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Chief Government Spokesperson Kampamba Mulenga
Chief government spokesperson Kampamba Mulenga has dismissed allegations of corruption in the digital migration project made by her predecessor in the ministry of information and broadcasting service Chishimba Kambwili.
In a statement made available to q-news, ms Mulenga has since advised Zambians not to be swayed by what she has termed as outlandish allegations of corruption by Mr. Kambwili whose bitterness and frustration she says has exposed his worrying immaturity.
She says Mr. Kambwili’s recent outbursts, especially about the digital migration project, have revealed that he totally lacks knowledge about procurement processes, and that as a matter of fact his ignorance is a pointer to how difficult it is for anyone to work with him in a civilised environment.
Ms Mulenga says Mr Kambwili understands little or nothing about procurement processes.
She says the direct bidding, the process used to contract star times, is allowed in the procurement process as long as the contracting agency or ministry seeks a no-objection by writing to the Zambia public procurement authority (zppa).
She states that in the case of the digital migration project, this was done and that the no-objection was received from the zppa.
Ms mulenga has since wondered where president edgar lungu who mr kambwili has accused of single sourcing the us$273 million digital migration project comes in.
She has further states that mr kambwili is deliberately not mentioning what was involved in phase one against what is involved in phase two when he questions the cost of us$9 million for the installation of transmitters for phase one involving four provinces, against the cost of us$273 million for six provinces under phase two and three.
Mr Mulenga explains that while phase one entailed installation of 10 transmitters from Senkobo, near Livingstone to Chililabombwe, phases two and three, on the other hand, is not just about transmitters, but involves a motley of projects.
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