Chinese diplomat rebukes Morupule B contractor

Ambassador Lin Songtian revealed this during Botswana Friendship Delegation visit to China last week. Lin is the secretary general of the Chinese Follow-up Committee on Forum on China-Africa Cooperation or FOCAC. Speaking about Morupule B project without mentioning its name, Lin said it was not fair for Botswana to pay US$1 billion (P10 billion) for nothing.

In order to improve the country’s power supply, the government of Botswana signed an agreement worth close to US$1 billion (P10 billion) with a Chinese company for the construction of the Morupule B project in November 2008. The then Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources announced the signing of the contract between the Botswana Power Corporation on one hand, and China National Electric Equipment Corporation and Shenyang Blower Works Electro-Mechanics Import and Export Co. Ltd (the CNEEC-SBW Consortium) on the other, for the development of the Morupule B Power Station.