By James Gwati- MDC-Alliance vice President and the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Accounts Chairman, Tendai Biti, has ordered Zesa Holdings to submit documents related to the 200 MW Dema diesel power plant.

The Harare East lawmaker also directed the power utility to be ready to answer questions on other projects that were flagged in the 2020 forensic audit report produced by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The dubious Dema project was awarded to Sakunda Holdings although the deal has since been cancelled due to the high cost of electricity produced at the plant.

The directive was issued this afternoon by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee when Zesa Holdings management led by executive board chairperson Dr Sydney Gata appeared before it to respond to issues raised in the report.

Biti who adjourned the Zesa’s public hearing meeting to Monday next week expressed his committee’s frustration at the Zesa management’s inability to adequately prepare for the meeting despite the meeting having been scheduled since last year.

Zesa was also directed to submit documents related to the transformer deal between its subsidiary, ZENT Enterprises and Indian firm PME, the US$35 million loan deal with Afreximbank and the Gwanda Solar deal with Intratrek.

The forensic audit uncovered irregularities in the manner the deals were conducted.