfred Chauwa - Nyasa Times 9 Comments
State-owned National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) recently courted controversy for awarding fuel supply contract to Tanzanian-based Lake Oil Company and IPG of Kuwait without proper procedure and its application to Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) to allow it award contracts to two fuel suppliers from 23 bidders has been rejected.
NOCMA Deputy CEO Hellen Buluma: Fuel deals snubbed by Mere
Chikadya: Mera board chair
According to the letter that
Nyasa Times has seen signed by Petroleum Bulk Procurement Agency (PBA) executive director, Joyce Gachuma, Government of Republic of Tanzania on March 20, 2020, wrote management of Lake Oil reminding them on their failure to open Letter of Credit for their ordered products.
Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) says it will take the company 10 days to repair the burst pipe at Nkula B Power Station.
The company said this on Tuesday when Minister of Energy Newton Kambala visited Nkula B Power Station to appreciate the extent of the damage on the burst bypass pipe.
âPreliminary assessments indicate that it will take 10 days to resolve the fault,â the company said.
The burst pipe on one of the five hydropower plants at the power station has led to the shutting-down of the power station.
Kambala during the visit commended the control engineers that were on duty at the time of the incident for not only noticing the fault but also taking quick action to prevent flooding of the power station.