State-owned National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) has suspended financial accountant Mabvuto Ndalahoma and three other employees for alleged indiscipline, the deputy chief executive officer Helen Buluma said in a notice she signed. Other suspended employees include human resources and administration officer Margret Sakala, communications officer Telephonia Chigwenembe and personal assistant in the office of the […]
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 […]
Despite her ‘personal liaisons’ with National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) acting Chief Executive Officer Helen Buluma, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eisenhower Mkaka has said he cannot go against President Lazarus Chakwera instructions to “address the anomaly” of appointing Buluma as acting CEO and it has been releaved that she will not be sacked because she gave 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 […]
The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change says the government-owned National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) should have a lion’s share in fuel importation. The committee’s chairperson Welani Chilenga said this on Friday in Lilongwe when they toured strategic fuel reserves to appreciate Nocma’s readiness to start transporting fuel through rail from Nacala […]
State-owned National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) chief executive officer Gift Dulla has been arrested on allegations of abuse of office, police have confirmed. National Police spokesperson James Kadadzera has confirmed that Dulla was arrested Friday but could not give more details. However, police sources indicate that they are also looking for former Chief Secretary […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says it has busted a scam costing tax-payers about K5 billion involving three parastatals: Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera), Electricity Supply Commission of Malalwi (Escom) and National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma). HRDC, through its Whistleblower Initiative, has since reported the matter to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and wants a quick […]
National Oil Company of Malawi Limited (Nocma) has donated K10 million for Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) campus to become a full coronavirus (Covid-19) testing centre. The donation follows inspection of the centre by the Covid-19 response team which assessed its needs for it to become fully reliable in the fight against […]
Communities surrounding National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) depot in Mzuzu are living in fear. They say the Tanzanian truck drivers who are delivering fuel to the area have high chances to spread Covid-19 to the locals. The communities who threatened to take the law into their own hands if government fails to sort out […]
The National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) Limited has revealed plans to construct additional 10 million litres of fuel reserve at its Kanengo Depot in Lilongwe. Nocam deputy chief executive officer, Hellen Mbuluma was addressing the Parliamentary committee on Commissions, Statutory Corporations and Estate Enterprises after touring fuel reserves at Matindi in Blantyre. Mbuluma said […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson on finance, Collins Kajawa, has proposed that government should review National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) role of importing fuel in the country. Kajawa made the suggestion on Tuesday in his response to the 2019/2020 national budget which Finance Minister Joseph Mwanamvekha presented in Parliament. He said there should be […]
President Peter Mutharika has appointed a confessed ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cadre as deputy chief executive officer for the National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma). This comes barely days after the appointment of Gerald Viola as deputy chief executive officer for the National Reserve Agency (NFRA). The appointment of Helen Buluma as the deputy […]
Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, Binton Kutsaira has directed National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) to construct additional fuel tanks to cater for the growing fuel demand. He issued the directive when he toured NOCMA’s fuel depot at Matindi in Blantyre, saying unlike in the past, the consumption of fuel has currently increased […]
Association of Professional Drivers is accusing the State-owned National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) of sidelining local transporters in preference for foreign transporters. The chairman of the association Leonard Sitima said the association members will take drastic action against NOCMA over the issue. “If you go and check now, you will find that only foreign […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has expressed ignorance on the reasons why Secretary to the Treasury Ben Botolo has been transferred and that he was not aware that government is preparing a whopping K50 billion bail-out package for financial troubled National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma), a government-owned company. Botolo has been […]
Ministry of Finance has lined up a whopping K50 billion bail-out package for financial troubled National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma), a government-owned company, and the issue has cost Secretary to the Treasury Ben Botolo his job, Nyasa Times can exclusively reveal. As first reported by Nyasa Times on Monday evening, Botolo has been replaced […]
President Professor Peter Mutharika has urged Malawians and officials managing the Strategic Fuel Reserves in the country not to mismanage the use of the reserves. Mutharika made the remarks in Lilongwe Wednesday during the commissioning of the National Strategic Fuel Reserves at National Oil Company (NOCMA) Lilongwe depot. The strategic fuel reserves have been constructed […]
Government through the National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) will on Wednesday December 6, 2017, inaugurate the Strategic Fuel Reserves at Kanengo in Lilongwe. NOCMA Public Relations Officer, Telephorus Chigwenembe said the reserves have a combined storage capacity of 60 million litres, giving Malawi a two month fuel cover. He said that Lilongwe and Blantyre depots […]