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Monday, 27 August 2018

What we’re tracking this week and beyond

As many as 16 of the nation’s 27 governors will be replaced in a shuffle expected to take place this week, unnamed sources told Egypt Today. The announcement of the shuffle has been postponed multiple times since since June.

El Sisi in China next month: The president is expected to visit Beijing next month, at which time he will sign cooperation agreements in the education, transport, and housing sectors, according to a Cabinet statement.

Final contracts for Hamrawein coal power plant to be signed during El Sisi’s trip: The Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) is expected to sign the final contracts for the USD 4.4 bn, 6 GW Hamrawein “clean coal” power plant during the president’s Beijing visit. The plant is being built by a consortium that includes China’s Shanghai Electric and Dong Fang and Egypt’s Hassan Allam. The group was was awarded the contract in June.

The House of Representatives is in recess until October.

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