The Parliamentary Committee on Public Appointments-PAC will meet on Saturday and Sunday to confirm the newly appointed board members of Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority- Mera.
Yesterday, President Lazarus Chakwera reconstituted the board following the resignation of the previous board.
The previous board of directors resigned on February 27 2022, ahead of a scheduled hearing by PAC -following a request from Secretary to the President and Cabinet Zangazanga Chikhosi for their firing due to alleged poor handling of the recruitment of Henry Kachaje- as Mera’s chief executive officer.
Chakwera has appointed Reckford Kampanje and Innocencia Chirombo as Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the newly reconstituted board respectively.
The president has also appointed Charles Kambauwa, Lameck Mchembe and Ulemu Kambwiri as members.
Speaking to MIJ Online, Joyce Chitsulo, Chairperson of PAC said the committee has received official communication from the OPC -on the reconstitution of the board.
With this – Chitsulo said the committee will meet on Saturday and Sunday to confirm the appointees since it’s a matter of emergence and the outcome will be communicated to the OPC on Monday.
Meanwhile, Ombudsman Grace Malera has disclosed that her office will continue challenging a court order which stopped the release of findings of a probe into the recruitment of Henry Kachaje as Mera Chief Executive Officer
The remarks come as the high court gave permission to the office of the ombudsman- to file an appeal at Supreme Court against the court order.
It also comes after OPC faulted the poor handling of the recruitment of Kachaje.
Speaking to MIJ Online, Malera -said the office of the ombudsman will continue pursuing the case in court because nothing has changed.