ACB urged to investigate Sulemani over Kokoliliko Holdings
It has emerged that the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) through its information technology (IT) specialist Daud Suleman established Kokoliliko Holdings Limited as vehicle for siphoning public resources through dubious tenders and contracts.
This follows allegations that Suleman used his political influence for Kokoliliko Holdings, a subsidiary of MCP, to be part of suppliers of fertilizer under Affordable Input Program (AIP), formerly Farm Input Subsidy Program.
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has since been to investigate the allegations and update the the general public accordingly.
In a letter addressed to ACB director feneral, Reyneck Matemba, which Nyasa Times has seen, the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has since requested the claims that the newly established entity has been awarded a contract to supply fertilizer under the current AIP being implemented by Tonse Alliance government using tax payers money.
But HRDC leadership has since disowned the letter which was signed Gift Trapence, HRDC National Chairperson; Luke Tembo, HRDC National Chairperson; Happy Mhango, HRDC Northern Region Chairperson; Madalitso Banda, HRDC Eastern Region Chairperson; Masauko Thawe, HRDC Southern Region Chairperson and Billy Mayaya, HRDC Chairperson for Central Region.
However. the allegations in the letter states that Kokoliliko Holdings Ltd delayed to bid for the tenders and ended up influencing the award to be given to one of the companies that was listed in the media of late to get huge awards using different names while behind there is this party entity.
It also alleges that; ” Mr Daud Suleman has personally been involved in using political influence to make this tender awarded to the Kokoliliko Holdings Ltd. It is further alleged that some political heavy weights are part of bankrolling Kokoliliko Holdings Ltd to be the main vehicle for siphoning tax payers money through dubious tenders as demonstrated in this case.”
Through the Affordable Input Program, government committed to reaching out to 4.2 households with cheaper farm inputs, particularly fertilizer this farming season.
Each farming household will be allowed to purchase two 50kg bags of fertilizer at K4,495 each and a national Identification cards (ID) will be used on an electronic system to ascertain them.
Other companies that have been awarded contracts are ETG Inputs Limited, Afriventure Blantyre Limited, Malawi Fertilizer Company, Worldwide Wholesalers, Chipiku and Mulli Brothers.
Daud if indeed you read this, do not be used by politicians to become another Chisale. when the boat starts to rock, they will hang. you. Better ask boss to give you a job in a proper parastatal osati Kokoliko.
Hahahaha Nyenkhwe yayambika
Well done HRDC when one sees a snake in their bed room they need to shout for help until they establish it was simply a piece of a stick or wood!!!!
IZI A DANIEL MAWAWA NDI ZBS YAWO SANGANENE-LOOK AT WHAT HRDC HAS ON SULEMANI AND US ON JOYCE BANDA’S ARMS DEAL SAY SOMETHING OSAKHALA NGATI A GEORGE KASAKULA NDI A HUMHRYS MVULA KUMANGAKHALILA DPP, WHAT ASHAME MR MVULA WHY LANDING SO LOW/? REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID MR KASUNGU MAN THAT YOU DONT TALK ABOUT OPPOSITION BUT GOVERNMENT WHEN DPP WAS RULING ? SO WHAT NOW? IS DPP STILLRULING/? SHAME ON YOU
Humphreys Mvula ndi galu wachabechabe. Anaba ndalama ku Stagecoach mpakana company anatseka. Lero akuti he is a good governance analyst really? Please ask Mvula where Peter Mulamba is. Paja they store money together and Mulamba bolted out of the country but Mvula is still being protected by fellow tumbuka judges. Nyusesi Mvula!!
Nkhani yosamveka and full of malice. At one point you say kokoliko wapatsidwa contract. At another point you say the opposite.
Komanso Sulemani amaganizanji with such a name for his firm. Analidi ndi zolinga zopepera. Koma it’s not happening. The name puts him in the public eye too much.
Acb Director is of the opinion that daud sulemani’s corruption is not prosecutable. Toothless acb
Tinakuuzani Daud Suleman ndi mbava you did not listen!
Chakwera and Chilima are busy kudzola matope a kokoliko. They have forgotten that Malawians are awake and keenly WATCHING.
I knew things are gonna get worse with this pretender lying regime. Akuti Malawi wokomera tonse yet they are busy sidelining southern region, stoping and relocating infrastructure projects from it, firing its people from public jobs, chasing southerners (particularly Lhomwes) from Statehouse etc. What a promise, what a new Malawi?
Why was the previous government giving top government jobs to Lhomwes only? Over 80% of the parastatal CEOs were Lhomwes as if they are the only tribe in Malawi. Do not hide behind Southerners because we know the truth and you cannot cheat us on that. Let us wait and see if DPP will chose a non Lhomwes as it’s president.
Musadane ndi alomwe, sitonse alomwe tiri andale, Chonde
inu si akuchinamwali. tikukudziwani
So you want Tonse government do the same
Nyenkhwe yeni yeni iyi
This is disgusting
I don’t think you guys have taken a look at a list of companies that have been taken for a no objection to odpp. There is actually no Kokoliko on the list so how does it come in here. Or can someone mention the name of the company affiliated to kokoliko that is on the list???
