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| | Par:- Iqbal Kalla
On 08/07/2011 |
C’est parfois lassant.
Année après année, le directeur de l’Audit ne manque de relever les manquements graves dans la gestion de l’argent public.
Un exemple parmi tellement d’autres, qu’illustre le titre tellement évocateur de lexpress.mu : « Des millions jetés dans les égouts par manque de planification ».
Cet article nous apprend que les différents projets de tout-à-l’égout initiés par le ministère des Services publics engendrent des centaines de millions de roupies en coûts additionnels.
Le truc ? D’une simplicité étonnante.
Le directeur de l’Audit relève des réclamations supplémentaires de plus de Rs 500 millions de la part des entrepreneurs, ceci à cause d’un manque de planification dans la mise en œuvre des réseaux de canalisation d’eaux usées à Baie-du-Tombeau et aux Plaines-Wilhems.
Avec un même système apparemment de captation d’argent pour le tout-à-l’égout censé desservir la zone économique JinFei à Riche-Terre.
Le contrat a été alloué à Sotravic en décembre 2009 en urgence
En urgence…
Mais un an plus tard, les promoteurs chinois informent les autorités qu’il n’y avait aucune urgence.
Bilan : Rs 66 millions ont déjà été versées à la compagnie à ce jour alors que Sotravic réclame Rs 4,1 millions supplémentaires pour un manque à gagner sur le projet.
Et si on évitait une répétition du système pour le rapport de l’Audit en 2012 ?
Par exemple à propos des travaux visant à relier Mare-Longue à Mare-aux-Vacoas…
Imaginons un scénario simple : étant donné le manque d’eau dans ce grand réservoir, il faut bien que les travaux se fassent rapidement, pour pouvoir être achevés en septembre.
Des questions simples :
- Y a-t-il ce qu’on appelle des accelerated costs pour ces travaux ?
- Comment se peut-il que personne n’ait songé dans le passé à établir la connexion entre ces deux réservoirs ? Ce qui n’aurait entraîné aucun frais supplémentaire dû à l’urgence de la situation…
- Et si demain on apprenait que ces travaux, qui coûteront quelque Rs 82 millions, ont été mal entrepris et que, par exemple, l’eau reste stagnante à cause du dénivellement de huit mètres entre Mare-Longue et La Marie distants de 5,4 kilomètres, soit 1,6 millimètre par mètre ?
Pour éviter que le directeur de l’Audit ne vienne nous démontrer que là aussi, il y a eu manque de planification (ou pire), ne serait-il pas souhaitable d’instituer une enquête ?
D’autant plus que les questions parlementaires n’attirent que des réponses approximatives, si elles ne nous induisent pas en erreur.
Comme la dernière de Maya Hanoomanjee qui, répondant à Rihun Hawoldar, à propos de deux bourses de formation en Cytoscreen, à l’Institut de Brux, a déclaré que les boursiers sont détenteurs d’un BSc en biomédical.
Or, selon le site de cet institut, il s’avère que, justement, cette formation est destinée à des stagiaires de niveau BTS/DUT, soit ayant fait deux ans d’études.
Comme la candidate évincée…
Pourvu que Hawoldar et Deerpalsing ne lâchent pas prise…
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| Irving Henry | | | @ Paul the Octopus: You're right about the limos.
Having come across official motorcades in Mauritius (and been stuck behind Beebeejaun's near St Martin/Roches-Brunes a couple of years ago), London, Washington, Brussels, Geneva and Zurich, I can say that the Mauritian convoys rival the US ones. The European ones are poor, if not non-existent, by comparison.
At my employer's annual conference a fortnight ago, the junior Treasury minister came by black cab and the deputy governor of the Bank of England walked.
Hopefully, Mauritius will ditch these German cars and get some proper limos, like Cadillacs (like "the Beast" used by the US president). | | | Irving Henry | | | @ Aboo: Calm down, mate. No one disputes that PRB is as bad, if not the worst. I say this as someone distantly related to him (by way of his missus).
@ Paul the Octopus: Many thanks. Excellent comment.
If you think these guys and gals are bad on the island, you should see them in London when they are drumming for investment or, usually, disguising a private visit with some very very minor business. Their arrogance, ill-founded and ill-judged snobbery, and bombastic English know no bounds, much to my amusement and those of (the) non-Mauritians in attendance. Needless to say, the Mauritians lap(ped) this up, not realising what fools they are/were making of themselves.
At a recent event, addressed by one of the deputy great leaders, I offered the use of contacts, my employer and employer's premises for promoting Mauritius to a City audience. I was rebuffed as, apparently the High Commission and BOI, can manage and don't need assistance.
OK, no big deal for me. Lo and behold, they contacted me a fortnight ago, wanting help with making contacts in Switzerland, where I often work.
