Month: November 2022 Posts

Fuelgate: Buluma raises serious corruption allegations at NOCMA

Nov 16, 2022 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

…MCP associated companies abusing NOCMA and fuel deals Acting Chief Executive Officer for the National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) Helen Buluma has resigned, saying she has been under pressure from the Office of the… ...

Chakwera faulted for defending Buluma, Kachaje

Nov 04, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera's administration has been faulted for defying Ombudsman's directives to remove Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) Chief Executive Officer Henry Kachaje and National Oil Company (Nocma) deputy chief executive officer Helen Buluma from… ...

Ombudsman nullifies Buluma’s appointment as NOCMA deputy CEO

Sep 30, 2022 Russell Kondowe 2 &

Ombudsman Grace Malera says National Oil Company (NOCMA) deputy chief executive officer Helen Buluma’s contract should be terminated immediately because Buluma was appointed without following procedures in 2019 by the then President Peter Mutharika. Malera… ...

Chakwera concedes defeat, says Malawi facing fuel shortage

Sep 08, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has admitted that fuel shortage caused by forex scarcity has hit Malawi for several weeks now, and the crisis has affected manufacturing, businesses, work and domestic life. Chakwera has disagreed with Malawi… ...

Forex problems have caused fuel shortage, says Chakwera

Sep 07, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says long term forex problems  have led to the current shortage of fuel in the country. Speaking today at the 2022 Malawi Investment Summit at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe,… ...

Fuel is cheap here – NOCMA’s Buluma defends hike

Jun 25, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

National Oil Company of Malawi  (NOCMA) deputy Chief Executive Officer Helen Buluma has defended the fuel price increase, saying the current prices are not high as Petrol price was supposed to be at K3,500 per… ...

Exit Sattargate, enter Nocmagate: Chakwera implicated

May 31, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has been implicated in the National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) fuel contracts case. In court today, a recording was played in which Chakwera's former advisor Chris Chaima claimed that the president… ...