On May 31, the COPE Committee noted that the software system installed for medical supply management had not been properly updated and was no longer in use.
The Media Unit of the Parliament of Sri Lanka announced that around Rupees. 645 million has been provided to a company to set up the system.
In addition, despite paying Rupees. 5 million a month for its maintenance, it was revealed that the system was not functioning properly.
It further stated that due to this, steps have been taken to set up a new computer system at low cost and about 80% of its work has already been completed.
Sanjeewa Wickremanayake, CEO of e-wis, the company that developed the software, spoke at a press conference regarding the allegations.
He said his company had not been paid Rupees. 500 million.
He stated that he had all the information about the money paid to his company, along with the evidence.
He said the allegations that his company had paid Rupees. 500 million to upgrade the software were untrue.
In addition, from 2015, Rupees. He also denied allegations that he had paid Rupees. 5 million each to his company.
He revealed that the software had been running free of charge since 2015 and had been approved on October 23, 2017.
Software setup as well as maintenance costs Rupees. He explained that only Rupees 4.8 million had been paid to his company.
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