Madalitso kateta, AfricaNews in Lilongwe, Malawi
The Malawi government has recalled five officials from the National Roads Authority of that country from an official trip to China following the recent presidential directive that minimizes official travels outside Malawi by government officials to six per every year.
Sources told AfricaNews that the minister of transport and public infrastructure development Khumbo Kachali ordered the immediate return of the five for failing to follow proper travel procedures.
According to the sources, the five travelled outside the country without the minister’s approval contrary to the Malawi government travel procedure.
Principal Secretary for the ministry McPherson Magwila could not give more details on the development, but he was quick to explain that the cancellation was done before they departed from Malawi.
Malawi government officials have recently been reported to be making bogus international travels as one way of accumulating wealth through international travel allowances.
Recently Malawian president Bingu Wa Mutharika gave a directive that all government officials should not travel more than six times outside the country in a year. The president recently also cancelled some of his international trips as part of this gesture.
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