Ruling party officials must be divorced from procurement process – TIZ

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TIZ) says government and party officials must have nothing to do with the procurement process. Commenting on the K6 billion that was paid by NRFA to PF-aligned road construction companies and some associated foreign firms, TIZ president Sampa Kalungu said the procurement process must vet any conflict of interest. “One area that is of a major concern in the procurement process is that of affiliate, a phenomenon that shouldn’t be in the qualifying equation with tendering process unless the procuring entity is the member’s affiliation. The procurement……