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    • ZAMMSA bought drugs inflated by 1600% without negotiating – Audit reveals
      A FORENSIC audit into suspected drug pilferage has revealed massive price inflation in medicines and medical supplies procured by the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) under its “mop-up” exercise, with some prices inflated by as much as 1600 per cent. The audit, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), also implicates senior government officials in procedural irregularities, including alleged abuse of.......
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    • How has UPND performed in fighting corruption?
      CORRUPTION kills. And not just reputations, it kills people. Across Africa, corruption robs hospitals of medicine, classrooms of books, and communities of clean drinking water. It is not an exaggeration to say that corruption has killed more people than all communicable diseases combined. When clinics go unstaffed, roads remain death traps, and basic services collapse under the weight of stolen public funds, the results are fatal for the poor and vulnerable. That is why corruption must not be viewed as a mere “governance failure,” but as an active, systemic violation of human dignity. As Zambia.......
    • ZAMMSA bought drugs inflated by 1600% without negotiating – Audit reveals
      A FORENSIC audit into suspected drug pilferage has revealed massive price inflation in medicines and medical supplies procured by the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) under its “mop-up” exercise, with some prices inflated by as much as 1600 per cent. The audit, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), also implicates senior government officials in procedural irregularities, including alleged abuse of authority, rushed procurement, and bypassing regulatory protocols. The report cites Ibuprofen 200mg tablets from Sterelin Medical and Diagnostics as an example, purchased at K3,951.67, which was 1,613 per cent higher than ZAMMSA’s estimated price of.......
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