Dr. Mujajati Aaron shares:
ZAMMSA SCANDAL QUESTIONS
1. In the seven months that drugs and other consumables were kept in those containers, how many times did the board meet? If there was even one board meeting was the delivery and distribution of the said drugs and consumables on the agenda? If not, why not? If there were no board meetings during the said period, why not? Why did the board not take interest in this matter considering the value of the goods until it was too late?
2. Having committed the country to such a huge expenditure, why did it take seven months for Ministry of Health and all it’s layers of supervision to find out that drugs and consumables were not distributed?
3. How many people have been deprived of these much needed commodities during the said seven months? And, how many have died that could otherwise been saved?
4. How safe are these drugs and consumables having been kept in suboptimal conditions for seven months.
5. The DG for ZAMMSA has been suspended, is that all?
Put your questions in the comments section.
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Total negligence from the board,DG team, minister PSs , everything is in mess
There’s s a need for a new minister of Health. Masebo is great and hard working. But she has the disadvantage of not fully understanding Health and Medical issues.
Only a fool will be believe that the efficacy of those medicines was not compromised by the Heat in those containers. We are not kids and some of us are Medical staff with many years of experience!
I agree with you on this one. I love your analysis on national matters. If only you could reduce on insulting, and debate without insults, you are an asset to this country
Where are you? Why have you not been accorded a role or responsibility in the Ministry of Health? Why with your extremely high levels of competence and diligence have you been side lined?
It shouldn’t be the usual casual approach to serious issues as if we are still under PF rule. Clearly there is a formidable cartel operating within and with the Ministry of Health. To break this cartel the President (HH) has to form a team of top notch clean forensic investigators. The officers should be drawn from OP, ZP, DEC and ACC. Otherwise the scandals at the Ministry of Health will be a permanent feature. People are not only sick and tired but are also angry that there are no medicines and proper equipment in many government hospitals.
Minister Masebo personally head hunt for Dr. Mulenga Lwansa and illustrious pharmacist with proven record in supply chain and health commodity management. The UNDP/GFTAM head hunted for him for such a project in South Sudan. His work in that country with no health care system to take about was outstanding
Good questions Dr Mujajati.
When you see such apparent confusion in the system, know that there’s a rot associated with the whole transaction. There is no way the Board, Permanent Secretary,and the Minister can fail to monitor this big transaction which was meant to address the shortage of Critical Medicines, drugs and medical equipment which had hit public hospitals in 2022/2023. An Inter Ministerial group infact had to go to Egypt to arrange this Transaction…then after the contract has been actualized as an emergency, you some how lose interest! It defeats all reason. The Minister, Permanent Secretary, Ministry officials, Board of Directors are seasoned and highly qualified administrators who can’t all of a sudden start behaving foolishly.
The only solution is that somehow these key Ministry officials were removed from the information loop and parallel structures were in control. And where are these parallel structures?? Community House of course. We hear of a Haabenzu, some parallel private secretary of sorts at community House being secretly fired over this transaction! What is his connection with this whole transaction????
There’s a rot associated with this transaction..and the DG ZAMMSA seems to be a fall guy !
It’s not as easy as some want to put it.
The procurement system in Zambia is like rotten meat oozing pus and muggots!
You can have a good DG but they will be frustrated by the entrenched cartel in the system! And because many corrupt Civil Servants have mastered this game so well, they are able to get whatever they want without being detected and they just don’t care about the victims of their corruption!
You just need to empty the entire baggage of staff at ZAMSA and MOH and start afresh!
More important is to bring back the death penalty!
China and Singapore have demonstrated that Capital punishment is the best deterrent against corruption!