‘Emergency procurement does in no way authorise corruption and non-adherence to policy and process,’ Parliament’s human settlements portfolio committee says
Parliament’s human settlements portfolio committee has called for the prosecution and recovery of “ill-gotten money arising from the wanton disregard” of procurement processes, related to various projects connected to emergency Covid-19 temporary shelters in Limpopo, the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga.
“The committee considers the disregard of procurement processes unacceptable, unethical, and self-serving and to the detriment of the people of SA. The committee is further of the view that emergency procurement does in no way authorise corruption and non-adherence to policy and process. Prosecution and consequence management are the only tools that will ensure that this impunity is dealt with adequately,” said committee chair Machwene Semenya.
“The committee is also concerned that the bid evaluation and adjudication committees did not conduct due diligence on team members’ CVs, qualifications, and credentials of the awarded bid and accepted the information at face value.
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