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Chakwera’s Tonse Govt up with operation Sesani Mbava

 

By Dorica Mtenje

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-In a bid to tighten the country’s security, President Lazarus Chakwera’s Tonse Alliance government is up with operation Sesani Mbava targeting thieves and asylum seekers that are selling untheorized commodities on the local markets including maize .

Homeland and Security Minister Zikhale Ng’oma told The Maravi Post on Sunday in an interview that any Malawian harboring foreigners in their homes will be smoked out.

He observes that business persons  are using Mchinji and Mwanza boarders in trading maize to foreign countries.

Ng’oma said ministry will block all the boarder posts over illegal foreigners invasion on maize trading.

He said since the removal of asylum seekers was already instituted he will use the same platform to remove them from local communities.

The minister therefore warned against business persons against of trading maize outside the country saying law enforcers officers will go after them.

Homeland Minister Zikhale Ng’oma lauded for installing confidence in police services

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-President Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday, February 28, 2022 lauded newly appointed Homeland and Security Minister Zikhale Ng’oma for instilling confidence in Malawi Police Service while strengthening the country’s security.

Chakwera told Parliament during question and answer session that Zikhale’s commitment to men in uniform has changed officers’ mindset towards better reformation.

He said the current operation that happened in Blantyre is one of the examples that the leadership of the force.

Concurring with the Malawi leader, Ng’oma said he knows the people who are using guns to scare the citizenry in the forthcoming general elections in 2025.

The Minister hinted that he knows the gangsters who are creating problems in the country and promised to smoke them out as he is a new sheriff.

He said having a background of his involvement in different political parties he knows how the gangsters operate.

Soon after his appointment as a Minister Homeland Ng’oma called upon traffic officers to stop confiscating driving license from drivers.