The High Court in Lilongwe is this Friday scheduled to pass its verdict following a judicial review hearing where the Malawi government wants to stop the implementation of key recommendations of the Ombudsman report which among others called for the crack down on state procurement chiefs implicated in the country’s multibillion-kwacha “Tractorgate” scandal. The infamous […]
Malawi’s public protector, Ombudsman Martha Chimuza-Mwangonde has formally asked the country’s prosecuting authorities to crack down on state procurement chiefs implicated in the multibillion-kwacha “Tractorgate” scandal. In a 48-page report on Malawi’s “Tractorgate” scandal, released last week, Chimuza-Mwangonde revealed that minutes of the relevant meeting of the government’s Internal Procurement Committee (IPC) have mysteriously disappeared. “It […]
The Office of the Ombudsman has said it is repositioning itself with the aim of exploiting the constitutional mandate by purely focusing on issues of maladministration in public institutions. The Ombudsperson, Martha Mwangonde told journalists at Wamkulu palace in Lilongwe during the opening of the media training that the restructuring process was also aimed at […]
Malawi’s Ombudswoman has received what she believes are death threats in connection with an investigation she has launched into alleged large-scale graft in the government’s Green Belt Initiative, established to shield millions of peasant farmers from drought. At issue is how 177 tractors and 144 maize shellers bought for the use of small farmers were […]
Malawi National Assembly has approved the appointment of 36 year old Martha Chizuma Mwangonde as a new public protector the Ombudsman. The Office of Ombudsman, which is a public watchdog institution against any acts of mal-administration occasioned by public officials, became vacant on 30th June 2015 following the expiry of the term of office for […]