“We believe that it is because of the corruption in the UPND Administration that they have picked single sourcing as a mode of procurement,” – Mundubile.
Lusaka – Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Hon. Brian Mundubile says the single sourcing of an Egyptian company to supply drugs worth US$70m smells of corruption.
Mr. Mundubile, a PF presidential candidate, said the New Dawn Administration, which claimed to be fighting corruption, has made it a tradition to use single sourcing as the only mode of procurement.
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He said the law was clear on single sourcing and the circumstances that must exist before resorting to single sourcing as a mode of procurement.
Mr. Mundubile said one of the circumstances is that a particular procurement should be an urgent one, while the other condition demands that the product being sourced be uniquely related to the company that is supplying it.
He said it is observed that the UPND Administration is single sourcing even when a particular procurement is not of an urgent nature.
Mr. Mundubile said the procurement of fertiliser for the past two years has equally been done under single sourcing as a mode of procurement.
“We believe that it is because of the corruption in the UPND Administration that they have picked single sourcing as a mode of procurement. We must understand that this is not the first time that Government is procuring drugs,” he said.
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Mr. Mundubile said there were traditional suppliers of drugs from different countries such as India, Switzerland, China and many others.
“It is therefore, very important that for transparency and accountability purposes, Government should use an international open tender for such procurements. In this particular case, the US$70m procurement of drugs from Egypt smells of corruption,” he said.
We believe that it is because of the corruption in the UPND Administration that they have picked single sourcing as a mode of procurement.
Mr. Mundubile said the UPND Administration should note that Zambians would not sit back but begin to interrogate such procurements to safeguard national resources against corruption.
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