adminAshley Mujoma
THE Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) says it is in the process of transitioning to Electronic Government Procurement (EGP), which will be pivotal in curbing corruption in public procurements.
In an interview on the side-lines of an Anti-Corruption Workshop held in Harare yesterday, PRAZ operations director, Benson Share, said the Government had supported them with funding for EGP.
‘‘We are happy that the Government has supported us with money for EGP, but for now, we divulge the figure because bids are still ongoing and they will have a clue of the figure we a working with.
‘‘EGP is very important because it will promote transparency in procurements since there will be less human intervention, which is the main loophole in causing corruption in the country,” he said.
He also said corruption had become a culture in Zimbabwe and all concerned citizens need to fight it together.
‘‘Corruption in our country has become something that has been normalised and, in most cases, the underprivileged people suffer the most.
‘‘We encourage the public to report all forms of corruption so that we fight corruption together. With EGP, you won’t be seeing the bids being submitted via hard copy, but it will be done electronically and the evaluation will not be done manually as well,’’ he said.
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