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Online Reporter
President Mnangagwa has rescinded General Notice 635 of 2023, which was published in the Government gazette yesterday without authorisation.
The notice purported to place the procurement of certain goods and services outside public scrutiny on grounds of national interest.
In a statement, Chief Secretary to the President Dr Misheck Sibanda said the document has no legal basis and has thus been nullified on the instruction of President Mnangagwa.
“His Excellency the President, Dr E.D. Mnangagwa, has been made aware of some document gazetted as General Notice 635 of 2023, purporting to place the procurement of certain goods outside public scrutiny, on grounds of ‘national interest’,” reads the statement.
“Upon further investigations, it has come to light that the so-called Government Gazetted Notice is a nullity, having been published without authorisation, and without the signature of the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, as is the norm.
“While further investigations are underway, Government wishes to advise the public that, on the instruction of His Excellency the President, the document in question has been rescinded as it has no standing at law, in policy and in terms of set Government procedures.”
Government, Dr Sibanda said, remains committed to managing a transparent public procurement policy and process.
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