Chinese firm demands P260m from BPC

Friday, December 05, 2014

China National Electric Equipment Corporation (CNEEC), the company that built the 600MW Morupule B power station under a contract worth US$970 million, is claiming P260 million and other unspecified sums from the Botswana Power Corporation for “various dues”.

The demand marks the first shot in what is expected to be a salvo of suits between the two parties centring on culpability for the delays in the construction of Morupule B.

According to financials laid before legislators this week, CNEEC has thrown the first punch in the legal dispute, which came to the fore last year as the dust settled from the troubled contract.

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Chinese firm demands P260m from BPC

China National Electric Equipment Corporation (CNEEC), the company that built the 600MW Morupule B power station under a contract worth US$970 million, is claiming P260 million and other unspecified sums from the Botswana Power Corporation for “various dues”.