Sat, 19 Nov 2016 10:22:48 +0000 PARLIAMENTARY Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday grilled Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Peter Mwaba for the second time over missing payment vouchers barely a day after he was interrogated over expired drugs worth K13, 750, 821. The Committee chaired by Choma Central UPND Member of Parliament Cornelius Mweetwa noted with dismay yesterday that irregularities and misappropriation of funds in the Ministry of Health had not been reducing in all the previous Auditor General’s reports.On Thursday, the Committee was informed that drugs including ARVs amounting to K13, 750, 821 procured by the Ministry of Health expired following the changes in the treatment regime by World Health Organisation (WHO) and that a board of survey had been constituted to dispose-off the drugs.The K13, 750, 821 expired drugs include laboratory reagents, cancer drugs, malaria drugs and vaccines.Appearing before the committee again for interrogations, Dr. Mwaba attributed the irregularities captured in the 2015 […]
