Morupule B�s P8 bn guarantee is too risky � PS

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Government will not grant a P8 billion sovereign guarantee to Japanese contractor, Marubeni for the expansion of Morupule B by 300MW (Units 5&6) as they felt it is too risky.

Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) recently, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Solomon Sekwakwa revealed that government had re-thoughts about giving the project a guarantee as it was not only a lot of money involved but there were issues of how government’s money would be protected.

“Government had re-thoughts about giving a guarantee to the Marubeni-Morupule B project considering the risk that comes with it. There are certain things that need to be discussed like how are we protected,” he said.

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