K6.2 billion audit slaps Presidential Taskforce: It failed on its duty
The audit report on the K6.2 billion Covid plunder under the watch of President Lazarus Chakwera has faulted the presidential taskforce on Covid failing “in its duties to act on the procurement of personal protective equipemtn (PPEs) of K850,000,000.00 by the Ministry of Health and Central Medical Stores Trust.
In essence the report exposes Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda role in the squandering of the public funds.
The report exclusively obtained by Nyasa Times raises moral questions if the leaders we elect can be trusted to keep the country’s resources well enough because in some cases it was pure theft not corruption.
The report says expenditure on allowances were massively abused by almost all clusters including the President’s.
“Guidelines on Covid 19 funds’ management and reporting were not provided to the clusters as a result, preparation and submission of expenditure returns was not prioritised by both the clusters and the Presidential Taskforce,” reads part of the report.
The report further faults the Ministry of Health having failed in duties by not disclosing to the Presidential Taskforce the details surrounding the K850,000,000.00 towards procurement of PPEs.
The report has damning revelations on how District councils abused and wasted finances with clear indications that the money was treated like a feast.
Zomba central hospital is mentioned on the miscalculated K85 million, Zomba prison K135 million. There are also several cases of dubious payments to hotel with K8 million embezzled but the books showed as if it was paid to Umodzi Park.
There are also cases of cash simply missing. So far K11 million being recorded as cash that went missing. On top of this there was also plenty of millions of kwacha that officials just decided to share each other without doing any work.
Nyasa Times will give you a detailed article of the report.
Meanwhile, Ombudsman Martha Chizuma has told the Public Accounts Committee of parliament that it is her wish that the government adopts her recommendations on the protection of Covid-19 money from abuse.
The recommendations are contained in Covid-19 Misplaced Opportunities report.
Among the recommendations, the Ombudsman instructed the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 to make formal and public a decision stopping its members from collecting allowances.
Furthermore, the Department of Disaster Affairs (DODMA) was ordered to make public the flow of Covid-19 funds from the moment it started receiving the funds.
Chizuma hopes the recently released National Audit Office report would assist in addressing the matter.
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Uyu anazolowera kudya za nkachisi. Chakwera ndi mbamva. Musanamizike uzimu unachoka mwa iye. Kutenga Chikhosi ndi Kapondamgaga ndi mbali imodzi kuti azimuthandiza kuba. Munthuyu ndiwadziko musatayae naye nthawi. Chiponda anaba ndarama za independence and amaba za covid kudzera kwa mwana wake ndi Kokoliko holdings. Muyiwale kuti report ituluka palibe. A Kadzako nawo anarumiza K20 m ku radio yawo. Anthuwa ndiakuba ndipo ali mboma kuba.
The problem starts fro the head. We elected a mbusa to be president. All the man knows is preaching. He is incompetent
Shaaa Malawi !what a joke of a country
What do you expect with kwantele? Those who wasted their vote should seek God’s forgiveness. These are sins of power lust and failure.
DPP yimapanganso bwino eeeti? Nanga kugawana kwa pa microphone kuja kkkkkk
MCP ndie kuti ikutsatila DPP?
Actually We didn’t Waste Our Votes …We are Heading towards the Direction we Need ….Transperancy and Accountability …Only 2 Leaders after multiparty Democracy have been Enough to take Action on Corruption Issues ….We remember When Massive Plunder of Funds at MEC was Revealed during Bingu’s Time and the Matter was Quickly Swept Under the Carpet ….When Perks Ligoya wrote Bingu about Cashgate …No action was Taken .
….JB took Action on Cashgate …Laz is being Transparent and Has shown No intention to Hide the Report and Release it later …
At least the Kwantele govt instituted at audit. We should not forget that DPP regime also got COVID funds from the government coffers. We also want those funds to be audited.
Very sad indeed.
Horrified and disgusted by these revelations. It’s less than a year since Tonse Alliance took government. The speed of plunder of public finances is second to none.
Courts need to exercise their duty. No partiality and do the right thing. It is a criminal offence abusing public funds.
The system of governance is collapsing in front of our eyes . DPP, UDF you are opposition parties. Do not just sit down. Your role is to go out in villages in every corner of Malawi and bring awareness to voters what is happening in Malawi. Whether you call it campaign or whatever, it is a continuous process and not just waiting close to 2025 before you start visiting each and every corner of Malawi. A Malawi dzukani.
