By KALOBWE BWALYATHE Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) has heard that full due diligence was not taken when the Ministry of Health awarded Honey Bee Pharmacy a US $17 million to supply medical kits including substandard condoms.This was revealed at the PAC hearing yesterday, where Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Administration Kakulubelwa Mulalelo, and director for procurement Wilson Banda, ZAMRA Medical Stores Limited (MSL), and the Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) were summoned.And ZABS executive director Manuel Mutale confirmed that according to tests the latex condoms and gloves supplied by Honey Bee, were substandard and the results were submitted to ZAMRA and Medical Stores for a decision to be made.And ZAMRA has admitted that there has been an oversight by the institution to not recall the products from the market because the authority has been waiting for other test confirmations from Zimbabwe.MSL distributed condoms and gloves to the public that did not meet the required […]
Honey Bee Pharmacy supplied fake condoms Parliamentary Committee hears
