The Public Service Management Division has suspended 10 accounts officers from Ministry of Transport and Communication following an audit report that unearthed mismanagement of about K13.14 million under Government Communication Flight Department.
The Government Communication Flight is a department under Ministry of Transport and Communication that government sources say receives millions of public funds.
The department, according to a senior government source, is supposed to run a flight for the government including for the Presidency but that such flight does not exist.
The source named those placed on suspension as Bruce Kabeli an accounts assistant, Nkeya Masando, assistant accountant; Victor Siuluta, assistant accountant; Miriam Kulwelwa, assistant accountant; Frank Sakala, assistant accountant; Douglas Hakayobe, internal auditor; Sylvester Shimbeza, inspector; Isaac Kumwenda, the accountant; Justine Chanda assistant accountant; and Gilbert Nkhoma, a revenue officer.
“These were suspended two weeks ago. They want to keep this secret but what annoyed people in the ministry is that money has continued to leave the department,” the source said on condition of anonymity. The source…
