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Chakwera getting ready to fire Chizuma?: careful what you wish for

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Lazarus and ACB Director Chizuma
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera the day he appointed Chizuma to ACB –

In Chizuma President Lazarus Chakwera was looking for a lap dog, to persecute his foes and give a free pass to his friends. Alas that is not what he is getting.

careful what you wish for”,  It means that what you wish for may not actually be what you really wanted. Sometimes you get what you wished for, and it ends up being a nightmare.

In this case the joke is on Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera as Madam Chizuma is proving to be no one’s lap dog.

Inside sources say The President is furious and is looking for legal ways to fire Martha. In his way however there the Malawi Constitution,  According to Section 6 (2) of the Corrupt Practices Act, the President can only remove the ACB director with the confirmation of the Public Appointments Committee for inability to perform his functions.

Sources say the same way they were able to force Martha’s appointment, the President and his friends are plotting to brow beat Committee’s MPs, so that if the President were to fire Ms Martha Chizuma the Committee should confirm the decision without much ado.

Apparently whispers on social media claim they have brought Bon Kalindo on board, to mobilize people to force Martha out of office.

Ufulu

Ufulu means ‘Freedom’ or unschackled – Ufulu is a reporter at the Maravi Post since Inception. He has a Degree in Computer Science and has reported on Technical and development issues.