By Burnett Munthali
Speaker of Parliament Sameer Suleman has told critics to stop pressuring Parliament over the Amaryllis Hotel inquiry, saying the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) knows its job and will not be directed from outside.
Speaking on Wednesday at the 2026/27 National Budget Implementation, Tracking and Oversight Forum at Bingu International Convention Centre, Suleman said he has heard cries from other sectors suggesting the inquiry may not produce a report, but he dismissed the concerns.
“Don’t come and tell us what to do.
Leave us to do our job. We know what to do. It is up to us to decide whether the inquiry has reached the stage.
Don’t come and tell us what to do.
Let us produce a report and follow up on those recommendations as well.
That’s how we are going to work,” he said.
Suleman added that he will not take any influence, whatever it is. “Nothing will change. The integrity of that committee is in your hands.
As a speaker, it is in the interest of government to have the truth, nothing else, but the truth about what we are inquiring.”
His remarks come amid scrutiny of PAC’s probe into the K128.7 billion purchase of Amaryllis Hotel in Blantyre by the Public Service Pension Trust Fund (PSPTF).
The deal has been controversial, with earlier valuations placing the property at around K47 billion in 2023.
PAC closed its investigation on March 30, 2026, but faced criticism after key figures like former secretary to the President and Cabinet Colleen Zamba and the seller, Yusuf Investments Limited, were not interviewed.
Zamba failed to appear, with her lawyers saying she was receiving medical treatment abroad.
The government has since described the resulting report as “incomplete” and “flawed”.
Suleman also said this is the first inquiry under Parliament’s new leadership and the environment is different from past probes where over 90 percent never produced a report.
“This cohort is totally different from what we’ve been having.
You can see the level of commitment from our chairs, the level of interest from our members of parliament,” he said.
He also disclosed that he has secured special funding for parliamentary inquiries and investigations following a meeting with the Minister of Finance last week.
