THE Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) says its members of staff are being summoned almost on a weekly basis for interrogations by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC). ZAMMSA Senior Manager Corporate Communications Bradley Chingobe, however, says he hasn’t seen or read the contents of the forensic audit conducted by PwC against the agency, and therefore cannot speak to its findings. A forensic audit conducted by PwC has revealed massive price inflation and other irregularities in medicines and medical supplies procured by ZAMMSA under the “mop-up” exercise. Speaking on Hot FM’s Breakfast Show, Wednesday, Chingobe said the DEC was actively investigating the Agency. “What is in the public domain is that the Drug Enforcement Commission is actively investigating the...
