Twist to Malawi vehicle CoF services outsourcing from private garages

Corrupt government officials at the Road Traffic Directorate and the parent Ministry of Public Works have devised a scheme where an investor has been roped in to monopolize vehicle inspection for issuance of certificate of fitness (CoF) as the directorate will offload this function to private garages and dealers in November with an aim of […]

PVHO reforms under threat: Officers resisting change; suppliers not being paid

The Public Service Reforms which is being initiated by the Malawi government are being frustrated by the people who are in institutions like Plant and Vehicle Hire and Engineering Services (PVHES) formerly known as PVHO, who are deliberately ignoring management and finance control initiatives that are aimed at bringing sanity to the rundown organization, Nyasa […]

Bogus hiring of construction machinery: Malawi govt ripped

Millions of money that was meant for the Malawi government coffers is going down the drain perpetrated by individual bosses at the Water and Irrigation Department who are hiring out high quality construction equipment at exorbitant prices to individual and some construction companies and the proceeds of the same goes to into personal pockets, Nyasa […]

Minister rejects fresh cashgate through outsourcing of private garages

Minister of Transport and Public Works Francis Kasaila has defended the bogus vehicle maintenance of unserviceable and uneconomic vehicles by various ministries and departments in what some sources at Capital Hill has described as another form of “Cashgate” which is benefitting officers on one hand and dubious private garages on the other while ripping off […]