Dive summary:
- Uganda did not take at face material that China International Water and Electric Corp.(CWE) submitted in its winning bid to build a 600-MW hydropower dam, and the African nation saw red and tossed the company after it checked the claims.
- According to Ugandan officials, CWE said it had built a 600-MW power dam that, in fact, generates 70 MW – a 751% mistake, Uganda noted – and a 640 MW dam that produces 20 MW, for a 3,100% error.
- The Ugandan inspector general told the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development to come up with a short list of "reliable and reputable" electric-power construction firms that have solid credentials for building the country's Karuma project.
From the article:
Judge Eldad Mwangusya invalidated the original evaluation report that favored CWE. He also barred the team involved in the initial evaluation process from participating in the re-evaluation process. ...