Following the publication of CoST Malawi’s second assurance report (completed with support from the African Development Bank) highlighting extensive time and cost overruns on various public projects, a number of public contracts including Thyolo-Thekerani-Muona-Bangula Road and Zomba-Jalie-Phalombe-Chitakale Road were cancelled. A new selection process is now underway to complete the work and CoST Malawi was
CoST Malawi recently held a live radio debate on, ‘Can transparency add value to the development of public infrastructure projects in Malawi?’ The debate came at a time when CoST Malawi had recently released an Assurance Report which uncovered massive cost and time overruns on several public infrastructure projects. The debate was held on Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS)
CoST Malawi has unveiled the country’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima as its new Champion. This follows an appointment made by the country’s President Prof. Peter Mutharika. In his acceptance speech at a recent event in Lilongwe, Malawi, Chilima urged Malawians to hold hands in ensuring strict accountability over public resources so that common citizens receive full
Three journalists scooped the CoST Malawi 2014 Media Awards for reporting important issues on public infrastructure projects. The journalists included Gabriel Kamlomo formerly from Blantyre News Papers Ltd who wrote a story titled 'MK10 billion goes down the drain'; Martin Chiwanda from Malawi News Agency (Mana) with a story titled '4 million classroom blocks face
CoST Malawi has identified a 262% or over 3bn Malawi Kwacha (USD 7.4m) cost increase on the rehabilitation of the Nkhotakota - Msulira Road. The Ministry of Transport and Public Works has since cancelled the contract on the 33km road due to poor performance. The assurance report showed that recent investments in public infrastructure have been subject
The Office of the Director of Procurement in the Government of Malawi has included the CoST disclosure requirements as part of a package of amendments to the Public Procurement Act. The amendments are currently being considered by the Minister of Justice and are likely to be put before Parliament in September. The announcement was made