THE latest Auditor General’s report on local authorities has revealed that in 2020, Kalumbila Town Council awarded a contract to Trans Engineering Zambia Limited for the design and construction of a two-storey, three-star Town Council Hotel at a cost of K75,790,788. The report has further revealed that the contract sum was later revised to K94,642,109, but a physical verification of the hotel conducted in October 2024 showed that the project was 90 percent complete and had been delayed to be completed by 20 months. The report has also disclosed that the Council awarded a contract to Trans Engineering Zambia Limited for the supply, delivery and installation of furniture and fittings for the hotel at a cost of K48,513,725 using the...