SPC Zangazanga caught up in Tobacco Commission appointments mess: Ombudsman probing
Secretary to the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC}) Zangazanga Chikhosi has found himself in a mess – after it has been established that he endorsed some dubious appointments at Tobacco Commission (TC).
Barely days in office on June 29, 2020 Zangazanga approved a three -year contract for Emily Banda Egolet as Director of Human Resource and Administration even when he was aware that her appointment was fraudulent.
Egolet, a known operative for the previous regime, was appointed on June 18, 2020 and she accepted the offer -the following day on June 19, just four days before fresh presidential elections.
She was appointed in the absence of TC Board as required by the Tobacco Industry Act.
“Former Controller for Statutory Corporation Stuart Ligomeka made this appointment with support from Lloyd Muhara (Chief Secretary to the Government then) and I do not think TC CEO had any power to reject it when the appointment was done by OPC at that level. He knew it was wrong but what else could he do when Muhara and Ligomeka were the top gurus making the appointment,” said a new board member at TC.
The new administration had opportunity to correct the wrong but surprisingly, Zangazanga Chikhosi directed that Egolet Banda be given a contract.
Chikhosi then directed Principal Secretary for OPC, convict Cliff Chiunda to sign the contract on behalf of government after going through the documents.
“Emily Banda is manipulative. Within a short period of time she found herself to Zangazanga Chikhosi and her hefty contract was approved,” added the board member who indicated that the chairperson {Harry Mkandawire} is considering engaging President Lazarus Chakwera on the conduct of Chikhosi.
Further to this mess – Chikhosi is shielding another employee at TC Juliana Chidumu-Somba Banda from being de-seconded.
While working as Controller for Statutory Corporation in 2015, Chikhosi, dubiously, seconded Chidumu-Nsomba Banda to State House and later to Malawi’s foreign mission in India yet she continues to draw her salary as Public Relations Officer for TC even when her position is currently filled which is against Malawi Public Service Regulations.
A number of public officers who were seconded without procedure under the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration have been de-seconded.
“Why is Chidumu not deseconded? TC pays her about K1, 560, 000 every month plus allowances she gets for Foreign Service. This is not fair. Foreign Affairs must refund TC. But all this mess has Zangazanga Chikhosi connected to it.
“One wonders how the President settled for his name as SPC when he is into blunders. It will cost the President a name to maintain the guy as SPC,” said the TC board member.
Ombudsman Martha Chizuma is currently investigating these recruitments.
The Ombudsman’s investigation will surely crucify the SPC, according to insiders.
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Mungovutika Chakwera is sawerenga nkomwe amakhala busy ndi mapemphero a clearing the rubble osati acting on the rubble itself! Had it been he is serious to change the way this country is managed akanamva kuyambira pa ma blunder oyamba a Zangazanga mkumuchotsa. Onse akungofuna kuweluka bwino m’bomamu mmene akulamu za dziko la Malawi alibe nazo ntchito. He won’t fire Chikhosi mark my words though this will have an impact in 2025.
Juliana chidumu has got her own way to get positions to these politicians.wer not surprised at all that she’s drawing two salaries.Tonse imeneyo
Bwino nawo a Mai Bwana Chikhosi. Akugwetsani. We have two ladies in this story. Last time it was Buluma’s link to the same Chikhosi.
One can only hope Chakwera is following up on these blunders
Chakwera is blind and does not know what is happening in the civil service. Egoleta gives good sex and no one can refuse to give her a contract
Let’s focus on National Building izizi za pointing useless appointments stories zatopetsa. Tikapusa tikhalira zimwezi mpaka kaletu
National building pomwe miyala yake ikusweka (ndalama kudyewa) itheka bwanji, tamamvetsetsani zinthu osamangoloweza zinazi.
Tinapusa kale pasokha mbanva ndi business men with no leadership bwana. Nde “how will we/can yoy build a house using nurses? You need builders adha
How do you build using farmers nanu, iya. These are no leaders or critical thinkers let alone thinking they are ever patriots. Amamanga nyumba ndi builder osati mlimi just an example. Awa agwetsa dziko osati kumanga chifukwa ndi mbava za dpp sizusiyana chabe awa akuzizimbaitsa ananzikambe
you are corrupt, or you are a culprit in this chaos. Tikufufuza bwino
What the hell is going on??? Seems like corruption will never end in our country. Even this new administration crew are showing their true colors now, and are busy engaged in corrupt practices. And bwana president is just sleeping coz he too seems to have diverted from what he claimed and presented during campaigns. Mkaka, and crew seems have already become too big for their boots. Again a stern reminder to President…WAKE UP MR PRESIDENT OR YOU TOO WILL NOT LAST LONG.
Not surprised. Blunders started with his excellency making questionable appointments and later defending them. His team is following suit.
Did Mr. President know him very well? He seems not to be a professional.
Hahaha Wow Mr President. Well, not the first nor the last time this will happen. And guess what these boys will take you down the channel. You said “you are laying a foundation for a new Malawi? Is this so???Mr President?
