Mchacha asks ACB to probe Mkaka construction over shoddy works in Neno

Deputy minister of Homeland Security and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regional governor for the south Charles Mchacha has asked Ant-Corruption Bureau (ACB)  to probe Mkaka construction company over shoddy work on Neno road.

Mchacha  made the request on Thursday during DPP’s rally in Neno North following complaints from chiefs in the district that the first 10 km of the road construction which was finished last year has already developed potholes and drifts.

He said the money that government has already spent on Neno road is not equivalent to the substandard work that the contractor has done on the ground.

According to Mchacha the owner of the contracted company is an active member of a certain opposition party and government ordered the contractor not to proceed with the work after it was revealed that the substandard work on the road was a deliberate ploy by the opposition sothat people should blame DPP led-government for the shoddy works.

He said government is facing a similar challenge in Thyolo where a member of UTM party was awarded a contract to construct the new district council offices at the district headquarters but up to now there is nothing tangible to appreciate.

“We have seen the work on the road and it is a big sabotage to the government because this is not type of the road professor Arthur Peter Mutharika promised people of Neno hence I am asking ACB to investigate these irregularities,” said Mchacha.