PAC report names Zamba, others over K128.7bn Amaryllis hotel purchase

Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has recommended further investigation, legislative reform, recovery of losses and individual accountability over the K128.7 billion Public Service Pension Trust Fund purchase of Amaryllis Hotel. The committee’s report was adopted on March 31, under committee chairperson Steven Malondera. PAC said the transaction represented serious lapses in fiduciary discipline, governance and […]

Speaker: Zamba must testify on Amaryllis probe

Malawi’s former secretary to the president and cabinet, Colleen Zamba, who is reportedly in South Africa receiving medical treatment, will be required to testify before parliament’s Public Accounts Committee as it investigates the K128bn acquisition of the Amaryllis Hotel, the speaker of parliament has said. Sameer Suleman, the speaker, said Zamba – who gave virtual […]

Integrity on display: Kadzipatike avoids questioning Zamba, wins commendation from Nyamilandu

Malawi’s Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee examining the events of 10 June 2024 took an unusual turn on Wednesday when its chair, Walter Nyamilandu Manda, publicly commended Malawi Congress Party MP George Kadzipatike for what he described as a rare display of integrity during the inquiry. Kadzipatike, who is also a practising lawyer, disclosed to the […]

“We Did Our Job”: Zamba Defends Government’s Handling of Chilima Plane Crash Before Parliamentary Probe

Former Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Colleen Zamba, has strongly defended the government’s response to the military plane crash that claimed the lives of former Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others, insisting that officials did everything that was expected of them under unprecedented circumstances. Appearing virtually on Thursday before the Parliamentary Committee investigating the […]