The Hon. Amila Prasad

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Gampaha· 26 November 2025 ·Debate: Debate: Appropriation Bill, 2026 - Committee Stage, Sixteenth Allotted Day

InfrastructureCorruption & Governance Reform

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Hon. Amila Prasad alleged a conflict of interest involving a Deputy Minister, claiming that Eimsky Business Solutions (Pvt) Ltd, a company owned by the Deputy Minister, was a main supplier for the RDA’s Smart Highway Tolling System under the Transport Digitalization Programme. He questioned the propriety of a minister-owned private company controlling backend revenue systems for expressways and noted that the Deputy Minister’s Ministry regulates market conditions relevant to the company’s operations. He also referred to a purported CID complaint concerning past software theft and argued that, if proven, the matter could have serious consequences for the Deputy Minister’s parliamentary position.

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¶ 01 Thank you. I will continue. You can present your full response in your time. Also, is it not true that there is a CID complaint against you concerning software theft from several years ago? Do not get agitated; we have information.

¶ 02 This is clearly wrongdoing, Deputy Minister. Your Ministry is a key party to the Transport Digitalization Programme, and a company owned by the Deputy Minister has secured the project. Eimsky Business Solutions (Pvt) Ltd, owned by the Deputy Minister, is the main supplier for the Smart Highway Tolling System of the RDA—handling the backend revenue management systems for the Southern Expressway and the Outer Circular Expressway. Is it proper for a private company owned by a Deputy Minister to control the backend of a critical national revenue system?

¶ 03 It is confirmed that Eimsky’s “Payment Connect” provides backend technical services for this national project. Moreover, the Deputy Minister’s own Ministry regulates certain market pricing conditions for which his company operates. This is grounds even to lose a parliamentary seat if proven true.

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Source: Hansard, Wednesday, 26 November 2025 ·No. 22993 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Amila Prasad. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 26 November 2025. No. 22993. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/22104