By SILUMESI MALUMOSOME companies that donated various items to Government towards the Covid-19 fight have inflated prices for selected commodities for their own benefit.A lot of money purported to have been given to Government for the Covid-19 fight has not been honoured.Change Life Zambia president, Joseph Kasongo said he carried out a check on the recently advertised Covid-19 donations that revealed a myriad of scandalous pricing of items with some prices being tripled by donors for their own benefit.He said the list of donations for most NGOs showed distortions as the quantities of some items did not tally with prices obtaining on the market.Mr Kasongo said he observed that mere face masks that cost K5 were being pegged at more than K35.He pointed out that some pairs of gloves were listed to have cost millions of Kwacha, indicating each pair cost K80 when examination or surgical gloves cost between K2 and K3.“This is a scandal […]
Covid-19 Donations Scandal
