GOVERNMENT has unearthed a scam in which some Pay Point Managers (PPMs) of the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programme in Kapiri Mposhi are deducting money from beneficiaries as transport refund.Some PPMs, mostly teachers, engaged by Government to pay SCT in the ongoing fund disbursement exercise in the rural parts of the district are demanding K20 from each beneficiary to cover their transport costs.This came to light when District Commissioner, Smart Mwila met over 100 village headmen and villagers of Nkole Chiefdom.Speaking on behalf of the affected beneficiaries in the area, Mr Goliath Kasempa, aged 74, complained that some PPMs were declining to pay beneficiaries their money for refusing to contribute K20 to cover for their transport costs.Mr Kasempa implored Mr Mwila to intervene in the matter and ensure that PPMs found wanting were brought to book. “We don’t know if this is allowed but the people you have sent here to pay us Social Cash Transfer […]
SCT SCAM UNEARTHED
