WE ARE CANCELLING UNBUDGETED FOR PROJECTS-MILUPI
1,000 UNBUDGETED ROAD PROJECTS WERE PROCURED AND THESE ARE THE CONTRACTS WE’RE TERMINATING OR REVIEWING
On Monday, we extended our inspection tour of road infrastructure from Luapula Province into Northern Province, Kaputa district in particular.
Driving to Kaputa from Mununga in Chiengi district, and connecting back into Luapula Province via Lambwe Chomba, we encountered another abandoned road project – the Kaputa to Chiengi road, where Copperfields, the initial contractor on the Pedicle Road, self-terminated the project despite being paid substantial amounts of public funds.
We had about 1,000 projects procured without any available funding, budgetary line. These are the contracts
we are terminating or reviewing, especially those where we have had cost escalations, within the three parameters of right price, right price and delivered at the right time.
But this one here (Copperfields) has self-terminated.