Concerned citizens have written a petition to the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Authority (PPDA) to remove the expression that states that all bids submitted for national competitive bidding must give preference to 60% Indigenous Black Malawians and 40% to others. The concerned citizens, who are of Asian origin, coloureds, whites and people living […]
President Lazarus Chakwera, in compliance with the Constitution of Malawi, submitted his assets declaration form to the Office of Directorate of Public Assets Declaration. Presidential media liaison officer and executive assistant Sean Kampondeni confirmed that Chakwera presented a fresh asset declaration forms upon ascending to the office of President, saying he was trying to fulfil […]
President Lazarus Chakwera administration has come under intense pressure to fire all public officers who fail to declare their assets according to the law. The Office of the Director of Public Officer’s Declaration (OPDOD) newly-appointed director general Michael Chiusiwa said the previous governments, including the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Peoples Party never acted […]
The Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament has hired social scientist Micheal Chiusiwa as the new Director of Public Officers’ Declaration of Assets (the directorate), replacing lawyer Christopher Tukula whose contract expires next month. Chiusiwa was serving as the assets directorate deputy director. His appointment to the directorate -which will be responsible for receiving and […]
New era indeed! President Lazarus Chakwera has said he will be submitting himself to “constitutional processes” including attending the presidential question time in parliament, setting the tone of new way of doing things in the next five years of governance. The laws state that a President should go to parliament to answer the questions from […]
Members of Parliament (MPs) under the Parliamentary Appointments Committee have resolved to lobby fellow legislators to push for review of statutes guiding operations of the Office of the Directorate of Public Officers Declarations (ODPOD), saying unless it is given teeth to bite, the annual exercise requiring public officers to declare their assets, will just be […]
President Peter Mutharika and vice president Everton Chimulirenji have declared their assets with the office of the director of Declaration of Assets. The office deputy director Michael Chiusiwa has confirmed this, saying the law gave them up to August end to declare their assets after their election to their respective high offices of the land. […]
A law expert has suggested that the Asset Declaration Act must be attached to the Electoral laws so that those seeking political public office should be declaring their assets before an election. This follows concerns that some public officers, including cabinet ministers, failed to declare their assets in the last five-year political public office life […]
Director of Public Asset Declarations office Chris Tukula has laughed off suggestions that Cabinet minister Grace Chiumia deposited her asset declarations forms with the Office of the President and Cabinet. This follows State House spokesperson Mgeme Kalilani declaration that President Peter Mutharika would not fire Chiumia over reports that she has flouted the law by […]
State House officials say President Peter Mutharika would not fire the newly appointed Sports minister Grace Chiumia over reports that she has flouted the law by not declaring her assets. State House press secretary Mgeme Kalilani confirmed Mutharika has received a letter from the Declaration of Assets by Public Officers office suggesting she be fired […]
President Peter Mutharika has been faulted for retaining of Grace Chiumia in his new Cabinet, with governance commentators arguing it is a disregard to the rule of law after Director of Assets Declaration Christopher Tukula wrote the President to fire her for failure to declare assets. Chiumia, who is now Minister of Labour, Youth, Sports […]
National Assembly officials say they are yet to be served a formal letter from the Office of the Declaration of Assets for Speaker Richard Msowoya to fire six members of parliament who failed to declare their assets. National Assembly spokesperson Leonard Mengezi said the Speaker cannot just work on media reports. “When the Speaker gets […]
Mzimba Hora legislator Christopher Mzomera Ngwira says he is too broke to declare assets after his creditors applied to the High Court of Malawi to declare him bankruptcy. Ngwira, a former deputy Cabinet minister in former president Bingu wa Mutharika’s administration, was declared bankrupt in June this year after allegedly failing to pay $75 222.06 […]
The Director of Public Declarations of Assets and LiabilitiesChritopher Tukula has written President Peter Mutharika to fire one Cabinet minister and has also asked Speaker of National Assembly Richard Msowoya to declare vacant seats of some six members of parliament for fialing failure to declare their assets as required by law. Minister of Civic Education […]
Hope soared amongst Malawians when the Assets Declarations law was first enacted and excitement was high even among prosecuting agencies like Anti-Corruption Bureau. It was believed that with the Public Declarations law in place, a net had been cast wide to catch the presumably big fish, but this has not been the case as reported […]
Director of Public Officers’ Declarations Christopher Tukula has had his contract renewed by Public Appointments Committee of Parliament. Tukula’s deputy Micheal Chiusiwa has also been given the nod to continue in the office. The two applied to parliament for their contract renewal at the expiry of their terms of office. They appeared before the Parliamentary […]
Declaration of Assets office director Chris Tukula has said his office will take all public officers, including minister of agroculture George Chaponda and members of parliament who submitted late their assets, to court. Chaponda delayed to update his assets while Finance minister Goodall Gondwe, Trade and Industry minister Joseph Mwanamvekha and Home Affairs minister Grace […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika is under intense pressure to fire Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda, who has flouted the law by not updating his assets, liabilities and business interests to the Office of the Director of Public Officers’ Declarations. Chaponda is a powerful minister in Mutharika’s cabinet and repositions himself as […]