Shake up at Mchinji DHO, new faces expected
Mchinji District Health Office (DHO) is expected to have a new director following the removal of four senior officers, including director of health and social services Juliana Kanyengambeta.
The four have been transferred after wrangles ensued between them and junior officers last month. Some concerned citizens also joined the junior officers and gave authorities a 14-day ultimatum to transfer the four senior officers.
The four senior officers were accused of practising nepotism and unprofessional conduct when discharging their duties.
during one of the meetings with the media
Letters that Malawi News Agency has seen signed by Local Government Service Commission executive secretary Berlings Kumpata show government has transferred Kanyengambeta to Reproductive Health Unit to work as deputy director while her colleague, principal nursing and midwifery officer Neema Uzeni Phiri will go Kamuzu Central Hospital to assume a similar post.
The junior officers also asked for the removal of principal adminstrative officer Diveliers Mwale and and human resources officer Dennis Munkhondia.
The letters reveal that Mwale has been transferred to Salima District Council while Munkhondia has been sent to Mzimba District Council.
The documents only show that Mwale has been replaced by Chopi Malidadi and the details of those who have replaced the other three are yet to be known.
In an earlier interview, Mchinji Concerned Citizens chairperson Yotam Chikhasu said the delay in transferring the officers was affecting service delivery at the district hospital.
“We are demanding the removal of the senior officers because they have not conducted themselves in an ethical and professional manner when discharging their duties as frontline managers,” he said.
Besides demanding the removal of the four senior officers, the concerned citizens also demanded the dissolution of the district’s health management committee
