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Malawi

Don’t arrest Mtumodzi! Malawi President Chakwera cautions Malawi Police

Maravi Post Reporter
President Chakwera (L) with director of information Mtumodzi

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)—Information reaching Maravi Post indicates that President Lazarus Chakwera is shielding a good number of Malawi Congress Party “hand clappers” from eminent arrests for their role in the mismanagement of K6.2 billion which was earmarked for Covid-19 fight.

Chakwera is allegedly to have cautioned Malawi Police against arresting Director of Information Chikumbutso Mtumbodzi.

Mtumodzi, according to State House sources, is a staunch supporter of MCP and a very close friend to the President and is likely to assume a senior role at State House anytime soon.

Mtumodzi was supposed to be arrested together with other officials from the Ministry of Information, Mzati Nkolokosa and Deogratias Mmana, who mismanaged Covid-19 funds about two weeks ago but was left scot free due to his connection to the President.

Mtumodzi is named in the forensic audit report to have drawn fuel amounting to K600,000 on 3rd December 2020 from Petroda Malawi Limited through invoice number 199393 which was not accounted for and was also not recorded in both fuel and vehicle register books of the information ministry as per procedure.

Interestingly, Chakwera promised Malawians unselective justice but victims have always been those perceived to be supporters of the former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

Recently, the general public was pushing for investigation into MCP General Secretary Eisenhower Mkaka’s wealth which many a Malawian believes it has been acquired through corruption.

However, the President has always feigned ignorance of the nasty deals happening in his administration perpetrated by cabinet ministers.

Malawi

Malawi’s gender activist Seodi White fired from public reform directorate

Maneno Chimulala
sEODI wHITE
Seodi Venekai-Rudo White fired

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)—Renowned and maverick gender activist Seodi White has been fired from her position as Chief Director for Public Reforms at the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC).

According to Government spokesperson Gospel Kazako White, who rose the said position during the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regime, did not pass through the normal procedure of recruitment in the civil service.

Kazako added that it is not only White who has been sent packing but also Director of Information in the Ministry of Information Nzati Nkolokosa and his deputy Deogratias Mmana.

In an apparent responding to those who might think it is witch hunting, Kazako said the dismissals are not personal but the current administration wants to re-align public service for the development of the country.

The Minister says more dismissals will come, to affect people who used shortcuts getting their employment in government departments.

Seodi White, who is also a trained lawyer, was a fierce critic of the Joyce Banda administration and has been a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) loyalist since the time of Bingu wa Mutharika.

Seodi also mobilized women across the country this year to protest against Human Rights Defenders Coalition who were leading Anti-Jane Ansah demonstrations in collaboration with the Malawi Congress Party and UTM supporters.

HRDC wanted Ansah to resign for mismanaging the 2019 Presidential Election which was eventually nullified by the Constitutional Court.

The ConCourt judgment was also upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeal.