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. The Lake Oil company […]
Minister of Energy Newton Kambala has said National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) deputy chief executive officer Hellen Buluma is “against supervision,” saying she informed him that she was receiving threats from some officials in government, but the Minister does not believe the threats exist. Kambala said this in published comment related to her reporting to […]
Deputy Chief Executive Officer for National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA), Hellen Buluma, has officially lodged a complaint to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) over alleged attempts to interfere in awarding of oil supply contracts by a Cabinet minister, a senior advisor to President Lazarus Chakwera and leader of one of the members of Tonse Alliance […]
Embattled National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) acting chief executive officer Hellen Buluma has been removed of her position. This follows the board of directors resolution that Buluma should no longer be acting CEO. The board which is chaired by Secretary to President and Cabinet (SPC) Zangazanga Chikhosi made its decision followingan uproar from a […]
There is drama over the post of acting chief executive officer (CEO) for State-owned National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) Hellen Buluma as days after President Lazarus Chakwera instructed Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) ZangaZanga Chikhosi to “address the anomaly” of appointing deputy CEO Buluma as acting CEO, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eisenhower […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has commended the new board of State-owned National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) chaired by Secretary to President and Cabinet Zangazanga Chikhosi for assessing allegations of abuse of office by some of the executives there. Nocma has suspended CEO Gift Dulla and director of finance (DoF) Richard Milanzi to pave the way for […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) parliamentary candidate for Nsanje South West Hellen Buluma has lost her election case to an independent candidate. High Court judge Jack N’riva has ruled that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) declared winner Ntiza Valera was the rightful winner. Valera won the parliamentary elections in the area with 12942 votes whilst […]
Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) has asked the Police in Nsanje and relevant authorities to take drastic measures on the official complaint they have received from aspiring contestant for the seat in Parliament to represent Nsanje South West constituency, Helen Buluma, who reported to them that on Election Day she was heavily assaulted, undressed, humiliated […]