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 →