NamPower has issued a statement clarifying why it defied a Cabinet directive instructing the power utility not to forge ahead with the power cuts it executed on Monday.

NamPower Managing Director Simson Haulofu confirmed that the company received the communication on the Cabinet Directive from the Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, which directed it not to forge ahead with the planned power cuts, on Monday.

NamPower switched off electricity to several defaulting local authorities and NORED on Monday.