Top civil servants have raised alarm over the removal of Office of the Director of Public Procurement (ODPP) acting Director General, Arnold Chirwa, who is said to be replaced bu Ireen Mulewa in controversial circumstance. ODPP will transform into the Public Procurement and Disposal of Asset Authority, following the enactment of Public Procurement and Disposal […]
Barely three weeks after being appointed the Director of Public Procurement, Edward Jeke, has been removed from office and moved Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Jeke took over from Paul Taulo who was removed and redeployed to Airport Development Limited (ADL) as deputy chief executive officer. He was working as a deputy director under Taulo. […]
Director of the public procurement Paul Taulo has now been relocated to Airport Development Limited (ADL) as deputy chief executive officer after being removed from the Office of the Director of Public Procurement (ODPP) . Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has described the removal of Taulo as normal transfer. Nyasa Times understands that Taulo has […]
The recent enactment of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets (PPDA) Bill of June 2017 will see the establishment of the new regulatory authority of public procurement and disposal of public assets in the country which will soon replace the Office of the Directorate of Public Procurement (ODPP). ODPP Director Paul Taulo told a […]
President Peter Mutharika has signed into law the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Bill, parliament has confirmed. Spokesman for the National Assembly Leonard Mengezi disclosed that Mutharika assented to the Bill after Members of Parliament passed it on June 28, 2017. Parliament passed an insertion to the Act which forces government to buy […]
Local entrepreneurs have added their weight to the amended Procurement and Asset Disposal Bill, urging President Arthur Peter Mutharika to assent to the bill, which they say will help to build capacity on the local traders. The traders say the amended bill will help in building the capacity amongst them, thereby, contributing to the social-economic […]
Government will now be forced to award 60 per cent of all its contracts and other related business to indigenous black Malawians following a successful amendment on Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets amended by Karonga Central MP Frank Mwenifumbo. The new amendment was passed with other amendments of the Act aimed at curbing […]
The European Union (EU) has pointed out the controversies surrounding the Salima-Lilongwe Water Project as examples of bad procurements around large-scale purchases where rules and regulations designed to oversee such processes are either not implemented or just flouted. Speaking during the National Anti Corruption Conference in Lilongwe, the EU Ambassador Marchel Gerrmann said donors strongly believe […]
Racial tensions, linked to the Malawian Asians’ economic dominance, do still exist, but it’s downplayed. However, Karonga central member of parliament Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo spoke strongly in support of indigenous Malawians and that government should liberate its people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation and economic inequality. “Over the years, my observation has been that […]
The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture , Irrigation and Water Development chairperson Jospeh Chidanti Malunga has said Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) chief executive officer (CEO) Foster Mulumbe will be summoned again to appear before members of Parliament (MPs) investigating the Malawi-Zambia maize deal after Office of the Director of Public Procurement (ODPP) faulted the […]
Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture officials have sent back the Director of Public Procurement Paul Taulo from an inquiry on maizegate — maize procurement saga that has hit Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc). The joint committee of Public Accounts Committee and Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture have been instituted to probe allegations of irregularities at Admarc […]
Malawi’s Office of the Director of Public Procurement (ODPP) boss Paul Taulo is calling on law enforcing agencies to ensure that all officials linked to corruption are thoroughly investigated without being selective in the process. Taulo was commenting on the Malawi maize deal with Zambia that has raised fears that government officials, including a Cabinet minister, […]
The Public Appointments Commitee of parliament on Wednesday interviewed and confirmed the appointment of Paul Limbani Taulo as the new Director of Public Procurement. President Peter Mutharika appointed Taulo to replace Dye Mawindo. Mawindo retired after serving at the helm of the Office of the Director of Public Procurement (ODPP) since 2012 and now […]
Members of Parliament will scrutinise the appointment of Paul Limbani Taulo as the new Director of Public Procurement. Minister of Information, Communications Technology and Civic Education Patricia Kaliati confirmed President Peter Mutharika has appointed Taulo to replace Dye Mawindo. Kaliati, who is the official government spokesperson, said the President appointed Taulo as Mawindo has retired […]
Malawi Parliament has approved a government bill to enact new law to regulate procurement profession which will help get rid of quacks within the profession and hence get rid of corruption. The bill which was tabled by Minister of Finance, Goodall Gondwe was approved to establish the Malawi Institute of Procurement and Supply an Institute […]
Parliament says government duly approved the purchase of the K300 million vehicles for Speaker Richard Msowoya and leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera and were bought last year. This parries away media reports that they were bought this year when the economic situation has worsened. Leonard Mengezi, parliament’s public relations officer says the vehicles were bought […]
Office of the Director of Public Procurement (ODPP) is facing political pressure from Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr George Chaponda to “cut corners” for HTD Limited to get procurement deals from government. According to sources from ODPP, HTD Limited have been going through Chaponda to “influence” the office in approving the procurement deals against all […]
First Lady Gertrude Maseko Mutharika is reported to have recommended to Malawi Police top brass to “assist accordingly” a member of her Beautify Malawi (Beam) trust, Nazma Ishmael in obtaining a business contract. Ishmael, who was also a member of the Mudzi Trust of former president Joyce Banda, through her family’s motor company, HTD Motor […]