NON-COMPLIANCE from Rural Service Licence (RSL) providers has resulted in some operators not being paid on time.
Education Minister Viliame Gavoka said this in Parliament when questioned about why the ministry had not paid out some RSL operators.
“There are about 615 RSL providers in the country, about more than 600 and there is a process in place,” Mr Gavoka said.
He said the RSL summarised vouchers, and these were submitted by the transport provider to the district officer. The district transport assistant officer would then count these vouchers and verify whether the RSL voucher summary was filled correctly as per the checklist.
“Once the verification is complete and the checklist filled, the relevant documents are submitted to headquarters.
“Headquarters verifies the summary before HMS input and further processing, within three to five days we make payments.
“You submit the correct summary; within three to five days, it is paid.”
He said non-compliance by RSL providers often led to delays in payment.
“The RSL voucher summary being incorrectly filled, checklist accompanying the summary being incorrectly filled, the requirements of the checklist not being met.
“For any errors or incompleteness discovered at headquarters for any of the summaries received, the summaries are reverted to the district office. So, that is what the delay is.”
