Community members in Ntchisi baying for DC’s blood

Written by Richard Kayeda

Community members in Ntchisi are today holding demonstrations in a bid to demand an instant transfer of the District Commissioner for Ntchisi, Peter Jimusole, and other senior officials; whom they allege of indulging in double dealings.

According to a petition the members have issued to the Council, the DC and the other senior officials have been given an ultimatum of a week to vacate their office since their performance does not satisfy the community members as the DC allegedly offers contracts to those who are corruptly connected to him.

Meanwhile, Ministry of Local Government has advised the DC to temporarily hand over his office to a Dr Zondwayo Ng’oma, one of the officials at the Council, so he can go for a 14 day annual leave as the matter is being resolved.

At the time this story was being published, Mr Jimusole or the Council’s Public Relations Officer were not readily available for a comment.

In 2018, the community members also took to the street against Mr Jimusole when he was the Director of Development and Planning at the Council as they suspected him of being involved in corrupt dealings at the expense of the district’s development projects.

Maneno Chimulala

I am a journalist, educator, and activist with passion for telling stories about social justice, sports and political issues. I graduated from Mzuzu University. I started my career at the Maravi Post online publication in 2012 as an intern while in college. Upon graduating from Mzuzu University I was offered a job as Sports Reporter because of my background as a goalkeeper and rose to the position of sub editor. I also had a short stint with Nyasatimes, Malawi Punch and Malawi Digest. Over the past seven years, I have worked intimately with rural organizations and communities in Malawi on human rights, girl child education and grassroots development projects. With an academic background in education, I also volunteer as male champion for girls’ education under Girls Empowerment Networks (GENET) in Malawi’s South West Education Division (SWED).