Until, of if, I introduce myself, no one thinks, or knows, that I am a Mauritian. The casual, and unprovoked, racism towards those who are not "nou banne" would make the KKK, AWB etc blush. | | | Aboo | | | Tou sala sauter quand koz péché MMM? @Paulthe octopus. Dan ou joli anglais la, ou pe raconte n'importe mo camarade! @Electeur no 3, mo pas croire ou dans P-Verte. Arrete faire semblant, ouvert zot lizie. PRB pli grand couillonner! | | | Un electeur de no 3 | | | Bhye Aboo , ou pas capav bousse ou ...... impe? Telma ou faire la honte. | | | Tryptophan | | | Aboo has said in one line what Paultheoctopus has been spilling out non-stop: that the funds of the state is not safe in the hands of any of our political leaders! This is FACT. We do not to keep repeating the fact. However we may engage in solution finding.... | | | sharda | | | MMM TI PE FAIRE PIRE QUI CA,,,
petre ou enan raison ton aboo maisescequi alors pas crtik boug qui pe gaspiller azordi,,,
bizin crtikik tous gaspilleurs fradeurs corrompus jouisseurs carapates morpions dand nimporte ki parti zotte ete,,,
| | | Paultheoctopus | | | Elementary, my dear Irving Henry: How do you reward that mob of self serving arse lickers whose only purpose in rather pointless lives is to extol the imaginary virtues of Navin Ramgoolam and his entourage at every opportunity and especially within the presence of the Great Leader himself? You manufacture an inordinate number of quangos which serve no purpose whatsoever and you appoint nou dimoun, i.e those in the first division league of arse lickers, on obscene salaries to do nothing but publicise their new status as 'chairman' of an essentially moribund organisation. Those who are in the champions league of arse lickers are escorted to the petrol guzzling Mercedes(Ah! Maurice Ile durable!) that apparently has to be given to not only the director General but also the Board chairmen of parastatal organisations, in order for them presumably to be better able to maximise the losses that are endemic in all our essential services. You then give them salaries that would make lottery winners blush with envy and to show exactly what an immoral thug you really are, you give these incompetent buffoons a contrat en beton that guarantees them fifteen months salary every year irrespective of how abominably they perform their job. These poor chaps work so hard apparently that you also ensure that they receive business class air tickets twice a year so that the European air can inspire them to even deeper levels of mediocrity on their return.
Returning to your question regarding a separate water, waste water, and irrigation authorities: too many idiots want to promote themselves from first division to champion league arse lickers and as there are not enough parastatal organisations to go around, you simply subdivide them and immediately you have created 6 more chairmen and directors, plus those in the second division who will simply become board members. Those in the third and fourth division will benefit from the love that they show individual ministers by becoming taxi drivers, security officers in casinos, or ninport ki job dan gouvernman.... But it is not something that only Ramgoolam does; Berenger and SAJ were both equally adept at squandering our money whilst telling us with all the sincerity at their command that they are the best people to serve the interests of this country. | | | Honky Tonk | | | There's no particular public sewage system in Mauritius. Septic tanks or a pit at the backyard are the most common even at the most luxurious IRS apartments or villas but foreigners are not aware of that..The water supply is not clean either to drink. Drink only bottled water in Mauritius. | | | hmmm... | | | Here is a quotation from the blogosphere:[When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them, but protect them against you. . . you may know that your society is doomed.] | | | ho hum | | | Ce que les citoyens ne semblent pas voir (et on les comprend !) : le montant des billets et pièces de monnaie mis en circulation par la BOM passe de Rs15.1 milliards (31.5.2008) à Rs20.8 milliards (31.5.2011) soit +Rs5.7 mds. Si l’utilisation des cartes plastiques est en nette progression pourquoi la demande pour les billets par le public augmente-t-elle ? Économie de l’ombre et ses séquelles-corruption, trafic de drogue, les jeux etc. ? Pour la banque centrale, imprimer et émettre des billets de monnaie constitue un passif (liability), à zéro intérêt, vis-à-vis des détenteurs de ces billets, nous les citoyens. En contrepartie, l’on peut voir qu’avec ces fonds la BOM fait l’acquisition d’un actif (asset) sous forme d’obligations de l’État (government securities) qui passe de Rs0.8 milliard à Rs5.6 milliards pour la même période, soit +Rs4.8mds. Donc la monnaie (illicite, mais légale ?) est créée...Du fait que les intérêts perçus sur ces obligations sont ultimement reversés à l’État l’on peut déduire que plus les citoyens augmentent leur propension à utiliser le cash ou/à thésauriser, plus l’État en bénéficie et plus la tentation est forte de vider les coffres nationales ! | | | Irving Henry | | | @ Paul the Octopus: Any idea why Mauritius needs a separate water, waste water and irrigation authorities? Other countries manage with one. L'exception mauricienne, or son imbecilite, don't you love it? Mauritian voters certainly do as they can't get enough of being fleeced, kicked etc. | | | electeur | | | Aboo mon cher ami, un militant t'envoie le message suivant: le MMM t'emmerde... | | | Paultheoctopus | | | First of all, it is pointless wasting even one second on the inanities of people like Aboo who never fail to display a slavish mentality to those in power I can only pray that someone in authority will soon feel sorry for him and give him one of the many useless jobs that all our governments have reserved for their pitiful sycophants. It would really be a terrible tragedy if his daily outpouring of unadulterated twaddle serves only to invoke pity from the readers and receives nothing from those to whom he seems to have pledged unquestioning obedience.
