Commission reveals unmerge in KAC total procurements

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The ongoing commission tasked to probe into the financial transactions of the local councils, yesterday revealed unmerges in the Mansakonko Area Council (KAC) total procurement transactions.

Dwelling on the compliance review for the period of 2020-2021, Counsel Patrick Gomez raised concerns to the witness Ebrima Sanyang, the director of Procurement Policy and Operations at the Gambia Public Procurement Authority (GPPA).

Counsel stated that the table indicating 505 transactions representing the population of transactions by the procuring council was not filled up on the provided report. He added that when he adds the numbers for the total number and value of the procurement method for the year 2020 and the subsequent table for the year 2021, he couldn’t have 505 transactions.

“I was thinking the numbers will tally with those that are been filled. That’s why I ask why this table was not filled because open international tender, open national tender, request for proposal, restricted tendering, single sourcing and RFQ are all zero,” Counsel quizzed.

It was also put to the witness that the table for 2020 gave 446 transactions for single sourcing and a value of D25,959,001.62 while the request for quotation is 22 transactions which are D4,961,155. Gomez went on to say that the total number of transactions is 468, and thus will not have the 505 for 2020.

He continued that the table for 2021 also has 436 transactions for single sourcing at the value of D1,469,800.43 while there were only four transactions for requests for quotations and the amount is D162,020. Adding the number of transactions, Counsel stated that will give 440 which doesn’t reach 505 transactions claimed in 2020.

The witness stated: “We accept that we have so many irregularities and when I looked at this, I detected and believe that the other table for 2019 was about copy and pest. The information from 2019 can be copied and pest but we must also adjust. I want to believe that it was copied and pest and the adjustment were not corrected because 505 is the same number of transactions we have in the 2019 table.”

Director Sanyang accepted as an authority that there are lots of irregularities and they will ensure that the issues are being taken care of, addressed and communicated. He further told the commission that interference in procurement affairs was very high and the chairman of KAC was the chairman of the contrast that heavily affects the procurement operations conducted daily, saying he does not know public procurement.

He confirmed that the chairman of KAC being the chairman of the contrast committee was not proper, adding the CEO is mandated by the law to head the contrast committee.

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