CALL TO BLACKLIST CORRUPT DRUG SUPPLIERS ADOPTED

LOBAMBA – Parliament has officially adopted the recommendations made by the PAC based on the findings of the Funduzi Forensic Report, which include blacklisting corrupt suppliers.

This means that entities that are tasked with several responsibilities, as per the recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), should start implementing them. The PAC made five main recommendations based on the Funduzi Report. Noteworthy, the PAC Chairperson, Madala Mhlanga, and his Vice Chairperson, Nhlambeni MP Manzi Zwane, stated that all six findings of the Funduzi Forensic Report were found to be true, as they confirmed them when conducting inspections. 

Engage 

Following the adoption of the report, the Controlling Officer in the Ministry of Health, Khanya Mabuza, is expected to engage the attorney general and the Eswatini Public Procurement Regulatory Agency (ESPPRA) on the possibility of blacklisting the supplier(s) and director(s) who have been implicated in the selling of drugs near expiration, short supply of drugs, non-delivery of drugs, inflation of prices and collusion with civil servants to defraud government.

He is, thereafter, urged to submit a report to the committee on the advice from the two entities within three months, after the adoption of the report. Meanwhile, the Minister for Health, Mduduzi Matsebula, has urged auditors to assist with evidence. The minister made this plea in Parliament, during the debate of the PAC recommendations on the forensic audit report into the acquisition and distribution of medicines to public health facilities in Eswatini. Matsebula said they were willing to take all action as per the recommendations of the report.

Post your comment

Your name:

Your e-mail address:

Add your comments:

Please enter the code you see in the image:

Image:

Code: