US experts jet into Morupule B blame-storm
Friday, March 21, 2014
And, the key parties at Morupule B – the Botswana Power Corporation and Chinese contractor, CNEEC – are already sparring over culpability for the boiler-related faults that have caused widespread economic losses from prolonged load-shedding and supply uncertainties.
This week, Mmegi established that while the US firm has been contracted to conduct an independent root cause analysis, the BPC says its own probe points to discrepancies between designers and manufacturers of the key components.“We summoned the designers and manufacturers of the boilers and heat exchangers to site after noting frequent failures with the same components,” BPC CEO, Jacob Raleru told Mmegi on the sidelines of a media briefing.
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