Nkaigwa questions �suspicious� tenders

Nkaigwa
Nkaigwa

The Member of Parliament for Gaborone North Haskins Nkaigwa seems to believe that there is something strange about the awarding of tenders to several contractors who have enjoyed projects worth a total of over P2 billion combined in the last decade.

In a series of Parliamentary questions last Friday, Nkaigwa demanded to know the amount of government projects that have been awarded to Estate Construction, Bothakga Burrow, Cul de Sac and Bango Trading from 2007 to date.

On behalf of his boss, the Assistant Minister of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services Itumeleng Moipisi revealed that Estate Construction was awarded contract works for construction of water supply pipelines at Thune Dam at a contract value of P361,551,490.41 and later awarded the construction of Kanye Waste Water Treatment Plant at the value of P707,046,930.32.

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