President Peter Mutharika has appointed Harold Mwala as Auditor General, replacing Stephenson Kamphasa whose contract has expired. The appointment is effective Monday 18th June, 2018. According to the appointment letter signed by Chief Secretary, Lloyd Muhara, Mwala’s appointment is subject to Parliament approval in line with Section 184 (3) of Malawi Constitution. “I write to […]
Audit General’s Office has observed that the current Integrated Financial Management Information Systems (IFMIS)- a technical solution to deter corruption in public finance management – being used in the country has a lot of shortfalls which need to be looked into. Auditor General Stevenson Kamphasa made the observation during the interface meeting between Oxfam and Public […]
Auditor General Stephenson Kamphasa has told Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that he has withdrawn his earlier endorsement over a K567 million interest payout controversy involving Pioneer Investment and with Malawi Police Service (MPS) over food rations. Kamphasa, who was appearing to the committee on the matter for the second time, said on Wednesday that he […]
The ongoing scrutiny of audit reports which the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) continues to reveal the rot in government ministries, departments and agencies with Auditor General Stepheson Kamphasa suspecting that fake receipts are tendered for auditing purposes to fake expenses. Kamphasa said some controlling officers deliberately hide documents and forge receipts. “We always look […]
Auditor General Stepheson Kamphasa has told parliamentarians that State House is frustrating government auditors from conducting the headcount for staff at the State residences. Kamphasa made the disclosure when he appeared before joint parliamentary committees of Public Accounts and Budget during the cluster meetings. According to Standing Order 136, after the presentation if the budget, […]
As Malawi is now becoming infamous as a nation of thieves in public offices, the giant private auditing firm KPMG has exposed that about K200 million of taxpayer money may have been mismanaged at the National Audit Office (NAO) through illegal allowances between 2011 and 2013. According to a report in The Nation newspaper of […]
The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) got its first ever unqualified audit report under the chairmanship of Malawi’s Auditor General Steven Kamphasa. This came out Thursday afternoon when Kamphasa who is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the 15 Member regional bloc, presented the 2015/2016 audit report of the SADC Secretariat’s finances as part […]
University of Malawi’s Chancellor College-based political professor, Mustafa Hussein, has said Auditor General Stepheson Kamphasa is under political duress not to disclose names of serving Cabinet ministers implicated in the recent forensic audit report. The opposition has claimed seven Cabinet ministers were implicated in the forensic audit report covering the period 2009 to December 2014 which established that […]
After increased reports that Auditor General Stephenson Kamphasa is under political pressure not to reveal names of cashgate ministers has stunned the nation when he said no cabinet minister was involved in the K236 billion loot at Capital Hill, the seat of government in Lilongwe. This is in sharp contrast to his earlier remarks when […]
Auditor General (AG) Stephen Kamphasa says he has sought legal advice from the Attorney General on whether to release names and companies named in the forensic audit that established that about K236 billion in public funds could not be reconciliated between 2009 and December 31 2014. Kamphasa said there was some“legal implications” on the release […]
Malawians are up in arms on social media against government failure to release names of seven cabinet ministers allegedly involved in the K577 billion plunder of public resources at Capital Hill and the contradictions with figures Auditor General Stephenson Kamphasa has presented in his report. The government on Monday said it would release names of […]
A forensic audit report expected to unravel the K92 billion (US$206.7 million) Cashgate which was reportedly mismanaged during the first Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is not ready , Auditor General has said confirming what President Peter Mutharika told a news conference last week. Mutharika told journalists that there is an “audit query” involving the K92 billion. […]
The National Audit Office has quashed claims by Allan Ntata, the late Bingu wa Mutharika’s legal adviser, implicating President Peter Mutharika in the K92 billion (US$206.7 million) Cashgate which was reportedly mismanaged during the first Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Ntata claimed pressure is mounting on President Mutharika not to release the MK92 billion forensic audit […]
Auditor General Stephenson Kamphasa has told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament that his office alongside audit firm PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PwC) has commenced the K92 billion investigations into the forensic audit covering 2009 to 2013. A comprehensive forensic audit of ministries and departments covering the period between 2009 and 2012 under the Democratic Progressive […]
The Auditor General (AG) Stepheson Kamphasa said on Saturday that his office’s interim report on findings of what is being christened as the “MK92 billion Cashgate” is not conclusive as it remains an audit query as they will ascertain in the final report if public funds were indeed lost. As part of the K92 billion […]
The National Audit Office (NAO) has justified the hiring of British auditing firm, Baker Tilly to audit the Integrated Finance Management System (IFMS), stating the Malawi Government lacked funding to engage local auditors to screen the system. This has come amidst questions raised by some quarters of the society demanding an explanation as to why […]
Outspoken Lifred Nawena, a member Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament branded Malawi’s Auditor General Stephenson Kamphasa “a liar” after he maintained that he had no mandate to release a report providing names of suspects in the looting of government resources in the Capital Hill Cashgate. Kamphasa who appeared before the committee said he could […]
Malawi Parliament has confirmed Stephenson Kamphasa as the new Auditor General. It took deep into the dusk hours to complete voting confirming the new top auditor on the land. Initially the opposition rejected his appointment because he was coming from private sector instead of the public sector. Kamphasa appointment ends a merry go round in […]