‘Pay back the money,’ face law: K6.2bn Covid-19 funds plunder well calculated move
A powerful parliamentary committee has been informed how ministries literally fought for K6.2 billion Covid-19 funds soon after the money was released by the Reserve Bank of Malawi and according to the reading of an audit report, it becomes apparent the plunder of Covid-19 funds was a well calculated move.
Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) officials told the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) of parliament that the moment funds amounting to K6.2 billion were received from Reserve Bank of Malawi, the Ministry of Gender recommended that it be transferred to them since it was meant for social cash transfer.
The Ministry of Local Government similarly requested that the K6.2 billion should be transferred to them.
Dodma’s Director of Response and Recovery, Moses Chimphepo, has stressed that the developments pushed them to seek advice from the Treasury on who was in charge of the money, where treasury recommended that it must be transferred to treasury.
According to Dodma councils were justified to use more money for allowances than the purchase of PPEs, arguing that at the time, more trainings and community mobilization activities were to be conducted.
It has been explained in the meeting that PPEs were mostly bought by donors and well wishers.
Dodma also approved activities that attracted the payment of allowances during the time Malawi was receiving returnees from South Africa.
A report that has been presented in the meeting, also shows that councils used K641 million from the K6.2 billion.
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Agalu ama jelasi inu. Ife tikudya zimenezi tili pheeeee.
Chakwera is surely not clean in all this. Malawians must know that the Malawi Chewa Party (MCP) is busy stealing our taxes through the bogus enterprise called Kokoliko Holdings. Koma Malawi ndiotembereredwa ndithu. Abusa is busy stealing uku like hell!!!! Zamanyazi.
This is what happens when you have a clueless president
FIRE CHAKWELA simple.
This is just phase one of investigation.
Phase 2 should focus into Kokoliko company which secured a tender of offering face masks at an alarming price.
Investigation should focus on these areas :
1. Was this tender advertised in newspapers for similar companies to compete on price.
2. If the Answer is no. Then why??
3. Who are the shareholders in this company?
4. The government minister or official who awarded or influenced that contract in favour of Kokoliko, did he/she disclosed his/her conflict of interest with kokoliko company before this contract was executed.
5. If a government minister or official has relationship with this company, it is fair to suggest that they benefited from this dodgy contact with Kokoliko.
6. A minister or top government official’s failure to disclose their conflict of interest or relationship with private companies is a gross breach of their ministerial code of Conduct and they need to honourably resign or get sacked.
7. What message is this government sending to donours!!!
8. Ministers/Government official can pretend to offer a bona-fide contract to a private company and get the benefit for themselves through the backdoor.
9. In their mind, they are treating Malawian /Voters as fools.
I said that this report has been doctored that’s Gospel kadzako,ghiponda,nakhumwa,police and army names are missing. The audit should be done by private auditors as was done the cash gate.This report is faked
Pay bck is the way to go wether they have it or not then they need to give it out by way of imprisonment We shall allow no thief to keep sahming our beautiful country. I wish they had to open another Dzaleka prison for these Covid 19
Pay back or prison is totally the wrong approach. Not only should every single official be charged but the business owners too.
ACB should get to the bottom of this case and spare no one not even a Minister or his or her boss.
Those concerned to b brought to book& face the law!Mbava!
There is a lot of rubble to be cleared in the civil service. The problem is that the government takes too long to discipline it’s employees forgetting that what is being stolen is public money. If people are not satisfied with the conditions of service in the civil service they should leave rather than resorting to theft. One good thing about adverts for vacancies is that even the salaries are included. You chose to take that salary and please do not steal our money. Those that steal must pay back or be fired and prosecuted. No two ways about it. We do not have roads because of theft. We do not have enough schools because all the money is taken by these civil servants. They steal almost everything. Directors and PSs feast on the fuel that is allocated in their cards. All these things including allowances must be revised. Inu o Chakwera you talked about stopping the bleeding, this is it. The bleeding continues and the country will die.