The article says another company is being used to push the interests of Kokoliko. Let’s call it fronting
so why not mentioning that another company….the article is malicious
Very malicious indeed baseless
Make money. Enjoy. And wait for the day you will go to paradise. [……or…..die while living in abject poverty!]
The name Kokoliliko is not in good faith tread carefully
Kkkkkkk kkkkkkk Nyenkwe what I know is Kokoliko kwacha Basi,uyo wali na zuzgo nava Kokoliko wajikome pela waka nthee kkkkkkk, machebese,masikati na maulo tiphale basa pano nakuphata Dinyelo Basi kkkkkkkkk, Apikeneeee
The author sees Kokoliko as a problem, as corrupt but does not see Mulli as a problem and corrupt. During DPP reign, he never saw Mulli as a problem and corrupt because they were siphoning public money to DPP and Mulakho wa a Lomwe. Mulli got a contract as a businessman despite the fact that he is a Mulakho benefactor but no, Kokoliko should not get any business because it will benefit MCP. My friend, the DPP days are over. Mutharika does not believe he is no longer president just as you don’t believe the DPP days are over.
The other day in Parliament, a lady DPP MP asked President Chakwera to congratulate Mutharika for the Area 18 Interchange. Tow things we. Forgot to share with us. 1, if Mutharika funded the interchange from his pocket and 2 that Mutharika himself never congratulated Chakwera when he won the presidency. I can only. Include that like Mutharika himself, the lady DPP MP is disillusional.
Mutharika anapita bwana get over it. Why are they giving Mulli deals. Why are they repeating DPP mistakes by giving Kokoliko deals under the table. DPP is gone. Let them even be arrested but what is not right is to assume Malawians are idiots and steal from them again. Anthu anatseguka maso pano.
Get over it man..Muli tendered and has the stocks and experience. If you read tender documents they are elaborate that a supplier should have the experience..These Kokoiko were registered in August where did they get the experience..
For you to know that Mulli was corrupt it is because other people wrote about it. You could have asked that how Mulli has managed to get the contract this time around. The answer is simple, the Tonse Alliance government wants to do things differently.
You are very right. Mulli was getting billions for doing nothing. He got 6 billion plus interests from MSB bank and it’s us tax payers who footed his bill. He got 3 billion in the name of repaying his property that was broken during demonstrations and it’s us tax payers who footed his bill. He got 15 billion as interest to 3 billion towards the end of DPP rule and nobody had problems with it! We are a country of joker’s for sure.
Koma nkhani yake ndi yomweyi yaembedwayi. Mukuyakha zosemphanayi. But why is Tonse still giving Mulli contracts . DPP is gone
Phiri koma chimutu chakocho chimaganiza? Komabe don’t worry, uchila.
A fish rots from the head down. President Chakwera is party to this corruption and it’s going to get far worse. Just wait and see. I cannot see SKC living with this corruption unless SKC is also corrupt. No hope for Malawi for since 1994 we are burdened by corrupt leaders starting with Bakili Muluzi, thieving Bingu, Mama Corruption Joyce Banda, APM and now this MCP Tonse gang of thieves.With the Black Tambala Kokolico, Kamuzu killed and mimed that’s were we are healing with Kokolico Holdings. Be warned.
Uchira. You talked about Chakwera being involved in Ambulance deals and Times exposed your lie. The tender was discussed and awarded by the DPP cabinet. Why should a normal person with a functioning brain make conclusions based on this half-baked article? The article does not mention the name of the proxy company Kokoliliko is using for people to verify for their own and as a result people are with nothing tangible to probe. Time and again our online media are being cheated into writing fake news coz they have less intelligent people at the helm who cannot scrutinize what is making rounds on WhatsApp and decide whether it’s fake news or not. Just for the past 2 months I have read so many fake news even here with no evidence whatsoever.
the tender was going to be awarded in August. DPP left in June hehe
We knew this from start. Every contract that Kokoliliko gets will not be on merit.
Macadet musathe mawu zinthu zopanda umboni……we have freedom of information act which the Tonse government has just operationalised a week ago after APM sat on it for years….please request the information from government to see who exactly has been awarded the contracts…..you will be embarrassed.
useless fanatic. People that lack objectivity to correct ills
It’s you who is a useless fanatic boss. If you really think that you came to your conclusion based on evidence and not fanaticism mention the name of the company which is being used as a proxy by Kokoliliko.
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It’s very shameful that we can be talking about this. How can a ruling party own a company. All govt tenders Will be given to this Kokoliko. DR Chilima please talk sense to the president we do not want such obvious and silly mistakes. What is the problem with Malawi. Give Suleman a job and make him busy other than wrongly using him.
According to government tender documents one should demonstrate experience and having supplied similar goods. The more things change the more they remain the same . These people want to fleece government and you and me know that Matemba will not act because he has instructions not to.
Munkati tonse alliance will punish all dpp sympathisers, nanga muliyu bwanji?
It is very unethical for a ruling political party to establish a business during it’s tenure and compete with the regular businesses. Zinthu zayamba kulakwika izi. The DPP was booted out because of swiping from Malawians. Please take note that everyone is watching
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