Malawi looting spree: K100m misses at Nsanje council as K26m vanishes in Karonga: Minister Nankhumwa admits plunder in councils
Atleast K100 million has gone missing at Nsanje district council while K32 million has vanished in Karonga just days after an expert called on the suspension of the funds following their continued abuse.
Nsanje District Commissioner Rena Chavula said the missing money was for projects under the constituency development fund and the district development fund.
“We have already informed the ministry of Local government and the Local government finance committee on the missing money. I hope they will send us external auditors because the internal auditors have not helped us,” she said.
She said she will inform a full council meeting on June 18 of the missing money.
In Karonga, the chairman of the finance and audit committee Patrick Kishombe has blamed the council officials of delaying tactics to present a report of the missing K26m development funds.
“The failure to give us the report is raising suspicion, more questions than answers,” he said.
But the director of finance at the council Patrick Kumvenji said he would be presenting the report in the next council meeting, saying the delay was because he was on leave.
This comes barely days after a Chancellor College law expert Gaston Kamchezera asked the government to suspend the disbursement of the constituency develnpment fund, the local development fund and the district development fund until proper measures have been put in place to protect the development funds from abuse.
Government spokesperson Nicholas Dausi dismissed this call as unrealistic.
Meanwhile, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nankhumwa has admitted that there is indeed high levels of corruption and abuse of funds in local councils.
Nankhumwa has attributed the challenge to lack of capacity, disclosing that Finance Ministry is deploying 10 internal auditors to his ministry to enhance public finance management in councils in order to address challenges.
He also said said Local Government Ministy plans to fill all critical vacancies in councils, including those of directors, procurement officers, internal auditors and finance officers in the 2018/19 financial year.
“This will go a long way in improving the capacity situation in councils,” said Nankhumwa.
He said government has allocated K1 billion in the proposed national budget towards the exercise.
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This is media politics no money has been stollen
do we have a centre holding in Malawi?does our custodians really care about us or they are self serving?
Is my vote a vessel for politicians dipping their dirty fingers into government coffers?
Honestly am feeling bad right now,I don’t see anyone to trust ,I feel like we r manipulated for the advancement of personal goals,our politicians have a hidden agenda behind their manifesto n that is to loot once into power
this isn’t good at all,those stealing funds meant for public developments must face the mighty arm of the law otherwise if lawlessness escalates in our country it won’t be easy attracting donor aid.Pple how do you feel kuona anthu akuyenda barefooted,kugona osadya, kuvala nsanza ,kids dropping school coz of distances?plz pple try wearing a human face if u cnt be human.It’s a lie to believe that riches are made from dubious means none among the richest pple of the world has a sour record,they do have a very humble background worth a model to the young generation.Learn to work hard, be innovative we can make it without stealing
NO , There is no stolen moneys .These councillors are not accountants and they think
they could dictate,. government civil servants. Moneys are there but the can not read
Government has a big hand in this and this is why they are ignoring all complaints against giving the K4.5 billion to the same councils. This is being engineered by the Minister himself, no question about it.
Awa ali moweluka ndipo atenga zambiri and this is why they have started saying chaka cha mawa kuli campaign yomwe a Malawi sanaonenso!! Reason is because they have collected all they wanted!! However, a Malawi lets not worry not for the battle is not ours, but the Lord’s……………………. in Jesus’ Name, Amen
PLEASE ENGAGE / PRACTISE MOB
JUSTICE BECAUSE IT’S AN INSULT /MOCKERY TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE !!
Cry my beloved country. Politicians and civil servants are busy stealing from the ordinary people of Malawi . If you happen to go to Nsanje , Go and look at the road from the boma to Marka . You will be shocked and will ask your self if there is a District council there in Nsanje . The road is in a pathetic state. The road has not been graded for years . in some sections the road is impassable
with a non 4×4 vehicle due to rivers that have washed away the road. I wonder who is responsible for the up keep of the road . If its for the National roads authority, are they not aware of the state of the road? In whose constituency is this road running through ?
What is the member of parliament saying about the state of the road. Yet there are Malawians on that side of the country who deserve to have a good road for their economic activities etc. Come 2019 people will want to be voted in to office, go to parliament and sit there doing nothing for the people who sent them there.
MBOMA KUBA SIKUZATHA. PEOPLE STAY MBOMA KUTI AZIBA. SALARY 100,000, NYUMBA AKUKHALA YA 200,000 MATI ZIKUCHOKELA KUTI
Why are they not arresting the culprits?
We just need to close down MRA offices. Payment of tax has become irrelevant and yet the people that are stealing our tax money do not pay tax.
This is just a tip of the iceberg. DPP-led government is telling in billions and billions of Kwachas. I have said and will this again; 50% of the K1,5 billion expenditure budget will end up in DPP members pockets. These guys have perfected the art of diversion not only in their speeches but also in their actions. If an honest forensic auditing had to do its job by vetting these political leaders I think ordinary Malawians would faint. DPP has taken advantage of blind loyalty from 36% of the population to loot openly and with impunity with no regard for the dying.
Kondwani Nankhumwa you are a thief yourself.While children of poor Malawians are dying because a substandard classroom block fell on them,others are still stealing from government coffers yet we have a president in the country. Very shameful..God of Abraham punish these idiots.
We have reached unacceptable levels. Anyway!! What for you expect when a country has a stupid and sleeping leader? This Peter thing is the worse President our country has ever had. I regret my vote!!
We all know those are doors for DPP, why reporting to the Ministry not to Ant corruption Bureau? This is what I said long ago.
Malawians we are just fools by order!
Ask Chilima, he knows all this what Nankhumwa is saying, this is how they are,corruption is what driving this party called Director of Public Prostitution (DPP) it will be a socide bomb to change just leadership in this country than to boot out the whole party in the Government.
K 100 million? All this money was for CDF? What were they doing in the Council? Tell me this whole amount was not Banked?if this is what was stolen, how much did this Council received? Who authorized the cheques to be cashed? Am just not good on this but sometimes it’s ununderstandable. Though it’s not that much,but it’s tax.
When we’ve madala team, everyone run business as usual, and replicates madala in terms of plundering govt resources. Shame for Malawi, shame for our leaders. Someone is sleeping on the job.
Are all those people stealing this kind of money only DPP members? This is why we should stop blaming one individual when it comes to the misuse of gvt resources. Let’s be mulonda wa nzake!!!!
DPP campaigned on the platform of Zero tolerance to corruption, but what is happening? There has been more looting of public resources under this government that what we saw under PP, not that it it not as obvious as PP. Corruption has has become a norm in government departments: you go to police, road traffic, lands etc you will be shocked how people have become shamelessly corrupt. And what makes this to go on and on is when the ABC is corrupt as well.
You know campaign season is fast approaching when funds carelessly disappear from government offices.
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Same old story. Nothing new here. Govt money is free money for them to share. What will the auditors do? Cover up? And always delayed action on any issue involving money.