July 11,
2017 6125 6125 
The ZIPS President featured on the ZNBC TV 1 program dubbed Business Enterprise, this was in an effort to popularize the profession. Mr Mwelwa stressed out the need for organisation to engage qualified personnel so as to realise value for money in the procurement process and the benefits that are a from a properly controlled procurement system, He warned all personnel’s practicing purchasing and supply without affiliating with the institute that it is an offense to illegally practice supply chain management functions and if found one can either be jailed for up to 3 years or fined or both.
Mr Mwelwa reminded supply chain management personnel on the need to ensure that every contract signed is monitored by the contract manger “Every contract signed must have a contract manager which is incumbent upon the controlling officer championed by the procurement personal to ensure that every project that has been given out has someone who is in charge of monitoring the same project, this will ensure that contract administrative personnel takes responsibilities of the contracts and that signing of a contract without a contract manager is a violation of the act”.
The ZIPS president mentioned on the same program that the institute has started engaging government so that some of the issue and concerns can be addressed. In a bid to sensitize and educate members ZIPS will conduct training in contract administration and internal audit analysis, this is targeted at reducing the number of the Auditor General’s queries. ZIPS will soon roll out a provincial training to all the provinces in order to train its members on the dos and don’ts in line with the contract administration process so that members have necessary skills to drive this process effectively. In conclusion the President said that the sustainability and the ability for us to meet the aspirations in Zambia plus budget in line with the five pillars are hinged on procurement, government therefore has a lot of mandate to ensure that they have the right people in their organisation so that the budget is sustainable and the economy develops
February 15,
2017 5416 5416
Zambia Institute of Purchasing and Supply has welcomed the move by government to suspend work permits for foreign personnel. In an interview with Hot FM news on 15th February 2017, Institute President Mr Chibwe Mwelwa said the suspension will encourage the integration of local skills in the labour market. Mr Mwelwa has since urged government to consult professional bodies on the available skills on the local market before engaging foreign personnel. He further stated that the work permits were being abused by foreign personnel who do not follow some of the provisions in the law like adherence to ZIPS which is mandatory.
Home Affairs Minister Honorable Steven Kampyongo recently announced the suspension of conditional work permits until the system is reorganised to eliminate abuse.
February 3,
2017 7292 7292
The ZIPS president, Mr Chibwe Mwelwa was featured on the Sunday Interview of the Zambia National Broadcasting Cooperation(ZNBC). He highlighted a lot of issues affecting professionals practicing supply chain management. To view the full interview follow the link below.
http://en.savefrom.net/#url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=3C0moZGSjWM&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=short_domains&utm_campaign=ssyoutube.com
January 29,
2016 6235 6235
The Zambia Institute of Purchasing and Supply has pledged to scale up the fight against corruption among its members in line with government’s policy of zero tolerance to corruption.