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The war on corruption intensifies as Chakwera asks his troops to work together

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The war on corruption intensifies as Chakwera asks his troops to work together

By Sylvester Chibwana

We are all witnesses of seasonal and time changes, but one thing which has remained unchanged is the resoluteness of President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera to root out corruption from the face of Malawi.

Chakwera’s decision to convene an interagency meeting is one of many examples of his determination in the fight against the vice.
On Wednesday, the Malawi leader invited the Secretary to the President and the Cabinet Colleen Zamba, the Attorney General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda, the Director of Public Prosecution Masauko Chamkakala and the Director General of the Anti-Corruption Ms. Martha Chizuma at Kamuzu Palace.

According to President Chakwera’s twitter page, the four leaders were summoned to remind them the need of collaborative efforts in the battle against corruption.
‘’I convened an interagency meeting yesterday and reminded them to collaborate in the fight against corruption. I urged Minister of Justice, SPC, AG, DPP, and DG of ACB to be guided by the sovereign administrative and legal statutes above anything else,’’ read the tweet.

As the saying goes that a stitch in time saves nine, President Chakwera’s decision to bring together heads of these agencies is a good thing which will salvage what is left of the fight against graft because there has been little progress in recent times in as far as the anti-graft fight is concerned as some of these agencies were at loggerheads.

According to media reports, there was bad blood between the former DPP Steve Kayuni and Ms. Chizuma and they could not see eye to eye, a development which almost choked the war on corruption. Now that Kayuni is out of the picture and the coming in of Chamkakala coupled with what seems to be the recommissioning of these people to go and fight corruption by President Chakwera, Malawians will see a more coordinated approach to the fight against corruption.

President Chakwera’s decision to convene an interagency is one of many of his relentlessness in fighting corruption.

Journalists famous for Jane Ansah ear rings comment, McFarlane Mbewe suddenly dies

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Journalists famous for Jane Ansah ear rings comment, McFarlane Mbewe suddenly dies

Death has been announced by journalist MacFarlane Mbewe. Shot to the limelight with his “I love your earrings’ comment made to former Malawi Electoral Commission Chairlady Jane Ansah.

Reports indicate that Mbewe died at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHES) while making a presentation. The real cause of the death is not yet known but others are suggesting that he suffered a cardiac arrest. He was working for Malawi Liverpool Welcome Trust.

Mbewe

Before that, he worked with a number of media houses including Capita Radio Malawi and Matindi Radio (now Times Radio). Mbewe became very popular during the 2019 tripartite elections when he he told the former Malawi Electoral Commission Chairperson Jane Ansah that she wore beautiful earrings during a press conference.

He will be remembered as one of the most brilliant business journalist and Master of Ceremonies

Malawi expecting trade boom following the enhancement of buy Malawi strategy

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Malawi expecting trade boom following the enhancement of buy Malawi strategy

By Wadza Botomani

Those people in manufacturing businesses such as furniture, alcoholic beverages, leather and food related materials should hope for a wider smile because the Buy Malawi strategy is no longer a just laughing matter.

For a long time Buy Malawi strategy has been used as a campaign tool by the previous regimes.

However the Malawi leader President Chakwera has spoken with vigour and energy that the behavior of buying everything outside the country leaving out our own manufacturing industry folding their companies is now water under the bridge.



“In March last year, I spoke about the need to support the local industry by encouraging the local buying of materials for Government officers such as police uniforms. Yet just last week, uniforms for police officers were captured at the airport, which means some in our midst do not take this policy seriously.

“But the policy remains in force. Unless you have a special waiver from my office, the procurement of uniforms by Government from outside the country is banned forthwith. I also order the Ministry of Trade and Industry to release a full list of products subject to a similar ban,” said Chakwera.

The Malawi Leader has since discouraged the behaviour of exporting more legumes without tracking its forex.

“Another Ministry that we will
leverage to transform our economy into a productive one is Trade and Industry. It is not acceptable that Malawi exports huge volumes of crops such as legumes to our neighbouring countries and beyond
with little to no forex coming back into our economy.

“To reverse this trend, I have appointed a new Minister of Trade and Industry to work jointly with other agencies in deploying a rapid strategy that tracks the exportation of produce, while my Administration continues to make progress in establishing a digital platform for marking and tracking all commodities
traded in our economy,” the President told Parliament.

Enock Phale defeats Namalomba in parley chairmanship election

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Enock Phale defeats Namalomba in parley chairmanship election

Watipaso Mzungu

Former Deputy Minister of Health Enock Phale has beaten Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) parliamentarian for Mangochi South East, Shadric Namalomba, in an election for the chairmanship for Transport and Public Infrastructure Committee of Parliament.

Phale secured 11 votes against Namalomba’s five. Namalomba, who serves as the spokesperson of the DPP President, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika, wrote on his Facebook about his defeat.

Namalomba

However, Namalomba attributed his loss to alleged voter manipulation by his contender.

“Today I stood for the election of Chairperson of Transport and Public Infrastructure Committee of Parliament. Unfortunately I lost 5 to 11 votes to a member from the government side. In a democracy such as ours where those with cash and power, easily find their way into public office, my loss with 5 votes is a big achievement and I thank all my fellow DPP members of Parliament as led by the Leader Opposition for the support they rendered to me. Ine ndilibe golide!!!” wrote said the defeated lawmaker.

Henry Mussa, Munthali sentencing today over computers theft

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Henry Mussa, Munthali sentencing today over computers theft

By Chisomo Phiri

The Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Lilongwe is today hearing oral submissions for Henry Mussa and Gideon Munthali, former Minister and Director of Information who we were convicted for stealing computers and a generator meant for the Ministry of Information worth K10.1 million.

Judge Patrick Chirwa sitting as Chief Resident Magistrate is the one hearing the submissions.

In its submission, the state argues that the two committed a serious offence despite the fact that they are first offenders.

It is alleged that on May 2, 2019, Munthali received 10 computers and three generators donated from MACRA.

He informed Ministry officials about this through a WhatsApp forum the same day.

Munthali took the items to the Ministry headquarters on May 3 where Deputy Director of Administration, Mr Nankhuni, advised him to keep the items due to concerns over security at the ministry.

Munthali then decided to keep the items in his vehicle.

According to Munthali, Mussa kept on asking about the items and the then minister was also pushing him to make sure that the items were not distributed.

He added that the former minister wanted him to deliver the items at his place.

Munthali said he delivered the nine computers and one generator to Mussa at his Area 11 house on June 19.

The other two generators were delivered to the ministry’s offices in Mzuzu and Lilongwe

He, however, argued that he did not conspire with Mussa to steal the donated items.

Meanwhile,the two were found guilty of conspiracy to commit a felony on October 25,2022.

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