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PRESS RELEASE - LESOTHO
PRIVATISATION PROJECT – REVIEW OF IMPERIAL CONTRACT BY MMR ADVISORY
SERVICES (PTY) LTD PRIVATISATION UNIT 2nd Floor Lesotho Bank Mortgage Division Bldg. Private Bag A249 Maseru.100 Contact: Makalo Ntšasa Tel:317902 Fax:317551 Email:mntsasa@adelfang.co.za For immediate Release Thursday, 11th April, 2002 LESOTHO PRIVATISATION PROJECT – REVIEW OF IMPERIAL CONTRACT BY MMR ADVISORY SERVICES (PTY) LTD The Privatisation Unit yesterday hosted a presentation on the review of the Imperial Fleet Services Contract by MMR Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd. MMR was commissioned by the Government of Lesotho with World Bank sponsorship to review the contract between the Government of Lesotho and Imperial Fleet Services and to make recommendations. The Contracts with Imperial Fleet Services have been the subject of a review as part of Monitoring of Privatisation Agreements, and to test whether the charges paid by Government for the management of the Government Vehicle Fleet Services were reasonable. Additionally, it has been noted that there are concerns about the level of expenditure on Government Motor Vehicle Transport. In particular, the consultants MMR were tasked to examine: • Whether the charges imposed by Imperial Fleet Services were in accordance with the agreements; • The reasonableness of the charges by Imperial Fleet Services as well as applicable fee structures in comparison with sector practice in the Southern African region; • The accuracy of the billing records on a test basis. The participants who attended the meeting raised several concerns including: • The continuing charges for vehicles that are out of service while with Imperial Fleet Services for repairs and maintenance; • Slippage of the direct control and responsibility for management of vehicles by departments because of over-centralised accounting systems; • The non-existence of the Monitoring Board that should have been established at the beginning of the partnership between the Government and Imperial Fleet Services. • The residual value and method of disposal of vehicles by Imperial Fleet Services. • It was also noted that Government Departments could be incurring high costs because of leasing inappropriate vehicles such as four-wheel drive vehicles even where smaller vehicles could be more suitable. Comments that were raised during the presentation will be addressed in the Final Report which will be submitted to the Government by the end of this month. The presentation was attended by senior officials from Imperial Fleet Services, Government Ministries, the Privatisation Unit, and also members of the Private Sector Advisory Committee. TLHATLHOBO EA TUMELLANO PAKENG TSA ‘MUSO OA LESOTHO LE IMPERIAL FLEET SERVICES KE LITSEBI TSA MMR ADVISORY SERVICES Lefapha la Phetisetso ea Likhoebo tsa ‘Muso Sechabeng maobane le ne le tŝoere phutheho ea litlhalosetso mabapi le liphuputso ka litumellano pakeng tsa ‘Muso oa Lesotho le khamphani ea Imperial Fleet Services malebana le khiro le taolo ea makoloi a ‘Muso. Liphuputso tsena, tse entsoeng ke litsebi tsa MMR Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd, li hlophisitsoe ke ‘Muso oa Lesotho ka tŝehetso ea Banka ea Lefatse ka morero oa ho hlahloba litumellano tsa ‘Muso oa Lesotho le khamphani ea Imperial Fleet Services, le ho etsa likhothaletso tse hlahisoang ke liphuputso tseo. Boikarabelo ba ‘Muso Litumellanong le Khamphani ea Imperial Fleet Services li kenyelletsa litekolo tsa nako le nako ho netefatsa hore litumellano li phethisoa ka nepo. Ho feta moo, Litsebi li ne li nyakurela: • Hore na litefiso tsa khamphani ea Imperial li fela li tsamaelana le litumellano tse tekenetsoeng ke ‘Muso; • Hore na litefiso tsa khamphani ea Imperial ha li ka holimo ho litefiso tsa khamphani tse ling bakeng sa lipalangoang tikolohong e Boroa ho Afrika; • Bonnete ba litlaleho tsa Imperial tsa khoeli le khoeli. Matŝoenyeho a tŝetleiloeng ke baemeli ba ‘Muso a ne a kenyeletsa: • Litefiso tse etsetsoang ‘Muso holima makoloi a sa tsamaeng hobane a le tokisohg ea khamphani ea Imperial; • Taolo le Tsamaiso ea makoloi ke Makala a ‘Muso e shebahalang e nyehla ka lebaka la methati ea ho patala ‘Musong; • Bosieo ba Komiti e hlahlobang litefiso le mokhoa oa tŝebetso oa Khmaphani ea Imperial e neng e lokela hore e ile ea thehoa tlasa litumellano; • Mokhoa oa thekiso ea makoloi a seng a khathetse ke Imperial. • Litefiso tse holimo tse bakoang ke khiro ea makoloi a li-four wheel drive, ho ka ‘na hoa sebelisoa makoloi a manyenyane. Likhothaletso li tla kenyeletsoa Tlalehong ea Mapomela e tla tekoa ka pela ‘Muso ke litsebi ho ea mafelong a khoeli e holimo. Ba bileng teng phuthehong ke liofisiri tse kholo tsa Makala a ‘Muso, litho tse ikemetseng tsa Komiti ea Boeletsi ea Phetisetso ea Likhoebo tsa ‘Muso Sechabeng esita le basebetsi ba Lefapha la Phetisetso la Likhoebo tsa ‘Muso Sechabeng, ‘moho le baemeli ba Imperial Fleet Services. |
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