Govt to start paying MySejahtera developer from April this year - PM
Putrajaya has decided to start paying the developer of mobile application MySejahtera from April onward, said Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
He said the app started as a corporate social responsibility (CSR) effort and its one-year CSR term had expired on March 31, 2021.
"No payment has been made...
Putrajaya has decided to start paying the developer of mobile application MySejahtera from April onward, said Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
He said the app started as a corporate social responsibility (CSR) effort and its one-year CSR term had expired on March 31, 2021.
"No payment has been made by the government to the company that developed the system and application," he said in a parliamentary reply today.
He said the government decided to start paying given the importance of the mobile app in managing the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ismail Sabri noted that the government is in the process of finalising the payment method.
"Just like any other public procurement contract, the contractor needs to observe the service level agreement (SLA) which is set to ensure the availability of its service.
"Taking into account the benefits gained from the app, it was inaccurate to state there were a lot of problems and its service was unsatisfactory.
Such statements need to be clarified further. This is because there has been continuous improvement since its inception," the prime minister said.
He was responding to Wong Kah Woh (Harapan-Ipoh Timur) and Alice Lau (Harapan-Lanang) who asked about the cost incurred by the government regarding the mobile app.
MySejahtera is the federal government's tool to track the Covid-19 outbreak and to update the public of their vaccination progress and status.
It was reported that the app was developed by local company KPISoft Sdn Bhd that had made a name for itself internationally.
It was jointly developed by the National Security Council, Health Ministry, the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu), and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
In his debate during the Dewan Rakyat sitting today, Wong urged the government to take over the entire MySejahtera application, including its data and maintenance, instead of paying the developer.
"This is something that should not happen... We do not want a situation where we were told it was CSR and no cost incurred and suddenly the government gave the contract straight away to the developer.
"Nor do we want a situation where a developer secures a contract via the back door," he said.
He urged the government not to set a precedent where a developer secured a contract starting with a CSR effort.
"We have no way to leave the MySejahtera app which we are expected to use for years. As such, it is important to use an app that is run by the government," he said.
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