Poor planning and supervision were major contributory factors in the collapse of the PPP/C government’s multi-billion dollar E-Governance Project but with a detailed plan for completion, a new management team and the hiring of a technical expert it can still be salvaged, a forensic audit conducted by Chartered Accounting Firm Ram and McRae has concluded.
The audit discovered many shortfalls, including the fact that in some cases contracts were awarded without tender, excess monies were paid without Cabinet’s approval, cables were not laid at the required depth and no contract agreement could be found for some of the work completed and paid for. It highlighted the fact that contractors were made large sums of cash but in the end were unable to complete their assigned duties.
As at May 31, 2015, the total expenditure on the E‐Government project was $7,935,120,255, although the audit report said that meetings with the auditor and contractors from the E‐Government Project suggest that there may be outstanding payments of
