Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba writes;
Scandal at Ministry of Education
PS Education pays K3.6million without tender processes or procurement guidelines!
Permanent Secretary Technical Services at Ministry of Education, Joel Kamoko paid K3.6million without referring to any tender processes and without clearance from the Attorney General to buy an education software tool.
Kamoko also directed that all public and private schools to deposit K800 each into M-SAT’s account for the procurement of software, with contributions from government schools alone expected to exceed K8.5 million.
According to the latest Auditor General’s report, M-SAT was allegedly contracted to provide a comprehensive digitalized annual census software to assist the Ministry in collecting educational statistics.
However, Kamoko flouted the Public Procurement Act, 2020, and the Public Procurement Regulations, 2022 and ghe purchase was not in any annual procurement plan just made the payment like he was buying detergent soap from a home or Kantemba shop.
The Auditor General’s report revealed that M-SAT was engaged and paid without any formal procurement process, a serious breach of procedure and a criminal offence.
The Report indicated that the ministry entered into an agreement with M-SAT Limited to collaborate on the digitalisation of the Annual Census Form meant to collect real time data from schools across the country.