Government has announced the plan to conduct payroll audit and headcount for all public servants starting from 9th December 2025.
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Joseph Mwanamaveka made the announcement on Friday when he presented Mid-Year Budget review document at parliament building in Lilongwe.
This comes as a control measure put in place to enhance fiscal discipline withing public service.
“All public servants will be required to present themselves physically for the headcount and submit all relevant documentation”, said Mwanamveka.
Mwanamveka told members of parliament that government’s wage bill has grown significantly resulting in taking up almost 40 percent of the country’s domestic revenue.
He added that, as part of our commitment to public debt
management and fiscal discipline, Government is
implementing reforms including strict expenditure control
measures such as minimizing travel, limiting procurement of
high-value assets, and managing the wage bill.
“In addition, to minimize the gap between revenue and expenditure
requirements, Government will fully adopt a cash budgeting 2425 approach that strictly aligns funding with available resources rather than projected cash flows”, added Mwanamveka.
On recruitment, the minister indicated that Office of the President and
Cabinet, has put a moratorium on new recruitments except for key sectors, which will be done on case-by-case basis.
According to the minister, this moratorium will be longer for MDAs which had massive recruitments.
