About K35 million is reported missing at Chikwawa district council, Malawi government officials say.
The development that has made Councillors in the district to request for immediate transfer of the Director of Finance Frank Saidi.
In a September 15 letter, signed by all the 12 Councillors, addressed to the local government services and copied to the District Commissioner and the Executive Director of the Malawi Local Government Association (MELGA), Saidi is suspected of being the mastermind behind the financial mess at the council.
“He [Saidi] relocates and spends the approved budgets contrary to the provision of the local government act on financial management. For example, the K16 million for CDF was relocated to unknown allocation without the approval of the council and the use of the money was reported to the council through the finance committee,” reads the letter in part.
The letter further states that about K19 milion was relocated to the use of Other Recurrent Transaction (ORT) budget which was not done, despite having the secretariat to fulfill requirement on financial issues and above all procurement is done on huge sums without approval of finance committee as recommended.
It is also alleged that the council has stayed more than five months without having full council meetings which are the constitutional structure of the council which monitors the service delivery of the secretariat and all devolved sectors in the interest of local people.
“With all these allegations, we the councillors, think that all these problems are originating from the finance management and we have therefore demanded for an immediate transfer of the Director of Finance as a starting point which was due on September 20, 2015, failing which, appropriate action will be taken,” further reads the letter.
Meanwhile, council officials have sent Saidi on a forced leave to pave way for investigations.
Lamulo likucepa mpopuni strong low
Cashget stil continues Malawi sazatheka
amapangana ndi a ndale asamatipusise iya
Malawi walero
Akunama amatero kenako agawane maziku a katha
Mukuwona?? Anthu oyipa. They couldn’t care less about the street children. People living in bad conditions. People in darkness. All those hungry children. Just taking money and putting it in there pocket. Greedy people.
Amenewo sanabe akangosunga, anakakhala kuti aba bwenzi atamangidwa
admin you doing gret,,like it..
Ndizofuna za boma kuti anthu amenewa aziba,anthuwa ali ndi azibale awo kumtundako.Ndiye akamaba amadziwa kuti wina owateteza alipo.The same issue happened to Nkhotakota District Council,& pple have been reported the matter to the Ministry of Local Government,up to date nothing has done.Lets wait &see
admn get busy on these issues and not on bushiri..
Aaaah ku malawi kulibeso chabwino mbava zachuluka zogwila ntchito mu boma kayaaa
wa “CASHGATE” nanga 35 kachanitso.
Palibe vuto apa.ogwira ntchito boma samagidwa.kukanakhala kuti amamagidwa amuna inu abale.kukanati kuzitero bwenzi UYU
transfering of the culpits ,is it a solution malawians can intertain?
uchitsilu,, inu ndrama mumayanika ngati bhonya,,,nde mwakhaulad2
Okubawo kutereku samangidwa koma opezeka ndi foreign currency nde kumunyoka pakhosi.Hee ! The rule of law pa Malawi.
zisowe ndithu coz njala yawonjeza kwambili,,,munyanya kuika mopusa
Wina wake ndalama zimenezo mwana wake ali ku Saint Andrews /saint patricks pamene wina ali pansi pa mtengo very unfair tiyeni tikonde dziko lathu
kkkkkkk oky
Dc Gate, Apa Ndy Amangiwe Bac
Kma a malawife tizasiya kuba? Lets luv our country, with dis act malawi will neva eva develop for sure
Councilgate
Transfer or firing?
kkkkkkk council gate kkkk
Mulungudya nokha ndalamaz????
Ok. Apa Zikuoneseratu Kuti Wina Waoloka Yelodano
#Thank_You
who could be the suspects?
Mwati bwanji?
AMIsala ndi ambiri k k k Bright H. Kampeza Henry Kampeza William Kampeza
kma kusagwidwa,,,,,kikkkkkkk