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    "id": 721789,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/721789/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Angatia",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2153,
        "legal_name": "Ayub Savula Angatia",
        "slug": "ayub-savula-angatia"
    },
    "content": "This is what happened with the Tassia II Project. There was no approval in the Report for a Public Private Partnership (PPP) as should have been done according to the law. An approval must come from the CS, the National Treasury. A section of the NSSF Board was engaged in illegal and unethical behaviour when they awarded the tender because this fell under the PPP. There was no approval. Finally, I would like to commend the Committee for proposing that Section 49 of the NSSF Act be amended to allow for approval of any investment of the Fund by the Board of Trustees via closed email circulation or any other electronic media. This will save the workers’ funds. We want to tell the CS in charge of the NSSF matters to respect the law in the tendering system. In this Report, they indicate that an immediate former CS allegedly cancelled the tender. Under what powers? We must follow the law in doing our work. We should adhere to the law in executing tendering processes in this major parastatal to save the workers’ money. The Committee has also recommended that no single cent from the workers’ Fund should be utilised on the development of the Tassia II Project. It falls under the PPP projects and the owners must develop it. The only mandate of the NSSF is to collect funds from the plot owners and develop infrastructure like roads and water for the benefit of the community living in Tassia. I support."
}