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    • ZAMMSA employees, board member with pharmacies couldn’t declare interest – report
      A FORENSIC audit into the alleged theft of drugs has uncovered a case of undeclared conflict of interest at ZAMMSA, involving Sylkay Pharmacy proprietor Kennedy Saini, who joined the ZAMMSA Board in 2023. This particular board was dissolved by Health Minister Elijah Muchima in September last year. The forensic audit, conducted by PwC, found that some employees of Sylkay Pharmacy,.......
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    • We make no apology for exposing ZAMMSA report, Muchima should read it and act
      MINISTER of Health Dr Elijah Muchima is clearly uncomfortable with the work that our newspaper is doing in keeping his government and his ministry in check. This week, he publicly scolded this newspaper for publishing the findings of the ZAMMSA forensic audit, accusing us of pre-empting investigations and giving “clever thieves” a chance to destroy evidence. Laughable! With all due respect, Honourable Minister, may you run the Ministry of Health and ZAMMSA. We, the journalists, will run the newsrooms. It is not your job to decide when and what the media should publish. And it.......
    • ZAMMSA employees, board member with pharmacies couldn’t declare interest – report
      A FORENSIC audit into the alleged theft of drugs has uncovered a case of undeclared conflict of interest at ZAMMSA, involving Sylkay Pharmacy proprietor Kennedy Saini, who joined the ZAMMSA Board in 2023. This particular board was dissolved by Health Minister Elijah Muchima in September last year. The forensic audit, conducted by PwC, found that some employees of Sylkay Pharmacy, located opposite the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) and at Iringa Mall, also worked for ZAMMSA. The audit specifically investigated drugs procured using funds from USAID and other cooperating partners. “A whistleblower approached us alleging that.......
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