Mudavadi calls for review of procurement laws in fight against graft
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has called for a review of supply chain and procurement laws to fight corruption in government. https://shorturl.at/H2jVY
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00:00Procurement and supply chain management is central to the growth and transformation of
00:07our country to a middle-income industrialized nation.
00:15You can help improve the situation and safeguard the livelihoods of our people, particularly
00:24if you embrace the technological advances driving your industry, including artificial
00:31intelligence, blockchain, and cloud computing.
00:37Ideally, you should be helping to ease the pain of the government by ensuring that all
00:44procurement processes deliver value for money for the people.
00:52Unfortunately, you stand in an awkward position where the supply chain and procurement community
01:00is blamed for the most rampant cases of public sector fraud and corruption that have constricted
01:09the growth of our country.
01:13You are certainly aware of Goldenberg, Anglo Leasing, and other grand cases of corruption.
01:21It was also widely reported in 2021 that Kenya loses close to two billion shillings
01:28daily on corruption, mostly related to procurement rigging.