Mr.Speaker sir, why are you sabotaging the efforts of the president in rooting out fraud and financial mismanagement in the public service by killing PAC.Is it because you are an opposition speaker and you want the public to think that Govt.is sitting on K577 billion cashgate? As former member of PAC, I’m very disappointed with you sir.Parliament’s other function is provision of oversight to the executive and you cant talk of oversight without PAC.

The hope of the nation is on PAC to see that the K577 billion saga is concluded and that the backlog of audit quarries is cleared.That’s parliamentary oversight function.And Mr.Speaker you give such a committee 2 wks to meet in a year?Are we serious about dealing with fraud and financial impropriety in Malawi.Do you know that the work of Auditor General is incomplete without PAC according to Public Audit Act and Public Finance Mgt Act.Why should PAC still be considering audit reports as far back as 2010? Come on Mr.Speaker, prioritise this committee amidst the financial challenges so that they… Read more »

PAC Chairperson knows budget cuts affected all votes including 080-National Assembly. They should learn to prioritize committee meetings and work round the clock. It’s time our MPs learned to sacrifice for this country.

Another way of doing it is to stop all monthly personal fuel allowances to MPs. We can save alot from there and channel savings to committee meetings. The truth is that these fuel allowances are a very good example of abuse on public resources.

Public Finance Management was by-passed full time on these allowances. Think again Hon Alekeni Menyani, MP