District council officials have abused funds which were meant for development projects in the southern region district of Phalombe, a report has revealed.
According to the report which Malawi24 has in possession, this abuse has led to substandard infrastructures and has seen government losing millions of kwacha due to incomplete projects.
Phalombe Youth Arms Organisation (PYAO) in collaboration with Phalombe Civil Society Organisations (CSO) network have issued the report after the end of a Budget Tracking exercise which inspected 12 development projects in two Traditional Authorities; Mkhumba and Kaduya.
The CSOs have found that the substandard infrastructures are being reconstructed due to low capacity of contractors and negligence of officers from council who most times hesitate to supervise the different projects.
It has also been learnt that lack of transparency and accountability have made people to suspect that something fishy is being done and the CSOs have given an example of Muthumpwa/ Mpaniha bridge which is currently being reconstructed through funds from District Development Fund (DDF).
“ADC prioritized the project after it collapsed. It was maintained first in 2014/2015 by Nalikope through DDF. When rains came it collapsed.
“Currently DDF is also funding it. The contractor will use his own resources and the council will pay him later. The community is not aware of the actual project cost,” reads part of the report.
Programs Coordinator for PYAO Vincent Thom said in an interview that there is poor coordination between Councillors and either Area Development Committees (ADCs) and Village Development Committees (VDCs) who are mostly sidelined from participating in implementing these projects.
“We have learnt that though VDCs and ADCs have to fully take part in any development project, that is not the case here and that most communities do not know that there are different types of developments and their costs,” said Thom.
Meantime, the PYAO through the CSOs network have recommended that there should be improvement in selection of contractors and an intensive monitoring and supervision which should be including the VDCs/ADCs.
The organisation has also said that communities should be sensitized and empowered with correct information on Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and DDF projects.
PYAO was implementing this Budget Tracking exercise through Liwu Lathu project with a one year funding from Tilitonse Fund.
Malawi amene ndi kumuziwa
Dzikoli pakufunika kungolipinyolisa kwa athu obwera mwina tingamve ndikuona zina
selfishness!!
Kuba Kuli Poseponse Kuno Ku Malawi Aliyense Akhala Mu Office Angopanga Ma Plan Akuba Ndalama Za Boma Posokoneza System Ya Computer !!!!!!!!
Bad development,let them face the law.
Koma ma DC mukutionjeza bwanji….daily tizimva nkhani zamuma Council?….MoLG mukutani?
zachamba ife2 kuno nde ndiokhwima tiwaloza mbambadi
Ine anathawila kuno timaziwa
Komatu cashgate ikungo vuvuta apasi okha okho koma wakuba ma billion sangaonekele ku court.
It was chirazulo then phalombe then………
MBC muli kuti paja mumakhala pa 1 za Mai Bamda tanenaniso apa kuti ana a bwampini asolola shutup.
Dpp
Ineyo ndi ineyo munene Kodi mwayamba kugawana katundu ndi ndalama za boma? munene ala!!! Dairy basi nkhani ikhale Cashgate mphwake Stirick ngati mwatopa kulibwino kusiya ndisaveso abimbiri Demeti!!
Dziko la Malawi tsopano…Lord have Mercy on us
Ndiye titani ife? Mbudzi idyela pomwe aimangilila tiyeni nadzo.
pofunika kungowaponya panyanja
KO’d uzatha lit mchitdwe umeneu mbuz za anthu inu
Please go to Balaka also..
we don’t luv our nation
Tiyeni Nazo! Zitafunidwe basi
papsa tong’ola sudziwa mtima wabwampini.
Cashgate = development in Malawi
Vuto lake olo zaululika azingowayang’ana mpaka azafa. a police ake amenewa ayamba ati kufufuza zithuzoonekelatu ngati izi!
And later on their MPs want mo funds for these councils and constituencies
Same old story,same music,for DPP led government corruption no seem to have an end. DPP woyeee!
Is JB DC of Phalombe?Ku NE,DEM anadya ma LG a 2015/16 for teachers.DPP Woyeeee!
Ma Dc Amenewa Angophedwa Basitu . Asamawasaukisebe Azigogo Anga Ndikubakwawoko Zisiluzo. Ndkanakhala Pafupi Ndikanawa Genda Ndi Mwala Wochokela Ku Mpata Ndithu.
Kkkkkkkkkk
we just need to implement death sentence to these evil spirit pple otherwise they are pulling our nation down
Ku southern region ndiye kwao kwa cash gate.
Kukhala m’malawi mkulimba mtima m’malawi sazatheka
ndiye Malawi imenei, tikamawelenga za ku TZ ndiye munva kuti ali pa program ya $3.3bilion yomwe ibweletse mwai wa ntchito wosachepela 10 thousand, koma Malawi the best we do is cashgate, kugawana Chuma chadziko, at the end of the day, we are poorest in the world
cash gate under dpp
Machinga , phalombe , chilazulu , nsanje .ma boma amenewa ma DC amatengela chance chokuba ndalama za chitukuko ,that’s y madela amenewa ndiotsalila mpaka lelo
Nde Kumalawi Kumeneko
Every year in Malawi were are you going
Kokela kwako vuto kwaife akumudzi osauka.
my malawi!!!!!! what’s going on? ????please
my malawi!!!!!! what’s going on? ????please
kkkk koma malawi sadzatheka ,,,
Zaulendo uno
Alemera bwa…akapanda kuba?
Zili Ku mwere kkkk, chiladzuru and now this