7 Answers that public needs as PAC grills Parly bo...

7 Answers that public needs as PAC grills Parly boss Chokuda

When the Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda appears before the Public Accounts Committee today, there are key questions that the public needs answered.

Chokuda and his senior management are appearing before PAC to shine a light over the issues raised in the Auditor General’s report.

But for the public the key questions arise from the brief to PAC on the laptops and desktop tender that was reversed by Treasury over inflated prices earlier this month:

1. Why was the tender initially awarded to the two blacklisted companies on 26 August 2022 if it was cancelled on 9 August 2022 as previously claimed?

2. What are the specs of the machines -so public can grasp level of inflation?

3. What responsibility is Chokuda- and his management -taking for approval of the inflated invoices?

4. What punitive action is being taken to punish the responsible Parly employees?

5. Are there any criminal elements to the transactions?

6. If there are criminal elements, has Parly initiated process for prosecution?

7. What measures are being effected to prevent future looting?

In addition to the deal in which Parly has okayed over inflated prices to procure 173 laptops and 79 Desktops through Blinart Investments and Mid-End Computers and Hardware, the institution is facing a gamut of compliance issues raised by the Auditor General in the 2021 report.