Kafukufuku wa ACB Wayambitsa Mkangano Waukulu Wandale
Olemba Mtolankhani Ofufuza
Kafukufuku wa Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) wayika chipani cholamulira cha Malawi Congress Party (MCP) m’vuto lalikulu, pambuyo poti ofufuza apeza kuti mabiliyoni a ndalama zomwe zinabedwa ku Greenbelt Authority (GBA) akuti anagwiritsidwa ntchito pothandiza makampeni andale.
Malinga ndi ACB, ndalama zokwana K36,782,078,832.91 zinaperekedwa mosaloledwa ndi GBA kwa makampani ena a paokha mu 2025 pansi pa projekiti ya Greenbelt Initiative. ACB ikunena kuti ndalamazi zinatulutsidwa popanda performance bond, pogwiritsa ntchito zikalata zabodza zosonyeza ntchito zomwe sizinali kuchitika, zomwe zikuphwanya malamulo a kasamalidwe ka ndalama za boma ndi procurement.
Chomwe chakwiyitsa anthu ambiri ndi kuti ACB yapeza kuti gawo la ndalamazi linachotsedwa m’mabanki ndikugwiritsidwa ntchito pa makampeni andale, ndipo kafukufuku akusonyeza kuti ndalamazo zinakhudzana ndi zochita zokhudzana ndi chipani cholamulira.
Ndalamazi zinali zoti zithandize kukonza ndi kumanga ma irrigation schemes anayi a Nthola Ilora ku Karonga, Lweya ku Nkhata-Bay, Mlambe ku Mangochi ndi Nchalo ku Chikwawa. Ma projekiti amenewa anali ndi cholinga chothandiza ulimi, chakudya, komanso chitukuko cha anthu akumidzi. Koma ACB ikunena kuti m’malo mwake, ndalamazi zinatembenukira kuthandiza zolinga zandale.
“Si kuba kokha; uku ndi kugwiritsa ntchito molakwika mabungwe a boma kuti athandize ndale,” atero gwero lina lomwe likudziwa kafukufukuyu.
ACB yagwira kale akuluakulu atatu a GBA ndi oyang’anira atatu a makampani a paokha. Komanso, malamulo ogwira anthu (arrest warrants) atatulutsidwa kwa ogwira ntchito ena atatu a GBA ndi makontrakitala awiri ena, omwe akuti akubisala.
Ngakhale MCP isanapereke yankho lolimba pa zomwe ACB inanena, akatswiri a kayendetsedwe ka boma akunena kuti mlanduwu ukuonetsa kulumikizana koopsa pakati pa ndalama za boma ndi ndale za zipani.
“Ngati ndalama za anthu, zomwe zinali zoti zithandize chitukuko cha dziko, zinagwiritsidwa ntchito pa makampeni, ndiye kuti uku ndi kuukira demokalase ndi chilungamo cha chuma,” atero katswiri wina wa za ulamuliro.
ACB yatsimikiza kuti onse omwe agwidwa adzapita kukhoti mkati mwa maola 48 monga lamulo la malamulo a dziko, ndipo kafukufuku ukupitilirabe. Anthu ambiri tsopano akufuna kuti kafukufukuyu ufikire mpaka kwa andale omwe anapindula ndi ndalamazi, osangoyima pa akuluakulu ndi makontrakitala okha.
Kwa Amalawi ambiri, mlanduwu wasanduka chizindikiro choyesa ngati nkhondo yolimbana ndi ziphuphu idzafika kwa amphamvu kapena idzayima pakhomo pawo.
Funso limene likuvuta m’maganizo mwa anthu ndi ili: Kodi K36.7 biliyoni yomwe inali yoti idyetse dziko, inagwiritsidwa ntchito kugula mphamvu zandale?
