Parly committee rejects incomplete Oxygen Plant tender forensic report

By Palesa Nguqu

The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure has rejected a presentation from the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) and the Independent Development Trust (IDT) on the forensic report into the oxygen plant tender, citing that it was incomplete and lacked critical information.

Committee chairperson Carol Phiri expressed concern that the DPWI appeared reluctant to share the full report with the committee.

“It is troubling that the department and the IDT do not seem to trust the committee with the report,” she said.

According to Phiri, the committee had been scheduled to receive a briefing on the forensic investigation into allegations of maladministration, fraud, and corruption in tenders awarded by the IDT for the roll-out of oxygen plants on behalf of the Department of Health.

However, members raised concern that the document presented was not the original report compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which the committee