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Where Is P10 Million?

How it Vanished from OP To Kgatleng… The Directorate On Corruption and Economic Crime has been furnished with a report in which it is alleged that about P10 million was authorized to buy sub-standard chairs that crumbled to the floor when sat upon. The story as reported to the DCEC was that procedures were not followed when the chairs were bought because “there was no tendering for the job”. The procedure at Local Government for tenders over P100 000 is to be done by the Council concerned. But in this tender, the Councils were told to come and collect the chairs from the Kgatleng District Council. “Many people were not happy with this arrangement. Some Councils refused to collect the chairs and in some cases they had to be transported to the respective local authorities,” one of the concerned officials told The Gazette. He said they failed to understand why funds were transferred from the Office of the President to the Kgatleng District Council to buy the chairs. “We know who signed the requisition for this purchase at OP, and we have furnished all the details t the DCEC,” he added. The deal went through last year. “We were shocked that the people who normally sign for the procurement of Council property were sidelined in this project. We know that the heads of departments and the council Secretaries are authorized to do the actual purchase,” he added. “We referred the matter to the DCEC because we feel strongly that the money used in this project was big and not channeled properly; it did not buy its worth. Those chairs have to be replaced already,” said another man. They told The Gazette that they want to understand if it is proper to ignore procedures when doing tendering. “We want to know why the requisition was signed by this person at OP, and the chairs distributed from Kgatleng.” In their report they outline that they met with former President Mogae in 2006 on various issues, especially those concerning tendering, and how they mysteriously ended up involving the Office of the President. “The President was supposed to get back to us, but we think he was too busy, that is the time when he was traveling a lot,” they said. One of The Gazette informants said the reason why they took the matter to the DCEC was to help put a stop to the practice. “Awarding jobs without tendering is not clean, especially when no one knows who provided the services.” Contacted for comments the DCEC’s spokesperson, Mr. Lentswe Motshoganetsi, would neither confirm nor deny the report. BY AUBREY LUTE

 

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