The problem of giving one party a two thirds majority win, is that it becomes pompous and feels there is no any other party to oppose. Instead of taking care of voters’ needs, in many cases the attention focusses to its own party cronies.
Nothing is impossible. Voters you have the power to show Tonse Alliance who is the boss.
Voters need more than lip service.
Now Chakweras criminal cartels at work. He will shield his agent Kandodo Chiponda who also stole money meant for the 2020 independence celebration. Dont be fooled that Chakwera is in government to change things. The man is there purely for stealing. At state house it’s even worse because his agents Kalumbu and Kapondamgaga are doing a great job stealing . The crossroads saga was just a tip. Kapondamgaga is also awarding overpriced contracts for the maintenance of state residences. We are doomed as a country.
All along we have saying that Khumbize is very incompetent to handle Ministry of Health. I am not surprised these days we don’t hear the noise from empty tins during the COVId 19 briefs. Everybody has run away leaving Kumbize to run the show alone and yet the taskforce is more than Khumbize. Cabinet reshuffle is taking too long.
ineso nnakambapo kuti khumbize akundipelewela. mmaso. anthu amasinkha zothandizila kuti covid isafala and she wa embezzling the money! let alone tax payers from fellow hard working malawians who are paying heavy taxes abroad of which some of it is donated here in malawi and around the world. ” THICK BRAINS” she’s got. neg mbale ya sima k5 pin olo k15 pin!!
mwana wake ma mask 50 pa bwanji???????? .
dzana botomani ndi Jappie aliyese anadzimvera osatiso za acb. kodi ku health ku bwannji????
Presidential Task on Covid did not help. I remember Malawians were wondering as to why one co- chair was removed and leave the other (Chiponda). Today the audit report finds Chiponda, both as co-chair and herself as minister of health as the most failure of her responsibility. But the president did not remove her. I hope the president will now remove Khumbize Chiponda just he did with her co-chair and DCs
It shows that people are swimming in covid-19 funds forgetting that they have a duty to perform
we’re patiently waiting for the swift action of the president on this matter. Paja tidalomjezana kuti sipadzakhala kuberekana, waba akalowe basi
eetu. timakana di zoberekana. lonjezo linadulitsa mitu wa yohane
What about a report on Crossroads Hotel issue.
Now that the Report is out, whats the way forward? The report is loud and clear, no shielding, no favouritism. We hear the Minister pocketed some millions of kwachas and some contracts to supply masks at K75,000 per box was given to one of her children. This is so shameful and childish. How about Dodma embezzlement on procurement and allowances, how about District Councils? Malawi ndi dziko lomvetsa chisoni. While Malawians were busy sewing and buying their own masks, money meant for masks, handsanitizers, soap were being squandered. Shameeeeee
Remove provision of allowances. Salaries only. Then you will have a little less greed and corruption.
Nde bolaso cashgate ya Amayi ijatu. At least rights were not limited. Coz you can’t be squandering public money while limiting freedoms and business in the name of covid prevention. The money was for assisting in covid prevention and control and not just subjecting poor people and businesses to destitution through limited freedoms and operations.
At no point have i even heard the government distributing free masks to its poor people or even students but arrests you and fines you 50,0000 for not wearing a mask at you hood.
Palibenso zabolani apa. kuba ndi kuba.
Money hungerly wolves are not supposed to be given a chance to oversee such huge transactions. This shows how short sighted our leaders are in financial and human resource management.You appoint some one because they contributed in the elections but have no morals at all and this is shameful. Basi kukhala ndi mtima wa chapsa tonola sudziwa mtima wa moto.Lero mwatonola chosapsa takupezererani mubweza mbambadi dee.Ukatamba tamba umayangana kummawa kungakuchere.Kuona maso ankhono mkudekha odatero akulu.
This is just evil. Majority of Malawians being denied services because a rotten lot are greedy. Extremely embarrassing. Nyasatimes please publish.
Tonse alliance inameza zambiri yelephela kutafuna
Let the Family Court State house step down, enough is enough!!
Very sad
Ndinu opusa, muma council muli Tonse alliance kapena civil servants. Inu ma cadet dikirani omwe aphwanya malamulo amangidwe kapena kuchosedwa ntchito. The problem is that some people thought the report will mention mcp or utm officials.
Its sickening that we lost a lot of lives to Covid. Those lives could have been saved if monies were used for the intended purpose.