….. Malawi lost MK4bn from 2021 to 2024 through illegal smugglers
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi is reportedly to have lost MK4 billion between 2021 and 2022 due smuggling of goods and services.
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) Executive Director of Corporate Services, Douglos Kamchomoza on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, told the Parliamentary Committee on Defence that security agency officers from the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) and Malawi Police Service (MPS) when are caught in smuggling acts they end up being covered from their superiors.
“Security officers are using personal cars to smuggle goods like alcohol and the country minerals to the neighboring countries like Zambia, which have made the country lose billions to the Smuggling Act,” said Kamchomoza.
The committee’s chairperson Salim Bagus therefore gave security agencies three months to come up with a solution to protect the country’s resources.
Bagus chided MDF and Police officers for aiding in smuggling goods.
In his remarks, MDF Commander Paul Valentino Phiri has called upon all government agencies including judiciary to join hands to combat the malpractice.