MoH shuts down procurement department pending investigations

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Luckson Kasonka has disclosed that the entire Ministry of Health Procurement Department has been closed and put on suspension pending investigations by a joint task force. And Ministry of Health Director of Physical Planning and Medical Technology Raphael Mwanza says a “higher office” instructed the construction of 29 of 115 mini-hospitals to be done in one area. On Friday, a combined team of law enforcement agencies consisting of ACC, DEC and the Zambia Police conducted a search at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Lusaka. Speaking to journalists, Ministry of Health permanent secretary in charge of administration Dr George Magwende said the investigations being conducted were based on past transactions that…...