By MUKWIMA CHILALAIT is factually incorrect that the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) did not follow the due process of the tender procedure when awarding a contract to the Copperbelt University (CBU) to develop an online Tax platform at a cost of $3 million, sources close to the deal have disclosed.ZRA had initially engaged TATA, an Indian firm at a contract sum of US$16 million but the company failed to meet the desired expectation hence the decision by the Authority to source a local institution, the CBU at a much lower and favorable rate with local professional expertise. And the sources have described the report from the Public Accounts Committee suggesting that the deal was irregular as untrue, factually incorrect and sad because the Attorney General and the Zambia Public Procurement Authority did give a go-ahead.The Public Accounts Committee on Monday, heard that ZRA did not follow the due process of the law when awarding the contract […]
ZRA, CBU contract was clean
