BLANTYRE-(Maravipost)—President Peter Mutharika has a daunting task of defending his administration in the face of corruption scandals which are coming wave after wave, the latest being a claim by controversial Member of Parliament for Mzimba West Harry Mkandawire that the government has sold Lake Malawi to Mota Engil.
Mkandawire who brought the issue in parliament while members were debating land bill, said he had evidence to show that the government of Malawi had given a 40 year concession to run the affairs of Lake Malawi.
But Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) diehards, including Leader of the House George Chaponda, Chief whip Henry Mussa and Information minister Patricia Kaliati did their usual job, refuting the allegations as unfounded and baseless.
A report which Mkandawire presented to the House recently showed that former president Bingu wa Mutharika had a cut of 10 per cent as commission on the company’s lucrative government contracts, a claim denied by the government of Peter Mutharika, brother to the late president.
However, Mkandawire, said he had all the documentation and evidence to prove his point to which Speaker Richard Msowoya asked him to bring all the evidence on Tuesday.
While debating on the land bill, the legislators said it was sad that most of productive land is in the hands of Asians and Burundians among others who corruptly acquire it from corrupt officials from the Lands ministry.