| Does New Food Allowance Ends Procurement Abuses |
| Fri, November 13, 2026 |
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| And so will the new system of paying soldiers a daily food allowance and minimizing mess hall meal preparations minimize the hustling? Earlier this year we showed you widespread abuses of Ministry of Defence procurement to companies owned by friends and family members of ministers, and even the Prime Minister.
We asked Usher about that:
Jaleeza Roberts:
"How will this prevent a repeat of the tender abuse and the different conflicts that we saw earlier this year?"
Francis Usher, CEO, Ministry of National Security
"The perceived abuse?"
Jaleeza Roberts:
"Yes. The perceived abuse. Right."
Francis Usher:
"So I believe that we-so there will only be one contract for MREs for an entire year, right? Which will feed all of our deployed personnel. The smaller portions of fresh rations at a local purchase level-by local purchase, I mean, it's to feed small quantities of people for a shorter span of time. Those quantities are a lot easier to manage. I think that the proper management and communication of the system is actually what led to a lot of what blew up in the public."
Jaleeza Roberts:
"All right. That's fair."
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