Prime Minister Raila Odinga criticized the current procurement laws, saying that were imposed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to curb financial irregularities at a time when corruption was rife in the country, and hence have outlived their intended purpose.
“We need to review these procurement rules as they may not be in the interest of the country at the moment because they were introduced as conditionality to cut down on corrupt practices” he said.
Odinga was speaking during a forum on low absorption and implementation capacity among government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
The low utilization of budgeted funds impacted negatively on donor funded programmes and projects, he added, putting more of a burden on the government that has to repay the loans with interest. Under-absorption, he said, was being fuelled by failure of ministries to plan funds ahead of the budget, which was evident in the amount of government projects that failed to materialize within the expected timeframes.
Yes, now that corruption is solved, simply plan the budget and then spend away, and make sure you spend it all.
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