ACB Suspends Recruitment Of Enumerator In All Districts
The graft-busting body, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has suspended the recruitment of enumerators in all the districts in Malawi over suspected Corrupt Practices.
The development comes barely 8 days after the Anti-Corruption Bureau halted the recruitment in three Districts, Ntchisi, Dowa and Chiradzulu.
In a restriction order addressed to the Principal Secretary in the ministry of Economic, Planning and Development, Principal Secretary in the ministry of local government, unity and culture, also copied to all the district commissioners, ACB boss Martha Chizuma said the Bureau has instituted an investigation in respect of a suspected offence Under the Corrupt Practices Act.
“Take note that you shall not without any written consent proceed with the recruitment and/of enumerators for the 2023 Unified Beneficiary Registry (UBR) in your District,” reads the restriction order by ACB.
The order has added that failure to comply with the suspension, it will be amount to an offense Under Section 49A of the Corruption Act.
