Zesa smart meter tender challenge dismissed

A LOCAL company, Denallare Technologies Pvt Ltd, unsuccessfully filed for an application for condonation at the Supreme Court, challenging the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) and Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) for ”corrupt double procurement” of costly smart meters and flouting tender rules.

The company is the second after the United Kingdom-based Electricity Management Service (EMS) to approach the Supreme Court seeking an order to investigate the flouting of tender rules after Zesa Holdings — the ZETDC holding company — and Praz appointed another company Inhemeter to supply the smart meters which the challengers said are costly to the power utility.

Denallare Technologies, in its application for condonation to appeal to the Supreme Court, cited Praz and Zesa as the first and second respondent respectively.

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