By Dennis Ndlovu
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A review of Zimbabwe’s health sector has laid bare a litany of procurement scandals and chronic project failures, revealing a system where payments are made for undelivered goods and construction projects remain unfinished for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a trend analysis of Auditor General reports (2020-2024), a pattern of high-profile supplier and contract failures intensified from 2021. Key cases include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 2021: Gwanda Hospital paid for medicines that were never delivered by Greenwood Pharmacy.
\u00b7 2022: The government paid for 16.95 million COVID-19 vaccine doses but received only 16.2 million, leaving 750,000 doses unaccounted for.
\u00b7 2023: Gweru Provincial Hospital paid 26.5% above the quoted price for an autoclave, a clear breach of value-for-money principles.
\u00b7 2024: The construction of Lupane Provincial Hospital, which began in 2003, remains stalled, emblematic of a wider failure in project delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report highlights that 37 stalled capital projects, with a collective value of $98.7 million, are severely hindering the expansion of healthcare capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While formal compliance with procurement rules improved from 40% to 73% over the five-year period, the report stresses that this has not translated into operational success. The most persistent weakness is missing documentation, including invoices, payment vouchers, and delivery notes, pointing to a systemic failure in foundational controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The analysis concludes that without urgent operational reforms and vigorous anti-corruption enforcement, the health sector will continue to fail in its mandate to provide essential services<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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