Audit exposes alleged SKMTH rot

The newly released report highlights concerns including amongst others lack of segregation of duties, irregularities in the selection of suppliers as well as conflicts of interest implicating management of the teaching hospital. Ditlhogo has since denied any wrongdoing as he claims to have parted ways with the hospital amicably.

“We noted a lack of segregation of duties within the procurement activity of the department. This is a violation of best practice as delineated in the SKMTH Procurement and Asset Disposal Policy. Currently, officers who make purchase requisitions are allowed to issue purchase orders and subsequently receive ordered stock physically on delivery. The SKMTH Procurement and Asset Disposal Policy provides in Section 76.1 and states that, “no one individual shall control consecutive stages of the procurement cycle and as such the authorities related to the purchasing process should be segregated between stages,” reads the audit report. This practice, the auditors believe creates opportunity for fraud, theft and mismanagement of inventory and funds.