By ADRIAN MWANZA BABA Drilling the contractor that has been caught up in the controversial K500, 000 contract to drill seven solar boreholes in Muchinga, has cried foul over assertions that the project was overpriced.Baba Drilling director Manoj Khurma said that it was unfair for individuals with ulterior motives to claim that the prices were inflated because they did not understand the scope of work involved in the project.Mr Khurma said there was a very wrong narrative about the project because most people thought the contract only involved the drilling of the 10, 000 litre boreholes.He said the money was not even enough because the scope of work was quite broad as it comprised a number of aspects like making the road network, fencing the area and even constructing the irrigation system in the remote areas.Mr Khurma said that it was malicious to indicate that the contract was dubiously acquired when they followed the correct procedure.He […]
Contractor fingered in costly solar boreholes, cries foul
