Lesotho ministry to quantify losses from Belo power project
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on The Reporter (Lesotho)
Energy and Mining Minister Lejone Mpotjoane announces that the ministry will assess financial losses incurred during the implementation of the Belo electrification project. He says the government wants to identify those responsible for the poor supervision, ahead of the project’s inauguration by Prime Minister Sam Matekane, according to The Reporter.
Lesotho’s Ministry of Energy and Mining, in the small landlocked kingdom of southern Africa, is going to quantify the financial losses incurred during the implementation of the Belo electrification project, in order to measure the damage suffered by the country. Minister Lejone Mpotjoane announced this during a press visit to the Ha Belo substation in the Botha-Bothe district. He said the government intends to hold accountable those who did not properly supervise the project.
According to the minister, the project lacked supervision, with some players having prioritised cost reduction and speed at the expense of controls. The project is due to be officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Sam Matekane on Friday. The ministry’s principal administrative officer, Tankiso Phapano, explained that the project had to start again from scratch: the second contractor judged that the work already carried out did not meet the project’s requirements and standards.
