MZUZU-(MaraviPost)-Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima office has called for disciplinary action on Parastatal Organisations that failed to submit on time Reform Status Reports requested on July 7, 2020.

According to a press statement the Office of the Vice President released on 21 July, 2020, during interface meetings with Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Directors of Finance in Parastatal Organisations based in the Central Region in Lilongwe and those based in the Southern Region on 7 and 9 July, 2020, respectively, the Vice President requested them to submit the reports by 17 July, 2020.

The statement further indicates that sixty six institutions were expected to submit the reports. Out of which, fifty six delivered on time; with the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEDI) being the first to submit on July 14, 2020.

However, nine parastatals missed the deadline with some of them submitting as late as yesterday, 20 July, 2020 and Malawi Institute of Management (MIM) has not yet submitted until this day.

Therefore, the Vice President has expressed dissatisfaction with the conduct of those that missed the deadline; and has since directed the Controller of Statutory Corporations (SCs) to effect disciplinary action on the CEOs of the ten parastatals; MIM which has not yet submitted, in particular.

Since the Vice President Chilima was appointed as the Minister of Economic Planning and Development and Public Sector Reforms, he has been meeting heads of parastatals and directors of finance in the civil service to effect some changes so as to bring about and efficiency and effectiveness.