By Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba During the official opening of a workshop for Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and others, President Hakainde Hichilema made some startling revelations.ContentsBy Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba GOVERNMENT AWARDS CONTRACTCONTRACT AWARDED, 10% ADVANCE PAIDPRICING OF ROADS THOSE IN PARLIAMENT WHO GOT GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS MUST NOT TALKFEEDER ROADS NOT DONE IN 3 PROVINCESCONCLUSIONHe alleged that some contracts for feeder roads were given to companies that had no technical capacity to undertake the works, and out of a budgeted figure of K1.3billion, contracts exceeding K12.9billion were signed in a period of four years.He said some contracts were given to former Ministers and MPs, including those “without even a shovel”!These statements are deeply concerning as the President appears not be sufficiently briefed.It appears that we have to discuss basic issues of how a government contract is awarded and the basic contract management of such contracts before we can discuss the allegations!GOVERNMENT AWARDS CONTRACTGovernment issues an advert for an open tender or […]
IF ANY CONTRACTOR HAS NOT PERFORMED, CASH THE BOND!
