Take over MySejahtera operations from developer, PAC tells govt
The government should take over the operations of the MySejahtera app from the developer without any additional cost, instead of paying for something which was initially offered as a corporate social responsibility (CSR) effort, said the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
This is because they are concerned the CSR concept has been used as a way to bypass the proper contract procurement procedures in this case.
“The government should not have to pay...
The government should take over the operations of the MySejahtera app from the developer without any additional cost, instead of paying for something which was initially offered as a corporate social responsibility (CSR) effort, said the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
This is because they are concerned the CSR concept has been used as a way to bypass the proper contract procurement procedures in this case.
“The government should not have to pay to use the MySejahtera app because its development is a CSR effort.
“The government should take over the operations of the MySejahtera app without any additional cost, seeing as it has become a part of the country’s healthcare system,” the PAC said in a summary of its report on vaccine procurement and usage today.
Previously, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the app’s one-year CSR term had expired on March 31, 2021.
He said the government had decided to start paying beginning in April this year, given the importance of the mobile app in managing the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The PAC is of the view that the CSR concept has been used as a mechanism to get government projects without going through proper procedures,” the committee said today.
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).
PAC chairperson Wong Kah Woh had also previously expressed similar sentiments about the government taking over the app’s operations.
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