The sh40b so far spent on the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (BIPID) might turn out to be "a waste to the tax payers" if nothing is done to refocus the project, the Auditor General has warned.
In his value for money audit for the financial year ending June 2013, the Auditor General raises a number of accountability flaws and problems of a technical nature that have seen the project shelf life extended by five more years, without guarantee that the intended objectives would be realized after expiry of the extension.
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