Aukufumana "ukungasebenzi kakuhle" urhulumente mops up iintlekele ezibangelwa "esebenzayo" iinkampani zabucala. Njengokuba kunjalo umkhosi kwafuneka ungenelele xa i-G4S isilela ukubonelela ngokhuseleko kwii-Olimpiki zaseLondon ngo-2012, kwaye uNondyebo kwafuneka ahlangule iibhanki, ukuwa kweCarillion kuthetha ukuba i inkonzo yomlilo mayime ecaleni ukuhambisa ukutya esikolweni.
Izibhedlele ezibini, zombini ezifuneka ngokungxamisekileyo, ebekufanele ukuba zakhiwe iCarillion, iMidland Metropolitan kunye neRoyal Liverpool, zishiywe kwi-limbo eyakhiwe ngesiqingatha, zilindele ungenelelo lukarhulumente. Enye izivumelwano ze-450 phakathi Carillion kwaye urhulumente kufuneka angajikwa, asonjululwe kwaye mhlawumbi ahlangulwe ngurhulumente.
Xa uphonononga amabango enzelwe ukusebenza kakuhle kwecandelo labucala, ufumanisa ngokukhawuleza ukuba aphelela ekudluliseleni umngcipheko. Ixabiso lemali lixhomekeke kwingcinga yokuba iinkampani zijongene nemingcipheko urhulumente ebeya kuyithwala. Kodwa kwiimeko ezinje, nokuba inkampani ithatha ukubetha kokuqala, umngcipheko ubuyela kurhulumente ekugqibeleni. Kwezi meko, eyona ngcamango yokudluliselwa komngcipheko iyathandabuzeka.
Akukho ndawo ithandabuzeka ngakumbi kunaxa isetyenziswa kwiiprojekthi zamalinge emali yabucala apho uCarillion wayeyincutshe khona. I-PFI yasungulwa ngurhulumente kaJohn Major's Conservative, kodwa yandiswa kakhulu nguTony Blair kunye noGordon Brown. Iinkampani zabucala zibonelela ngezimali kwaye zinikezela ngeenkonzo zoluntu ebenokuthi oorhulumente bebeza kuzinikezela.
Urhulumente ubanga ukuba icandelo labucala, xa lisebenza kakuhle, liza kubonelela ngeenkonzo ngexabiso eliphantsi kunecandelo likarhulumente. Iiprojekthi zePFI, uBlair noBrown bathembisa, ziya kuqhubeka kuphela ukuba zibonakalise ukuba zinexabiso eliphantsi โkunomlinganiso wecandelo likarhulumenteโ.
Kodwa kwangaxeshanye, urhulumente uxelele imibutho yoluntu ukuba imali karhulumente ayisiyiyo inketho: ukuba bafuna amaziko amatsha, kuya kufuneka basebenzise inyathelo lezemali labucala. Ngokwamazwi kanobhala wezempilo ngelo xesha, uAlan Milburn: โYi-PFI okanye i-bustโ. Ke, ukuba ubufuna isibhedlele esitsha okanye ibhulorho okanye igumbi lokufundela okanye indawo yasemkhosini, bekufuneka ubonise ukuba iPFI ibonelela ngelona xabiso lilungileyo lemali. Kungenjalo, bekungayi kubakho projekthi. Amaqumrhu oluntu ngokukhawuleza afumanisa indlela yokwenza amanani adityaniswe: ukudluliselwa komngcipheko.
Ixabiso lomngcipheko liyaziwa ngokuzimeleyo. Kuba ibandakanya ukugqithiswa kwekhontrakthi entsonkothileyo ngekamva elingaziwayo, unokwenza ityala malunga nalo naliphi na ixabiso. A uphononongo olupapashwe kwiBritish Medical Journal idize ukuba, phambi kokuba umngcipheko uhlawulwe, isikim ngasinye sesibhedlele esiphandwe ngesakhiwe ngexabiso eliphantsi kakhulu ngemali karhulumente. Kodwa emva kokuba imingcipheko yemali ecingelwayo yongeziwe, ukuzakha ngePFI kuphume ngexabiso eliphantsi kuzo zonke iimeko, nangona ngamanye amaxesha ngaphantsi kwe-0.1%.
Yayingengomsebenzi nje lo (njengoko abanye abasebenzi bakarhulumente abaziwayo babelumkisile) bubuvuvu, kodwa yonke le ngcamango iyalahlwa yinyaniso yokuba xa ukuwohloka kuyenzeka, umngcipheko utyhutyha icandelo labucala kunye noluntu. Iinkampani ezinjengeCarillion zisenokungabi nkulu kakhulu ukuba zisilele, kodwa iinkonzo abazizisayo zinjalo. Awunako, kwidemokhrasi ebizwa ngokuba yidemokhrasi, ukuvala ngequbuliso isibhedlele sikarhulumente, uvumele ibhulorho iwele, okanye usilele ukuhambisa ukutya esikolweni.
Ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yesi sizathu, yaye ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yamandla angafanelekanga ezobupolitika amaqumrhu nabantu abawalawulayo, oorhulumente bafuna ukuzikhusela ezi nkampani kobona mngcipheko bathi bazidlulisele kubo. Oku kunokucacisa ukuba kutheni ulawulo lukaTheresa May luqhubekile nokunikezela iikhontrakthi kuCarillion emva kokuba ikhuphe uthotho lwezilumkiso zengeniso. Ngaba eli yayilinge lokuzama ukugcina inkampani iseshishini?
Ukuba kunjalo, yayiyenye yoluhlu olude lwemilinganiselo eyenzelwe ukwenza inzuzo yabucala kunye nokujongana nomngcipheko. Izivumelwano zePFI zichaza ukuba kukho ukungqubana phakathi kokuhlawula umnikezeli wabucala kunye nokubonelela ngeenkonzo zoluntu, iintlawulo mazize kuqala. Nangona inzulu kangakanani ingxaki kwi-NHS, nangona kunjalo abantu abaninzi kufuneka bahlehliswe utyando lwabo lomhlaza okanye bashiywe bebole kwiitroli, okuphambili okusemthethweni kukuhlawula ikontraki. Imali ixabiseke ngokusemthethweni kunobomi.
Ukuba kuqeshwe ikhontrakthi yePFI consortium ukuba inike ulondolozo kunye neenkonzo ezincedisayo, le misebenzi ingeyiyo eyonyango ine-ringfenced, ngelixa iinkonzo zekliniki ezinikezelwa licandelo likarhulumente kufuneka zicuthwe ukuze kuvuleke indawo yazo. Oku kunyanzelisa imibutho yoluntu ukuba iphendule ngendlela egwenxa kwingxaki yenkxaso-mali: abongikazi banokugxothwa, kodwa iindonga zisazopeyintwa. Uninzi lwezivumelwano azikwazi ukuphulwa kwi-25 okanye i-30 iminyaka, kungakhathaliseki ukuba okanye zisahlangabezana neemfuno zangempela: kwakhona, oku kukhusela icandelo labucala kwingozi, ukuyishiya noluntu. Umngcipheko awuhlali kurhulumente kuphela kodwa nakubantu. Carillion ushiya ngasemva uthotho scandals, ezifana Ukusilela kococeko lokutya kwiSibhedlele esikhulu saseNtshona saseSwindon, kunye nokusilela kwiklinikhi yeSurgicentre eyayiqhuba eHertfordshire, kutyhilwe kwi ingxelo eyoyikisayo kwi-Observer. Iingxaki ezifanayo ziye zaya kwezinye izivumelwano ezininzi nababoneleli babucala: iiholo zokusebenzela zizaliswe lindle, ukunqunyulwa kombane okuye kwashiya abongikazi ukuba bafake umoya kwizigulana ezixhasa ubomi ngesandla, izakhiwo zesikolo ziyawohloka, iinkonzo ezingenamsebenzi eziqhubekayo zinikezelwa ngelixa iinkonzo ezibalulekileyo zinqunyulwa.
Akukho nanye kwezi ebingalindelekanga. Abanye bethu balumkisa ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngexesha leMinyaka yeMisebenzi emitsha ukuba le nkqubo yayiza kuba yi-fiasco ebiza kakhulu. Nditsho ne Iphephancwadi iBanker laxela kwangaphambili, ngo-2002, ukuba โekugqibeleni intlekele efana neka-Enron iya kuphinda iqhutywe kwiphepha lomncono elizimeleyoโ. Kodwa urhulumente akazange afune ukwazi. Kwaye ayizange inkcaso ye-Conservative, ingcamango yayo yayisekuqaleni. Kwanamanye amaphephandaba, ngoku kubonakala ukuba akrwempa iintloko zawo yaye ezibuza ukuba kwenzeke njani oku. Akukho luvuyo ekungqineni ulilungisa, kukunxunguphala nje okukhulu.
Umngcipheko kwinkampani awufani nomngcipheko kwabo bangabanini kunye nabawuqhubayo. Abaphathi bagcina iintlawulo zabo. Abanini zabelo bathatha inxaxheba kwiipotfoliyo zabo, kodwa ubutyala obulinganiselweyo buqinisekisa ukuba banokuhamba bemke kuwo nawaphi na amatyala. Inkampani inokunyamalala, kodwa ekugqibeleni ligama kunye namaphepha athile. Kodwa imingcipheko ebekwe ebantwini โ kuquka nabasebenzi benkampani โ iyinyani. Sihlawula le mingcipheko kabini: okokuqala, xa zidluliselwa ngegama kwiinkampani; kwandule ke kwakhona, xa bebuyiselwe kuthi. Igama elisetyenziselwa ukuchaza le nkqubo kukusebenza kakuhle.
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