An audit report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed that almost K5.9 billion has gone unaccounted for in the June 2018 fiscal year.

The audit report was presented to Parliament, exposed how the funds may have been abused, like payment vouchers that were not submitted for audit. Failure to provide other receipts and documents for audit inspection was also noted by the audit.

The accumulated missing 5.9bn has been misused by these councils; Blantyre, Mzuzu, Lilongwe and Zomba, along with municipal councils Luchenza and Kasungu and 28 district councils, not to mention Mangochi town council.