Punish corrupts lawfully

Punish corrupts lawfully

It seems that some ministers and their secretaries of the K.P. Oli led government are engaged in pocketing millions of rupees taking undue advantage of the  COVID-19 pandemic. What a shame? Procuring medicines and health equipment worth millions of rupees bypassing the existing norms of government's procurement policy and guidelines does indicate that there were some serious irregularities. 

It was encouraging to know that the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has opened a formal investigation into possible corruption over the process that the government officials procured essential medicines and health products at inflated prices, taking undue advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, none of the past recommendations of PAC on a number of corruption cases were implemented by the government. 

The government rolled out rapid testing across the country on April 7, without waiting for validity testing from the Nepal Health Research Council. Serious questions have been raised about the validity and reliability of the rapid test kits. Young people across the country have taken to the streets demanding that the government discontinue RDTs and employ only PCR testing.

It is hoped that the government will listen to young people's voices for genuine causes and act accordingly rather than trying to suppress their voices.  

Public Accounts Committee begins investigation into Omni Group’s procurement of medical supplies.

A preliminary report by the committee has implicated Health Minister Bhanubhakta Dhakal and chief advisor Dr Khem Karki in irregularities in the procurement process.

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