‘Fishy’ tricycle deal puzzles minister By ADRIAN MWANZA GOVERNMENT is baffled that over 1500 tricycles were supplied to the Ministry of Health and delivered to three provinces when the contract was cancelled and not paid for.Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo says she can not understand how anyone can deliver goods to fulfil a cancelled contract which was not even paid for.Ms Masebo told the Daily Nation in an interview, over 1500 Tricycles were supplied to three provinces even after the contract was annulled by government for not meeting the required standards.Ms Masebo said the tricycles had been dumped in Petauke, Luapula and even Kasama for almost a year without the owners coming to get them since government had not paid.She said it was strange that the tricycles were delivered without government making any form of payment and suggested that a payment was indeed made hence the laisser-faire attitude by the suppliers. She said the Attorney General refused to append his signature on the contract government had with Barakatel Investments Ltd which was told […]
‘Fishy’ tricycle deal puzzles minister
