Committee expresses worry about gov’t local contracts award The Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government and Rural Development has expressed worry about the continuous award of contracts by the government for the implementation of capital projects at the local level. The Committee said the practice did not empower the technocrats at the local level to monitor the progress of work, leading to poor execution of projects. Besides, such projects did not mostly address the critical needs of the beneficiaries and defeat the practice of decentralisation. The committee called for a paradigm shift to all stakeholder involving approach where contracts were awarded with technical inputs of critical partners, including the technocrats at various Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts Assemblies and the beneficiary people.