The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayathissa
Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa said COVID-19 urgency provisions were used to facilitate procurements from unregistered companies, including entities already issued orders. He referred to public concern over a company from which the Government spent Rs. 2.2 billion on antigen tests without NMRA registration, and stated that a full investigation would be conducted with all information tabled in Parliament.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Procurements were justified under “Considering the urgency of this item under prevailing COVID-19 Pandemic...”. Under this, items already ordered from unregistered companies were facilitated. I cited an unregistered company earlier.
¶ 02 Another company you referred to that stirred public concern is the one from which the Government spent Rs. 2.2 billion for antigen tests without NMRA registration. We will conduct a full investigation and table all information.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayathissa. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 December 2024. No. 1735286612086554. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12114