They should payback and be fired and jailed. It’s the only way to end this
These politicians are all the same. Irrespective of their background, where they come from, how they got into politics – they are all the same, rotten to the core. Serving their own interests on the backs of poor Malawians.
The sanity and development of our country is not in the hands of politicians, we have tried them and they have all failed us miserably. The future of Malawi is in our hands, the local citizens.
aMalawi tili pa moto!
Its a disgrace. Poor management of government money in Malawi. We have trained thieves in government working as public representatives. Burn in hell fire!
We knew that after being in the sun / desert for almost 30 years out of power, MCP thieves would come with their dry throats to plunder the Govt resources like maggots, look at this Mess. This is a very shameful and unforgivable development, 9 months and you are able to pull this heist like this? Malawi wake up
They have failed to govern the country. Impeachment is the right way to go! When outside government they touted as if they are saints ready to root out stealing and corruption. What now? Mapwevupwevu government!
And in whose pocket is HRDC? Nowhere to be heard or seen? Aaaaa Mr Trapeze ayi CIDED or whatever it is , is voicing out it’s concerns yet the famous HRDC is hiding in the cave BUT WHY???
Anadadya ndalama ndiamene anapasidwawo kuti agwilisile tchito osati president or mister the way I heard, ipeach him for what did u ipeach Peter when he did lot a thiefs forget it,mr President make sure you deal with everyone was involved
Awansotu adya nao. Mungoona zikulankhulidwa apazi. Anthu kuba kwantele ali chipumi biiii. Poor leadership worth impeachment indeed.
Ngati ukulephera spelling ya impeach nde ungalembe za nzeru Shua?? kkkk
Too much noise, read the report and identify the culprits simple .report is out, get evidence from there not just mskong noise.
Absolutely most of only commenting yet we haven’t read the report
Yes people don’t want to read, so lazy that just to read two four pages of the report it’s like they have to run from blantyre to zomba and back, read folks read mwina mungasungunuleko manina mmitumo and try to reason objectively not emotionally.
After going through the report, i can wholeheartedly say that i am ready to join the demonstrations or start one myself. Miyezi 9 koma milandu mphweee!!! Olo ili banja apa titagawanapo zida basi
Malawi is in problems
Kokoliko holdings a company registered by MCP just in July was awarded a contract to supply PPEs at MK105,000 per box of 50 masks. We told you that MCP is a criminal enterprise and they have formed criminal cartels in government. Even the fertilizers they were recycling the same buying and reselling them.
Are you sure about Kokoliko being registered by MCP?
And what problem is there if MCP registered kokoliko as a company? MCP needs to have assets for it to survive. And if you have evidence that kokoliko was given dubious money why didn’t you report to acb????? Usova
The issue here if you have ever tendered. No company registered in July can be given a government order in August if we are to follow procurement procedures.
This is a case that can render the President impeachable. Of late we have seen Ministers’ children who never ever travelled abroad before, but suddenly were frequenting Malaysia. You wonder how that was possible when the parent has been a Minister for less than a year.
A box of 100 masks are bought for £10. or less.
now kugula ma litaka a nsalu sizikanakhala zochipa kodi??? ndipo anthu I mean majority akumamidzi ma voters heavy ndalama imeneyi sanapindilupo nayoo..majority anali a m town.
tiionepo.
Chiponda alipo???? tikudikila report tissmangokamba ngati malonda a pusi apa
Umbuli, Kokoliko Holdings is not Kokoliko Dealers.
School za Tippex izi eeishh!
Mapwevupwevu government full of thieves masquerading as pastors and wise men from north and centre.
The ones from south are no different,they plundered one billion usd,they are all the same , vultures, shameless, heartless,despicable human beings,the 26 year heists continues, the majority of innocent Malawians do not despair the time is nigh, history always repeats itself.