Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:22:10 +0000 By KELVIN SIABANA THE Green Party has commended Malawian President Peter Mutharika for appointing a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the procurement of 100, 000 metric tons of maize from Zambiaat a cost of US$34.5million. Meanwhile, Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) has disclosed that the maize agency made its decision to purchase maize from Zambia without the consent of the board, its chairperson James Masumbu has said. Green Party president Peter Sinkamba said the director general of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Malawi, Lucas Kondowe had disclosed that the bureau would work with the Anti-Corruption Commission of Zambia (ACC) to analyse documents related to the deal to establish, if there was any, wrongdoing. “However, since President Edgar Lungu has committed himself to strongly fight corruption and considering that he recently expressed displeasure with the work of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), we urge him to consider setting up […]
