Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) has ordered a controlling officer at Mangochi Municipal Council, Veronica Malembo, to recover K2000 that was erroneously paid to Kabaza operator as lunch allowance during one of their Covid-19 sensitization activity.

Pac Chairperson Shadreck Namalomba has confirmed the development while saying the K2, 000 (Two Thousand Kwacha) is public money and must be returned to the government account.

The municipal officials appeared before the committee to respond to several audit queries of the K6.2 billion Covid-19 funds.