Resign: MPs tell Chokuda

OPPOSITION legislators have called on Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda to resign after laying the blame for the dodgy laptop and desktop tender, and suspicious fuel allocations at the august House on his doorstep.

Chokuda appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (Pac) on Tuesday and Members of Parliament (MPs) grilled him over a computer tender awarded to two companies, Blinart Investments P/L to supply Parliament with 173 laptops for a total of US$1 602 755,77, and another company, Mid-End Computers to supply 79 desktops.

The laptops were priced at US$9 200 each, while a single desktop was priced above US$3 000.

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