Improve project implementation -BOCONGO

Speaking during a public debate under the theme "Strengths and Weaknesses of the 2008/9 National Budget", BOCONGO's programmes manager Barulaganye Mogotsi said there are still some administrative bottlenecks and a need for improved performance by both parastatals and the private sector. He said that budget implementation starts in April but projects take too long to start. "The tendering process takes up to five months, identification of a company to execute the project takes another long process, leaving only a few months to the end of the financial year."

Mogotsi said unless and until the administrative bottlenecks are addressed, the country will continue to be haunted by incomplete projects. He noted that there is also a tendency by private companies to leave projects incomplete and that communities, who are supposed to be the beneficiaries, suffer. "Our main concern is accelerated performance by the private sector. BPC cannot provide sufficient electricity despite Morupule Colliery having been in existence for a long time.