Now, to the blog itself : I have to say it is another masterly appraisal by Iqbal Kalla of a terrible situation in our country which would put a banana republic to shame. And the worst part about this? Not one question has been tabled by Berenger and his cohorts on this long list of waste, inefficiency, unaccountability, and bare faced thieving! I was expecting Berenger to at least come up with his usual,unconvincing attempt at showing anger and outrage and exclaim for the nth time(but without ever doing anything about it subsequently) 'ena case la polis ladan! Iqbal highlights two areas of unconscionable waste by those who are supposed to be serving us by properly looking after taxpayers' money: Waste water and CWA, two departments run by possibly the worst ever minister we have had since independence, 'Doc' Rashid Beebeejaun, and who owes his Deputy minister title entirely to the sad, incongruous state of affairs in a socalled secular democracy which persuaded Ramgoolam to appoint him in order to garner the 'Muslim vote'. We are constantly reminded that we are facing a terrible drought situation and Doc has still not used his powers to order the drastic measures needed to save water, like banning the use of water for washing cars and a hosepipe ban. I suppose having to attend so many meetings and assiduously noting the names of individuals who do not adopt the expected sycophantic posture is too much of a toll on one's mental faculties... | | | Irving Henry | | | I won't add to my father's comment, but this may be of interest as the national debt, inflation, crime, squalor etc increase:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,772176,00.html
Greece, Zimbabwe et al, here we come!!! | | | Zoubeida Timol | | | Totally agree with "zapata", u are doing a great job Iqbal, I am sure Mauritian public is delighted to be informed about the situation. Well done. | | | JCC | | | @ Aboo, tu est comme les éléves mals élevés qui disent qu'ils sont pas les seul à parlé en classe. Some maturity please. | | | zapata | | | Iqbal ça pays la pou coulé ,pas vaut la peine fer bann bourik couma Aboo comprend certaine chose.Continier fer to travail informer. | | | tiptidodo | | | @ Aboo
Missier ou Madame Aboo, ou commentaire la extra extra intelizan! Parceki intel ine faire gran gaspillage, ca ve dire na pa bizin coz gaspillage ki ene lott faire! Ou lozic extra top! Pli malin ki sa pas exist! Ou bizin vinn miniss dan sa pays la (si ou pas deza miniss). Ou kone comien volers, violers, corrompu, trafikan et lott poissons pourris pou mari kantan si zot gagne enn brave kouma ou kouma miniss!
| | | MBCTV | | | Ramgoolam was never in favour of the setting up of the MRA,while he was in opposition...worst he was against the appointment of a qualified financial controller per ministry as proposed by Berenger,when the latter was in Government!The head of departments,PS,PAS too were asainst Berenger's plan,for some of them would have become surplus to requirement or see their role/status diminished or at least cut to size!Misters too would have been subjected to strict financial discipline!Then came the Labour party in power...
Stiil nothing prevents the current Government from sanctioning very severely those who gave faulted if not abused the finances of their respective departments!But then pigs will fly..election minisipal? | | | OLLITE-ZAKEER | | | MAY BE BYE ABOO ENA RAISON-- MR KALLA BIZIN DETERRE UN PEU L'EPOQUE mmm...
mais pu lavenir bye aboo capave souhaite ene bon planing--
si seulment un an arete gaspillage-- boucou zone pauvretee capave eliminer peu importe LE GOUVERNMENT AU POUVOIR- | | | Dr Gerard Henry | | | Governments of all parties and ad hoc coalitions have been guilty of wasting public funds. Is it really incompetence or something more sinister? Who will follow the money? In a feudal democracy there may not be much interest. | | | Aboo | | | Couma dire zis aster la qui enan sa kalité dépenses là!!!! Iqbal Kalla oublier ki MMM ti fer bien pire que ça | | | jincy d'olo | | | Another waste is the budget used to table this report | |
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