Parliamentary committee tells National Audit Office to probe K6Bn Covid funds at Dodma
A powerful parliamentary committee has told the office of the Auditor General to institute an audit into the K6 billion covid-19 money which the Department of Disaster Management (Dodma) received from government.
This follows widespread reports that the money might have been abused.
The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has since written the office of the Auditor General to institute an audit of the K6.2 billion that was allocated to various Covid19 cluster committees.
The move follows inquiries by some quarters of society who are expressing dissatisfaction with the expenditure reports.
Chairperson of the committee, Shadreck Namalomba highlights the outcome of the Auditor General’s reports will allow the committee to hold a public enquiry afterwards.
Meanwhile, the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has since issued a statement demanding an immediate audit on how the money was used by the DODMA.
And in his view, Executive Director of the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) Sylvester Namiwa has described the development as pathetic considering that Malawians are now trusting average citizens with Covid 19 funds.
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I dont know why up to now we wait for people to steal and do fire fighting when people steal public funds. Why dont we have functional process controls that CHECK all activities and decisions being undertaken. Everyone must abide to public procurement protocols than anthu ndalama adya kale mkumati tione report???
ndalama zochuluka chonchi onse akuluakulu akudya pompo nde musayembekezele any meaningful audit
The same Cadets used to siphon money when DPP was in power u keep them in their positions so what do u expect?
Open your eyes and fire them for once , be like Bingu a decisive leader, let the government compensate the right ones and be done with all the spoilers.
Let people blame u for short period of time for taking a decisive direction then enjoy the fruits later . Otherwise the Cadets being the system they are all over the wall to destroy your reputation as they did With Joyce Banda. Don’t give them a chance just fire them .
Am for UTM but this is just my mere advise to u MCP/Chakwera.
The cadets ur referring ndi ati??? Dpp,mcp or utm??? Because I know civil servants are not part of this as they serve the government of the day. So if its tonse alliance it means fire the tonse cadets. That’s my reasoning
Osaopa 0.2 will be vicious, long, painful and revealing. I will be there.
Chakwera is the prophet of doom -God why you give this doom Rev…..
Speed is of the essence here. We want heads to roll fast. Kuba kwatopetsa and Malawians have begun wondering whether there is a difference between then and now.
Msawasiye amangindwe basi
Abale to say the truth iyi ndiye nyansi. Better Egypt than Canan. You have already started stealing milk and honey in Canan. Malawi will never develop. I think we should ask Donald Trump from USA to lead us. No Malawian will ever lead us well.Chakwera with all those promises,your own boys have already started stealing just before a year in Government. Shame on you after making those empty promises. Where is Arafat Chilima after making all that noisee to drain the swamp????????. Better to live in the desert than in wroten. Malawi. Mbava mbuzi inu
This is the work of u Cadet so Chakwera has given u 2days to compile the report or else face the chop.
The 2days have expired then by the end of this week the chop will take its course but failing wish then am out of u Chakwera.
Munthu wakulu shad, aonetse ma amateur kuti ndiwe auditor. Abweze basi
Malawians I don’t understand that what kind of people we are. In everything all that comes first in our mind is to steal without even having second thought. Our beloved President as well is to blame cos people have lost hope in his administration now. He promised us that the Swamp will be drained as soon as they step into power or in his famous removal of rubble because all this is the result of keeping the rubble. Dr Chakwera instead of starting on a clean slate with his administration he decided to have those pretending that they have repented. Disappointing.
Chilima drain the swamp!!! Osaopa Zeze. Umanyoza DPP kuti ndichipani cha katangale, Chakwera amati APM is the Prince of Thieves, lelo ndi izi. Kusolola ma billion. Heads must roll, starting with the Head of State.
Why stealing money when there is covid-19. You fools you can’t learn a lesson from late Sidik Mia. He had all the money ,very helpful man but left it all.
Ifetu timadabwa kuti munthu kungopita kukayamba ntchito or kukupanga pist ku Dodma, 2 months yokha munthu ndagula galimoto. Koma Malawi! Ayayaya siidzatheka. DODMA yanyambita ndalama za Covid. Pano anthu akungofa oti akanapulumuka hard it been Malawi had bought enough gas cylinders.
Ulendo wa ku CANNAAN kodi tikafika?
As usual they respond late! With such a humongous increament in MPs perks from MK1.1 mn to more than MK2 mn per month! what would one expect? Ofcourse they eat and dine together. They should’ve been on the forefront providing checks and balances raising alarms and slamming Govt for being very weak. You see they need to be proactive! It’s not only about the MK6.2bn, it’s the billions of kwachas which have been poured into the Covid kitty since this was declared a pandemic and state of disaster thereon. We are talking about more than MK100bn here trickling in from all directions. MK6.2 bn is just a tip. Liaise and team up with the Ombudsman! And the DPP shouldn’t play innocent here, they were in Govt when the initial MK17bn or MK20bn was appropriated to Dodma! They didn’t even account for this amount and they come out now like chickens coming home to roost and claim that there should be more rot than MK6.2bn?? My foot! They know better what happened when they were in Govt! And the National Audit Office shouldn’t come near this, rather employ a professional accounting firm to do a proper job!
Even the other pvt audit firms some are greatly challenged too. I heard from an Audit Officer who was challenged to side with his senior (Audit Manager/ Audit Assignment Team Leader) when they uncovered a dubious financial transaction within the gvt dpts, ministries/ agencies and the youthful professionals were told to conceal (to sweep the transaction under the carpet). They refused in there capacity & indicated that the Assignment Team Leader (ATL) is the one who guides. When the ATL was updated, to the dismay of the Jnr Audit Officer, s/he agreed to cover-up the transaction and pocketed something alongside the other juniors and the Jnr Audit Officer’s life & employment was at stake and he just resigned because from his professional stance they audit team failed to uphold the tenets of audit & accounting professionalism; honesty, integrity, accountability, etc.
May God Almighty give us Grace, Wisdom, Boldness and Spirit of Revelation to uncover such rooters and rooting and to ably institute right individuals of integrity and utmost due care in various strategic places in Jesus Christ name.
A Better Malawi & A Better Future is possible only if I & you start to do things differently in earnest, honest, professionally and with due care and love for our country and the future generations