Chakwera says Covid-19 funds forensic audit to take a month: DCs, others’ interdiction formalised
President Lazarus Chakwera has said his order for the interdiction of some controlling officers, over accountability of K6.2 billion Covid-19 response funds has been effected according to the law pending investigations.
Delivering his seventh televised National Address on the War on Covid-19 from Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Sunday, the President said the forensic audit will take two phases.
“The interdictions pave way for an independent audit of the K6.2 billion which was spent on our national response to Covid-19 between September and December last year.
“The audit itself will take about a month to complete, as it involves two phases, the first of which will focus on validation of the report from the Presidential Task Force, while the second will focus on investigating how every kwacha was spent, by whom, and whether the spending was lawful.”
Chakwera warned: “Upon completion of the independent audit, any public officers associated with wrongdoing will be dealt with and face the law.”
President chakwera said ge tasked Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Zangazanga Chikhosi to consult with the Solicitor General (Reyneck Matemba), the Acting Auditor General, and others to ensure that the letters of interdiction to the cluster heads are “written in a manner that is compliant with the law.”
The Malawi leader then asked SPC Chikosi, who flanked him, to confirm as disclosed by State House that 10 principal secretaries (PSs), 28 district commissioners (DCs) and five chief executive officers (CEOs) of councils had been interdicted as directed.
“Your Excellency, I confirm. thank you Sir,” said Chikhosi in the televised address monitored by Nyasa Times on State-run MBC.
Pressure had been mounting on President Chakwera to prove how the millions set aside for planning and public awareness, facilitating the return of Malawians from South Africa, border patrols and supporting victims of gender-based violence was being spent.
Chakwera removed Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) commissioner James Chiusiwa and Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 co-chairperson Dr John Phuka for purported technical slips.
Police also arrested 11 Officials at Dodma in connection with abuse of K6.2 billion Covid-19 funds.
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The People of Malawi have forgotten that your President CHAKWERA has been in the hands of Arabs and Mweyes? For your information,CHAkWERA has sold your country for Money.A good instance,is his wanton betrayal of his fellow Malawians for instance,the representation of Mia and his wife in the Parliament of the black people of Malawi and Africa.Chakwera removed R.Msowoya from the killer MCP in order to take Arabs into the National House of the the MALAWIAN People who fought for their liberation when Mia and his wife were nowhere to be seen.african people are brutally attacked in Arab countries because of… Read more »
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Apart from feasting on allowances Gispel Kadzako is another thief who channelled K20m to his radio . This man is a silent thief and he has been pocketing allowances for his many useless trips
This is just a hate message. What you are saying totally untrue. He is not an allowance person as some of the Ministers. You will soon realise that the hearsay about Gospel pocketing allowances are total lies.
The problem of employing relatives and friends the president akuchota manyazi kuti alongotsole what is the real problem in his office and even he fail to fire his Minister’s like chiponda and information who pocketed huge allowances shame and he knows that things are bad let’s wait
Mwezi tikudikirabe.zotsatira mwationjeza mwatiyesa zitsiru ife aMalawi. Ndipo tikufuna mutiuzelmaina ao tili chitopere ndi kudikira.
Anyamata aku national audit atape kawiri tsopano. Maguy samaiva, apa alandila allowance ku national audit office komanso akalandila ina ku dodma
Interdict the army commander, the police inspector general, prison chief and plus the immigration chief.These are cluster heads within the Security Cluster
Theft in government must stop and those who do not want to work in government must leave. We pay taxes for a purpose and that is development of the country and not self development. Those who want to get rich faster must start a business. This is stealing poor people’s money. I really do not know whether Bakili, Bingu, JB and APM really loved the country. Hell is waiting for them. You think of how many people died because of lack good hospitals and drugs. You think of people that have been killed on the poor roads of Malawi. You… Read more »
amwene musapite kutali pamene ndalama zikubedwa chakwera yo alipompo!!!
6.2 billion only? the lawyers lied to Chikhosi. Shame.
Thus all useless a d trusting the auditor general to do the audit is like aensing a thief to cash your cheque. The audit should have been done by private auditors not thieves from the auditor general’s office on the other part why us Chiponda being spared. The civid committee had 12 members or more but the issue of allowances only mentions Nankhumwa From what I gather Chiponda received over MK15m in allowances
It is true that we are wondering why Minister of Health Khumbize Chiponda is being spared. In fact the K15 Million we are hearing she pocketed is too small sum comparing from what we heard that she is also involved in giving contracts to companies at a fee, how about the procurement of equipment such as ambulances and the like. One day…