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with a central control room, processes oily TERMINALS & SHIPPING the extensions for the fuel storage facility at
waste received, producing both light and Walvis Bay emerged as a concerning expense.
heavy fuels. Questions emerge about The controversial project has been a point of
Heavy fuel is used for burners and contention in Namibia for almost five years
furnaces, while light fuel generated in-house Namibian storage facility with allegations of corruption and negligence
is used for process operations. Recovered by senior government officials surrounding
water from the plant additionally is treated The Namibia government has announced it it. The country’s current prime minister Saara
and converted to irrigation quality water in plans to spend an additional N$87mn on its Kuugongelwa-Amadhila drove the project
Dulsco’s water treatment facility and can be national oil-storage facility. This comes on the when she was still finance minister.
re-used in its boiler or provided to end-users back of an already N$6.5 bn bill that taxpayers The report did not specify what the
for their irrigation needs. have had to fund in the past five years. The N$87mn will be used for. Namibian
The facility thus recovers all potential billions spent on the facility has over the years newspaper The Namibian reported in 2018
reusable fractions from waste, according to caused great unhappiness in the country. that the government was set to splash another
rigorous health, safety, and environmental The latest details on the project emerged N$50 million on the national oil-storage
standards, creating value from waste and in a report by the Central Procurement facility at Walvis Bay after complaints emerged
reflecting Dulsco’s ongoing leadership role in Board (CPB), released last week which of it having substandard firefighting capacity.
innovative sustainability practices. provides an overview on the status of state This comes after Namibians were outraged
KHALEEJ tenders, challenges faced, and progress made at the price tag of the facility, when it first
since last year. The report provided a list of became known.
government tenders in the past year, and BNE

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