600 bags of Malawi fertiliser susbsidy programme stolen
Six hundred bags of fertiliser from this year’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) have been stolen at Mua Admarc Depot in Zomba, police have confirmed.
Zomba Police spokesperson Patricia Sipiliano said the bags were discovered missing on November 24, two days after they were delivered at the depot.
Sipiliano said police are suspecting the depot’s clerk Sigele Katawa, 34, who is currently at large.
The whereabouts of the guard on duty on the day of the incident are also not known, according to Sipiliano.
She explained that on the night of November 22, 2013, the suspect, who comes from Mussa Village, Senior Chief Chikowi in the district, received 600 bags of Fisp fertiliser valued at K9 519 000.
“But on November 24, the district senior audit assistant Mr William Matonga visited the Admarc depot, but upon arrival, Katawa was reportedly absent since November 22. The guard at the place also escaped for unexplained reasons.
“It was discovered, after carrying an audit exercise, that 600 bags of fertiliser were not accounted for and that the cash chest had no money or coupons to support the assumption that the commodity had been sold to beneficiaries,” she said.
Its unfortunate to loose items which are prioritised to local poor Malawians. Its a disgrace to Malawi as a nation when a chain of theft activities are being carried out everywhere. In the course of waiting to know the outcome of cash looted at Capital Hill , another one on Fertiliser Subsidy resurfaces. What is the problem with our beloved country? I cry for my country as we are blind folded. We dont know the direction we are being taken to. I believe the security men wont just watch such things happenin
What is our problem we Malawians are we still in the land Gods Fearing or not