LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)– Malawi State House must be in a shame now with Crossroads Hotel revelation that it got MK12.5 million cheques from the presidential palace.
State House Chief of Staff Prince Kapondangaga on Monday, October 19, 2020 told The Nation Newspaper that the hotel had business with Malawi State House.
Sacranie reversed it earlier statement of not dealing with the palace following exposure of alleged rub of plunder at Malawi Statehouse of MK65 million spent on bogus accommodation at Crossroads roads hotel.
But after checking hotel’s records, Sacranie discovered that there was a cheque worth MK12.5 million paid directly from State House account.
However, State House spokesperson Brian Banda on Monday lied to the nation that the allegation was fake.
“Crossroads Hotel as owner of the invoices in question has issued a press statement stating the story in question is fake. As such, State House has no further comment to make on this matter because dignifying fake news with a response does not serve the interest of Malawian people”, ignorantly Banda charges.
Meanwhile, the country’s graft bursting body Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has shown interested to probe the matter further.
This follows demands from rights grouping Centre for Mindset Change (CMC) and Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) that the bureau should thoroughly investigate on the alleged rub of plunder at Malawi Statehouse of MK65 million spent on bogus accommodation at Crossroads roads hotel in the capital Lilongwe.