Does it take the Chief Secretary to visit a District Hospital to change things? Where is the Minister of Health and its Officials? What modalities will the Chief Secretary have to present the findings to the Ministry of Health? Or may be there no loop holes in the Office of the President, so that the Chief Secretary is failing to get enough allowances and he has decided to draw allowances frm MoH

I have no problem with the Chief Secretary as head of the civil service, visiting hospitals and other public institutions, to appreciate the problems on the ground in these financially challenging situations. My problem is with the approach. Why surprise visits, without even notifying the PS responsible and his senior officials? Is the intention to find faults or to help solve problems? It reminds me of the old time school inspectors. They were clearly on a fault-finding mission when they visited schools. Tey would even shout at the headmaster and teachers in the presence of pupils. Kodi zimenezi zilipobe in… Read more »

Job well done bwana CS..osati mabwana wongomaphwisa maofesi osapita ku field koma ma allowance mkumatenga mwezi ndi mwezi

I for one deem these visits as useless in curbing misallocation of resources and the deliberate lack of priortisation of meagre resources by DHMT’s, more so, the one in Machinga. I would have raised a dual ‘thumbs up’ to you had it been your visits revealed the well known embezzlement of funds that has been an order of the day at Machinga DHO since the era of one Dr Mpunga up to now. Much as I’m not a health worker I do have pertinent info about what goes on there. If you may wish to be enlightened further link with… Read more »

Congrats chief secretary good example