The Tricycle Scandal: How MoH illegally spent K180 million on ‘useless’Tricycle Ambulances

AN Investigation has revealed that the Ministry of Health duped the Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) and fraudulently awarded a US$8.5 million (K180 million) contract to Barakatel Investment Limited to procure 1,500 Tricycle Ambulances, citing COVID-19 response emergency. The investigation has revealed, however, that Barakatel Investment did not have the tricycles ex-stock and only delivered 1,114 units which have been abandoned and exposed to vandalism at three locations, leading to loss of public funds. A News Diggers crew that followed the movement of the tricycles recorded that the units were brought in the country and then transported from Chipata to Petauke’s Kalindawalo hospital at night on August 29, 2020. See video: The investigation also showed that Ministry of Health officials…...