Malawi government to audit civil service staff
Malawi government has started updating employment records of all civil servants in a comprehensive job evaluation to assess every employee’s suitability for positions they hold to end cronyism and political hand-clapping as a qualification for civil service.
The Department of Human Resources Management and Development has since asked all government ministries, department and agencies (MDAs0 to submit updated employment records and staff returns to update the database.
According to a letter dated July 16 addressed to all controlling officers, heads of departments an district commissioners (DCs), Secretary for Human Resources Management and Development Hilary Chimota demand that the MDAs should submit General Purpose (GP) 1 forms, letters of employment on probation, offer letters in absence of letters of appointment on probation, copies of confirmation letters and copies of promotion letters by August 7.
“The Department of Human Resources Management and Development (DHRMD) is in the process for updating its records for its staff in the human resources management and secretarial common services.
“In view of the above, I write to request that all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) should prepare an updated staff return for all staff in the human resources and secretarial common services attached hereto.”
The letter further asks the MDAs to submit copies of officers educational qualifications, copes of letter of transfers between posts if any and copies of letters of connection of service where applicable.
Vice-President Saulos Chilima, who is also Minister of Economic Planning and Development and Public Sector Reforms, during a meeting with parastatal heads a fortnight ago asked performance reports that will feed into the planning process of the 2020/21 National Budget, after which his office will look at the country’s long-term development plan.
Donors, including the IMF say the civil service is bloated with a more than life league of principal secretaries most of them appointed on political grounds.
The National Audit Office embarked on headcount and payroll audits for all civil servants, in what is arguably one of the massive exercises under the Public Service Reforms.
It was revealed that ghost workers were inflating government’s wage bill.
This is a commendable exercise and it is long overdue. I hope when all is done and dusted, appropriate remedial measures will be applied, that nothing will stop halfway through the process upon realising that the victims are your own brothers, in-laws, sisters etc. I can bet you that those species who have gone about praising themselves as being an intelligent tribe will soon cry foul. Some of us who are old enough remember that that was the practice during the colonial era and some people complained. Don’t retract or freeze in your tracks till the goal and objective is attained.
PS waku foreign affairs Harry Kanjewe ndamene anabera mavoto 2014 and was completed ndi ntchito ku admarc and now at foreign affairs.waremera moipa kuba.muwunikeni abwana.
There was one woman who left the civil service but when failed in what she went to do she came back and was given a contract because her father used to be in the civil service. Currently there has been attempts to squeeze her into the civil service by staging an interview where she was shortlisted yet leaving out civil servants who have been patriotic for many years. Chilima should stop this nosense .We will reveal all the details once the deal is done and report to ACB.
Too late we are already rich after serving 20 years now without certificate
I want to have the results from Northern waterboard, all the people are northeners yet you find northerners is south and central waterboard, how the heck? Atumbuka osabisala kwa alomwe when you are top class tribalists yourselfs.
Very nice move…
Chimota achoke watipondereza nthawi yaitali akafike. Selfish Incompetent, Disorganized PS. Kuyesera kupititsa madandaulo, no action, busy assisting his girlfriends, cadets and lomwes. Mxiew.
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This is the way to go. Whoever is against this exercise ali ndi bvuto and is hiding something…..
Start with Chimota himself and Louis Njaya at the Human Resources Department. These guys are typical cadets and they should not be seen as saints now. They worked as spies and the staff members lived in fear of the two. They must also check the Civil Service Commission and how the people doing the recruitment and interviews behaved. I do not want to mention names but there are two to five people who were planted only to employ people from the Lomwe Belt. It pained us because if I go to Thyolo, Mulanje, Chiradzulu, Phalombe, Zomba -Jali, Zomba-Thondwe, etc the language there is not Lomwe but Chichewa chomwechi but Bingu and APM wanted to divided the country and plant people from these districts in every sector. This was started by Brown Mpinganjira when he was a powerful minister in udf. Paja he could even snatch someone’s wife to be his wife.
The environment is conducive now to report this malpractice to law enforcing agents; so go for it and report them. Lets join hands and clean Malawi for the betterment of us all. If we shield wrong doing then we are bound to lose out.
On point. The DPP government used the HRMD and Civil Service Commission to victimise those who ate not Lomwe by tribe and this exercise should get rid of those elements.
Declaration; what you have said is nothing but the truth. Chimota has been the worst PS ever in the DHRMD. He is so corrupt and incompetent. Whenever the posting Instruction is being cooked and you are one of the casualties, you will hear rumours from his girlfriends like Mrs. …nda etc. She will go bosting, there is a posting that is about to be out, such, such a person is on it for this and that reason. His girlfriends will also announce that a circular containing this and that will be out. Za umve basi.
Expose evil doers my dear! Don’t fear anybody…! After all why are you having the fear when you’re using a pseudo name here!! If I was you, I wouldn’t hesitate to mention them all for a better Malawi!! This is the best time to make everything clean and normal………………………!!
Malawians gave Tonse alliance a great opportunity to shine if they miss use it – shauli yako. Please cleaner the mess and you shall be a Darling for Malawians. I mean a every mess.
Mkapanga panga nthawi yanu ikazatha zizakusatirani. Ukakwera mmtengo osamati kulibe mame. 1 month gone remaining with 4yrs 11 month. Nothing has happened. But mind you time is money.
Whats wrong with it?Then you hiding something also or you are one them who were hired without merit.
Kulira kwa cadet uko!! Musati munya muona, anthu oipa inuuuuuuu…………..! Ndinu ana a satanaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! Zooona zonse kuphangilaaaaaaaaaaaa nokha!! People from the centre and north are too bitter with you ndipo mukadzapezanso mavote awo mudzandifunseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! Zitsiru dzi anthu dzouma mitima inuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!! Shupitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
That’s nyekhwe of the nyekhwe
Thank you it’s about time. So many ghost workers on payroll. Please oversee ma field amalipilana asanayende the whole ministry from directors to messenger.
there are a lot of ghost workers in government and this audit will expose all this but nothing will be done because those involved are well connected. Government should also review those who were given contracts because there has been attempts by officials at human resources to enter them into the government system. Government should engage a private audit firm to do the auditing otherwise officers at the department of human resources are just as corrupt.. there are people who are due for retirement but officials at the human resources connive with the workers to adjust the dates.
follow this advise.