THE Oil Marketing Companies Association of Zambia says government needs to create a legal framework to dictate the leasing process of fuel tanker trucks within the youth empowerment programme. And the Association says issues surrounding government’s contractual dispute with Kapesika Energy and Petroleum Limited can be attributed to the selective tender which was used during the procurement process. OMCAZ president Dr Kafula Mubanga was commenting on a matter where the government ‘abandoned’ about 30 oil tanker trucks at some private residence in Lusaka’s Makeni area, following a contractual dispute with Kapesika Energy and Petroleum Limited. According to Youth, Sports and Arts Minister Elvis Nkandu, the trucks were deliberately kept at a private residence under a rental agreement because the government...

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