Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Ben Phiri has hit out furiously after a leaked letter from the Auditor-General exposing audit queries worth over K5 billion made its way into the public domain — insisting the explosive document does not prove a single kwacha of public money has been mismanaged. Speaking at the […]
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has said all Malawi’s foreign missions has been abusing visa fees and all audited embassies failed to account for them, therefore the committee has asked the new Tonse Alliance led government to act on errant diplomats. In a report of PAC’s scrutiny of the Auditor General’s reports of […]
An immediate forensic audit should be conducted at the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) , Auditor General has recommended after an audit report for the year ended June 2018 revealed that the State produce trader could not give evidence on the purchase of items amounting to K3 billion. The Auditor General Thomas Makiwa has […]
A report of the Auditor General on the accounts of the Government of the Republic of Malawi for the Year ended 30th June 2019 has exposed continued embezzlement of money at the Malawi embassies where billions of kwacha were spent without supporting documents. A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) which was submitted to the […]
President Peter Mutharika has appointee a substantive Auditor General (AG) Joseph Nangantani as Thomas Makiwa’s acting mandate expired five months ago. Chief Secretary to the government, Lloyd Muhara confirmed that President Mutharika “in exercise of powers under Section 184 (3) of the Constitution” has appointed Nangantani to the post of Auditor General. “The appointment is […]
Leader of opposition in parliament Lazarus Chakwera has angrily reacted to the failure by the Auditor General to audit state residences and Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC). A recent released audit report for government ministries and agencies has spared the State House and Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), government entities known […]
Chief Secretary to the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) Lloyd Muhara has been given a three-day ultimatum by civil society organisations (CSOs) to annul the appointment of new Auditor General (AG) Harold Mwala, saying it did not comply with the laws of the country. Muhara is a lawyer by training and in OPC on […]
President Peter Mutharika has appointed Harold Mwala as Auditor General, replacing Stephenson Kamphasa whose contract has expired. The appointment is effective Monday 18th June, 2018. According to the appointment letter signed by Chief Secretary, Lloyd Muhara, Mwala’s appointment is subject to Parliament approval in line with Section 184 (3) of Malawi Constitution. “I write to […]
Auditor General, Stevenson Kamphasa said for his office requires K7 billion budgetary allocations for it to effectively and efficiently audit books for various Ministries, Government Department and Agencies (MDAs). During an interface meeting with Members of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament organized by Oxfam at Sunbird Capital hotel in Lilongwe, last week, Kamphasa said with […]
Parliament’s Budget and Public Accounts cluster committee has said it wants to summon Finance minister Goodall Gondwe to explain low funding levels at the National Audit Office despite acting as a watchdog to public funds. Vice chairman of the committee John Chikalimba said it was worrisome that the government has given the office a budget […]
Pioneer Investment company which is at the centre of controversy between Malawi Police Service (MPS) and the National Audit Office (NAO) over a multi-million interest claim, insists no wrongdoing clarifying the details of the contract. Treasury stopped a K500 million payment to Pioneer Investment, a food rations supplier to Malawi Police initially authorised by the […]
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) suspects fraud in a K567 million interest payout controversy involving food supplier Pioneer Investments and Malawi Police Service (MPS), saying it will investigate the matter. PAC chairperson Alekeni Menyani said this after Nyasa Times first reported recently that the Auditor General Stevenson Kamphasa was “bulldozed” to authorise a payment to a company owned by […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has been embroiled in allegations of abuse of office for directing Accountant General to make bogus payments to suppliers who were never contracted. Nyasa Times has learnt that the Auditor General Stevenson Kamphasa has been “bulldozed” to authorise a payment to a company owned by Asians, Pioneer Investment […]
The ongoing scrutiny of audit reports which the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) continues to reveal the rot in government ministries, departments and agencies with Auditor General Stepheson Kamphasa suspecting that fake receipts are tendered for auditing purposes to fake expenses. Kamphasa said some controlling officers deliberately hide documents and forge receipts. “We always look […]
Officials at Malawi’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development got the members of the Parliamentary Public Accounts (PAC) angry after they failed to explain how they could not account for a whooping K7 billion expenditure with the members fearing that the money could have gone into people’s pockets rather than used for government activities. […]
Billions of Kwacha leaked from Malawi’s public health system last year through fraud, payroll manipulation, flawed internal controls andunauthorised payments, a leaked report from the office of Malawi’s Auditor General indicates. The losses form part of audit queries to the tune of MK4-billion highlighted by the report. According to the World Health Organisation, Malawi’s health […]
Malawi government has lost about K4.4 billion due to weaknesses in financial and internal controls , a report by the Auditor General seen by Nyasa Times which has been submitted to parliament, has revealed. Auditor General Stepheson Kamphasa says the audit was undertaken by the Nation Audit Office for the financial year ending June 30 […]
The Auditor General Stephenson Kamphasa has rejected a report in The Daily Times that he told the joint meeting of the Public Accounts and Budget on 24 May during the ongoing parliamentary cluster meetings that State House is blocking head count. “I wish to put on record that, what has been reported in the media […]