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Mumba Should Clear Himself On The Alledged Corrupt Dealings Alongside Chinese Companies

Alot has been said regarding corrupt undertakings by one Engineer Vitumbiko Mumba who is on a mission to enrich himself through dubious means.

For starters, reports according to our sources, Engineer Mumba is alleged to have influenced authorities in a scam where K5.2 billion was going to be syphoned out through Lilongwe Water Board and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation which was going to be shared among ‘greedy’ public officials.

The documents show that while the Roads Authority pegged the total cost of relocating the materials at a combined K507 million, affected government agencies are putting the cost at a combined cost of over K10 billion.

The schemers have since moved swiftly to award a separate contract for the removals when the same works were already catered for in the contract which the government awarded to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation at a bid price of K19 billion.

Even more revealing is the fact that the contract to relocate water pipelines has been awarded to the same contractor who was given the overall contract of constructing the six-lane road at a cost of K19 billion, that’s China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation.

This means that the Chinese company will be paid an extra K5.2 billion more on the K507 million which is contained in the main contract.

Lilongwe Water Board is seeking a No Objection from the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets (PPDA) to award the contract to the Chinese contractor at a price of K5.2 billion, when the normal price in RA contract with the firm was K507 million and was already factored in the construction project bid price of K19 billion.

An engineer at the Ministry of Transport has spelled out what this is all about.
“It is a scam, if you want to know. The difference is going into the pockets of Vitumbiko Mumba and his friends these are the people who decide who gets which construction contract and when. If you look at the bids from Lilongwe Water Board, this China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation was the fourth lowest bidder and yet Lilongwe Water Board ignored the lowest three and offered the contract to this Chinese firm, there is a lot of foul play here,” said the source.

Our scrutiny of the documents indeed revealed that the Chinese firm was the fourth lowest bidder after Victory Vision Construction which bid at K3,494,446.88, Projex Group which bid at K3,631,663, 726.70 and Malbro International Ltd which bid at K4, 862,395.23.

Allegations against Mumba are likely to come out true. Imagine Mumba has become an overnight millionaire, he has, in less than a year built many houses. He owns a numerous plots. He has too many luxurious cars, all procured in less than a year. Mumba is also busy splashing money to some traditional leaders and some MCP officials in the north to support his political ambitions. Mumba is said to be planning to contest on the position of MCP second vice president, a post currently held by Hon Harry Mlekanjala Mkandawire. He is also contemplating to contest as Member of Parliament for one of the constituencies in Mzimba. Surprisingly, Mumba isn’t an MCP member.

Malawians may wish to know what makes Mumba practice such corrupt activities without any fear. The truth is that he is riding on his family relationship he has with the citizen number one. He uses the name of the first citizen’s name to dubiously get contracts on behalf of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, in the process damaging the public image of the state president.

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