To the naïve and the uninitiated, the recent sending on forced leave of Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) Chief Executive Officer, Ralph Kamoto and the Director of Finance, Elias Hausi, and Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chief Elections Officer, Willie Kalonga, and six other members of staff could easily be applauded as an act of integrity and good governance by the powers that be. Continue reading Z Allan Ntata’s Uncommon Sense: Get Corrupt or Get Fired!
The DPP-led administration must not take us for granted and let corruption take the centre stage in the awarding of contracts. I have noticed with great concern the worrisome machinations behind the so called standoff between Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) boss and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).
A close friend of mine confided in me that he wrote the graft-busting body in April of this year concerning irregularities that he observed in the illegal awarding of the tender to construct MERA headquarters to Terrastone construction limited when in fact it was S R Nicholas Ltd that came first in the initial open tendering system at MERA’s offices in Development House in city centre. It is on record that MERA’s Procurement Committee was formally agreed that SR Nicholas Ltd is the rightful preferred bidder. There contract award was supported by a letter of ‘No Objection’ from the Office of the Director of Public Procurement (ODPP). Continue reading Something Fishy in Kamoto’s Outcry Against ACB Probe
BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)—Patriotic Malawians have been left in the depth despair in as far as fighting corruption is concerned as the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director, who is supposed to lead by example, is currently embroiled in abuse of power. Continue reading Malawi Anti-corruption Bureau boss in contract scandal
