Pavlodar Airport attempted to purchase two trucks, a dump truck, and a cesspool emptier at inflated prices – for 142 million tenge.
According to Kazinform News Agency, citing the Anti-Corruption Agency, the organisation planned to buy two trucks for 64.4 million tenge, a cesspool emptier for 46.4 million tenge, and a dump truck for 31 million tenge.
However, the cost of similar specialised equipment turned out to be significantly lower than stated. For example, the average market price for cesspool emptiers is 21 million tenge, and the approximate price of a dump truck is 25 million tenge. Following the intervention of Anti-Corruption volunteers, the procurement was cancelled.
It should be recalled that in November last year, it was reported that the General Director of the state enterprise "Kazspecexport", Arman Ramazanov, and the Director of the Import Department of the same company, Azat Kudabayev, were detained.
They were accused of embezzling approximately 1 billion tenge of budget funds during military procurement by inflating prices.