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The Magistrate Court in Lilongwe has granted bail to the Energy Minister Newton Kambala, Chief Presidential Advisor on Strategy, Chris Chaima Banda, and Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) president Enock Chihana. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Kambala, Chaima Banda and Chihana in connection to the botched fuel supply supply deals at the State-funded National Oil Company […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), under the stewardship of former ombudsman Martha Chizuma, who assumed her role as director general of the graft-busting body just last week, has stopped the National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) from awarding contract under procurement number NOCMA/ICB/FUEL/2020/2021 to supply fuel on allegations of “irregularities and suspected corruption” surrounding the procurement […]
The National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) has come under heavy criticism from the general public—especially commentators—in the manner it is handling the issue of award of contracts to companies that will supply oil and gas to the country. Malawians, including renowned social media influencer, Stanley Onjezani Kenani, have taken to social media platform, Facebook, […]
By Christopher Munthali Since its formation in 2003, the National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) has been functioning efficiently — until it fell into the harness of MCP politics. Now a coveted estate of President Lazarus Chakwera and his errand boys Zangazanga Chikhosi and Eisenhower Mkaka, NOCMA is today a looters’ paradise for that MCP enterprise. Sources privy to the goings-on have told this publication that Chakwera, Chikhosi (Secretary to President and Cabinet) and Mkaka (MCP Secretary General) have found a good ally in NOCMA Deputy CEO Hellen Buluma in fraudulently awarding fuel imp...
January 23, 2021 Wanga Gwede and Alfred Chauwa - Nyasa Times 9 Comments State-owned National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) recently courted controversy for awarding fuel supply contract to Tanzanian-based Lake Oil Company and IPG of Kuwait without proper procedure and its application to Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) to allow it award contracts to two fuel suppliers from 23 bidders has been rejected. NOCMA Deputy CEO Hellen Buluma: Fuel deals snubbed by Mere Chikadya: Mera board chair According to the letter that Nyasa Times has seen signed by Petroleum Bulk Procu...