The High Court in Lilongwe has declared as and null and void the Malawi Ombudsman report on the infamous “Tractorgate” scandal consequently sending murmurs of jubilation at Capital Hill, the seat of the Malawi government. Judge Fiona Mwale’s verdict means state procurement chiefs who were implicated in the country’s multibillion-kwacha andfaced prosecutions and job losses […]
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 […]
Office of the Auditor General is yet to start an audit exercise in how a US$50 million loan the government took from India to buy tractors for small scale farmers ended up being sold to the country’s elite. The Ombudsman ordered the audit three months ago following reports of maldministration on the loan. However, Stepheson […]
The Malawi government t is expected to put up a vigorous fight in defending its actions, omissions and commissions regarding the disposal of farm equipment meant to benefit subsistence farmers but ended up in the backyards of the politically connected persons. The infamous ‘Tractorgate’ scandal revolves around the government’s decision in 2014 to sell off […]
The Malawi government has obtained a stay order from the country’s High Court effectively stopping the implementation of key recommendations of the Ombudsman report that among others called for the crack down on state procurement chiefs implicated in the country’s multibillion-kwacha “Tractorgate” scandal. Under civil case number 152 of 2016, the Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale […]
Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) has called for justice over the alleged misappropriation and maladministration and related irregularities on the purchase and disposal of farm machinery such as tractors and shellers bought under Indian line of credit amounting to USD50 Dollars in the infamous tractor gate. Briefing journalists in Lilongwe following the trip which FUM undertook […]
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 […]
Sabre rattling, Malawi’s Ombudsperson, Martha Chimuza-Mwagonde has ordered the arrest of hordes of top civil servants who sat on the government Internal Procurement Committee(IPC) and decided to dispose off177 tractors and 144 maize shellers meant forsmall farmersat nominal prices. Those facing prosecution are from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Office of President and Cabinet […]
Some public officers and civil servants are yet to apologise to Malawians for buying 277 government tractors at very cheap price and questionable purchasing deal. The ombudsman Martha Mwangonde ruled on Friday that those who bought the tractors, including Foreign Affairs Francis Kasaila and Speaker for National Assembly Richard Msowoya should apologise to all Malawians […]
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 […]
Renowned economist Henry Kachaje has asked President Peter Mutharika to set a commission of inquiry to probe reports that government obtained a K23 billion loan from India to buy tractors for smallholders farmers but were fraudlently sold off to influential Malawians including politicians. Kachaje said this on Tuesday in Lilongwe during a debate on whether […]