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Botswana Oil floats Debswana’s fuel deal for citizens

Grinding on: Debswana consumes 100 million litres of fuel each year PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Grinding on: Debswana consumes 100 million litres of fuel each year PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Botswana Oil Limited (BOL) has formally invited citizen-owned companies to submit proposals for the provision of bulk fuel transportation services to the Debswana mines, a tender that is part of an P8 billion deal the organisations arranged earlier this year.

According to the Request for Proposals (RFP) floated recently, the fuel will be sourced from different locations outside Botswana as well as from BOL depots in Gaborone and Francistown.

“This is part of the strategic partnership between BOL and Debswana aimed at capacitating citizen-owned companies in the fuel supply value chain,” the national oil company stated.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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