After canceling a $2.2-billion engineering, procurement and construction contract with a Chinese firm for a 600-MW hydropower dam, Uganda is seeking to qualify a new list of international EPC bidders in order to salvage the Karuma project.
According to Uganda government officials, China International Water and Electric Corp. (CWE) falsified documents that allowed it to prevail against other international competitors including Salini S.p.A, Vinci Construction, Orascom Construction and South Africa’s Group Five.