Gaps in tendering system
Dear Editor,
I was moved to write this letter: to highlight to the Government and peoples of this country the practice of low-tendering, and the way it is abused by some contractors.
I was inspired to do this piece after reading a daunting headline in a national newspaper, “Shoddy Work…emergency works for Sand Creek Secondary”, on Tuesday, 8th August, 2017.
This writer is a proud and loyal tax-paying citizen, and so I found this to be extremely annoying, disappointing, and even painful. It is unfair to us, as citizens of this country, to receive such haphazard work from contractors. Moreover, I wish to list some of my concerns that cause contractors to underperform in such projects.
Firstly, in both the previous and current Governments, there definitely appears to be a certain level of corruption and favouritism in the system of tendering. This infiltrates the entire process (transparency and accountability), and in some cases translates into the termination of genuinely awarded contracts so confederates of those in power can be awarded the contracts.
I am currently in possession of damning and deadly evidence that could prove extremely embarrassing to the Government of the day. However, I have not released this to the public just yet.
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