By ADRIAN MWANZAA SCRAMBLE for drug supply contracts has heated up with cooperatives being formed by “politically connected” individuals who want to cash in on the crisis.The cooperatives are being formed to replace some alleged discredited suppliers.This follows revelations that, all existing supply contracts had been canceled, regardless of legitimacy and propriety in procurement, resulting in the current critical shortage of drugs.And former Pharmaceutical Society of Zambia (PSAZ) President Jerome Kanyika has said there was need for the Anti-Corruption Commission of Zambia to look into the matter because there was too much irregularity as a team of Zambia Medicines and Medical Agency (ZMMSA) had actually travelled to Egypt where they went to look for drugs.He said it was not in order for ZMMSA to go and look for drugs and getting quotations from various firms but to oversee the smooth operations of the agency.Mr Kanyika said that it was for this reason that local pharmaceutical […]
SCRAMBLE FOR DRUGS SUPPLY HEATS UP