I said it after the key appointments that it was only an issue of sympathy or returning favours to people who did good to you maybe in some way. But after your appointments am sure some seasoned Malawians in politics knew, we are just in a DPP part 2. Actually as this article reveals these boys now in power are the ones who were run boys for DPP and now watch them do what they know best, or maybe what they couldn’t do best when they were juniors in the previous regime. Which is to squander and continue to kill our beloved nation. Degrading all the potential both in human, economic and natural resources this nation has to bare rhetoric motivation talks about a brighter future for our young generation. Carp!
About your leadership, governance and political stance for this nation;
Biggie inuyo = Adadi
Mkaka, Zangazanga and co=DPP(Dausi , Muhara and co.
Amalawi tizinverabe motivation talks till 2025 as it seems.
Malawi is country where by people are appointed fraudulently, yet the Tonse administration has mandate to correct this….
Tonse alliance government is more corrupt than any past regime. If not careful, amalawi tizatsiyidwa padzuwa, look nkhani ya mining we are not serious as citizen but is where chakwera and chilima are dubiously drawing a lot of money koma atolankhani achimalawi nkumangoyang’ana basi. Bring it to open.
In Malawi are we going to have an honest Secretary to the OPC? The same blunders which Lloyd Mahala made are committed by the same Zanga Zanga. These Secretaries are all greedy, laymen, fools and rapacious!!!
Go to hell Zanga Zanga
Mr chikhosi should trade carefully!!he was not there on the ground when fought the nepotic dpp!!infact during dpp he was in the comfort of a principal secretary!his performance even at Homeland security was not satisfactory!!hes busy fighting the attorney general!and doesn’t get advice from other arms of government! President chakwera please act on this!!opc is in mess
NOCGMA’s Buluma as well should be scrutinized. She was a DPP operative and came to NOGMA as a Cadet now some Ministers are shielding her?
Same whatsapp group run by Greed Sexual Immorality
Ndi a DPP Mukusiyana Chani?
We all know Chidumu Juliana is a girlfriend to Chikhosi.thy have been exposed.why is Chidumu still collecting salary from TCC??this is sad we want change as we voted Tonse alliance.sh can continue her post in India but not drawing tcc salary.i dnt know how these people sleep at night.
MCP tsopano. Lobbying to get rid of Zangazanga largely because you want him to get rid of people and replace them with MCP sympathisers. Government isn’t run like that. People affiliate themselves with ruling parties just to survive. Zangazanga is a seasoned public servant and very professional. The fact that MCP zealots don’t like him means he is doing a good job.
Your right he very experienced with dpp politics for having served as principal secretary under the dpp for many years!he understands the system very well!!Malawi and shouldn’t expect anything new
He had actually retired, this government forced him to come out of retirement. And from my understanding he was a dodgy/corrupte PS during his tenure in the civil service. We brought a crook to dine at the high table guys, aMalawi why do we like to shoot ourselves in the foot?
Mr President, do us a favour. Chikhosi must go, these are the people they sent your image. Adzipita adzikakumba manda kumudzi We voted against Dpp for the same issue.
I agree. useless nkhalamba who pose to know how civil service should be run. munthu uyu nzeru alibe, chilungamo alibe, he convinced a president to appoint him spc kuti akakonze zinthu. haaa akuononga, he is corrupt, he is busy putting his allies in key positions kuti aziba ndikumamugaila. mr. presdient if you say civil service is rigid on mindset change it is because it is being led by the oldies who want kuweluka bwino. trust me there vibrant young people with remarkable capabilities in the civil service, tikhulupilireni tikunenazi, we want malawi to change please. nyasi izi zizipita please.
mukuona mmene anthu akuvutikira pogula fertilizer,Ankati fertilizer akhala wa ulele lero magolo asintha.Ankati DPP ndi yolephera sadziwa zithu, lero bwanji mmene fertilizer akavutira ku gula.komatu mabungwe onse kulizii,Thindwa, a mkamanga, amvula ndiye awagula,a ATrapense ali pamkhate akusowa zonena.Inakakhala kuti ndi DPP BWENZI ALI KUMSEU .ZODIAK A GEORGE STOOGE KASAKULA, IZI SANGANENE, NANJI MBC,.BWANA PRESIDENT, UTUMIKI WENIWENI SUPHATIZANDI ZA DZIKO, COS KUDZIKO KULI KUTETANA, BAIBLE IZI INALEMBA.TSONO INUYO SIAKUDZIKO AYI SIMUKWANITSA TSATANI NTCHITO YOMWE MULUNGU ANAKUSANKHILANI BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.FERTILIZER UNIVERSAL, MUNANANAMA, CABINET KUYIZUKUTA, MUNANAMA LERO MUKUWAPATSA MACONTRACT ATHU 60 KUPITANAWO KU JONI
izi zodiak singalembe izi zamanyazi koma inakakhala kuti ndi dpp, Daniel Mawawa bwenzi ali number one
Mr President do not appoint some one because you were together at Mtendere or Chanco .You will be suprised in 2025 when people will reject you as madala ali ku Mangochiwa.Take care.
This guy shud be a cadet. why shielding the cadets of the former regime like that , Chakwera work up. Civil service sili bwino
Cadets are Malawians too and they pay taxes well deserved to work in any government department. No party owns the government, all Malawians do.