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Malawi President Chakwera’s son Nick sues social commentator Joshua Mbele over ‘defamatory’ Facebook post

Maravi Post Reporter

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera’s son, Nick has dragged social and political commentator Joshua Chisa Mbele to court over a Facebook post which insinuated that the latter was involved in the embezzlement of K6.2 billion Covid-19 funds.

According to law suit in our possession , Mbele, who is also a social and political commentator, on April 17, 2021 posted on his Facebook page that Pest Chem 1B Martin Mainja is the business partner of Chakwera.

Mainja was eventually arrested along with Martin Mainja, Rashid Mtelera and Dominic Chimaliro on suspicion that they conspired to defraud government of MK97 million through a contract awarded to Mainja’s company to fumigate Capital Hill and Kamuzu Palace.

Meanwhile, Chief Resident Magistrate Patrick Chirwa has denied Mainja and his co-accused persons bail.

Malawi President Chakwera’s friend Martin Mainja caged in MK6.2bn Covid-19 funds abuse; Plundered MK97m

“He has so far been irregularly awarded Business Opportunities by Office of President and Cabinet, Parliament, Ministry of Health, Malawi Prisons. New revelations; Martin Mainja is the business partner of the son of the President, Nick Chakwera. Problem; they were not being fairly paid for the done but clearly stealing. Fellow countrymen, we are at this juncture in our democracy. Newly elected government. Nine months into office.

“Tell me why Malawians cannot declare this government an enemy of people and remove it from office,” reads part of the post.

However, through his lawyers Ben and Winston Attorneys, Nick Chakwera claims that “The remarks will surely tend to lower him of the right-thinking members of the society generally, and it will cause him to be regarded with feelings of hatred, contempt, fear, ridicule and disesteem.

“Yet he holds the responsible position being a well known pastor at one of the major Churches in the country, Assemblies of God”.

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Health

Malawi President Chakwera’s friend Martin Mainja caged in MK6.2bn Covid-19 funds abuse; Plundered MK97m

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LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Exposed! Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has been trapped in MK6.2 billion Covid-19 funds.

Shamelessly Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) handpicked a company owned by the President Chakwera’s buddy to fumigate Kamuzu Palace and Capital Hill at a cost of MK97 million.

The offer happened yet Lilongwe District Health Office would have done the same work for about MK6 million.

Whistleblower, Joshua Chisa Mbele alleges that the company Pest Chem B1 is owned by Martin Mainja who is Chakwera’s buddy and whom the president appointed as Board Member of ADL.

According to the National Audit Office (NAO) investigative report on the MK6.2 billion Covid-19 funds, Pest Chem 1B was handpicked to fumigate 26 buildings at Capital Hill, Kamuzu Palace and City Centre in July last year.

This was done even though there was no need to contract a private company considering that Lilongwe District Health Office already has capacity to fumigate the offices.

Environmental Officer at the DHO Penjani Chunda told auditors that his offices would have done the work at a lower cost.

“He informed the audit team that a one visit disinfection which Pest Chem 1B charged 26,620,250 would have costed not more than MK1.5 million.

“It is also worth noting that the materials for disinfection by Pest Chem 1B were provided by Government, a situation that did not justify the use of the private disinfector at that high cost,” reads part of the report.

It was also noted during the audit that Capital Hill was soliciting quotations from the same suppliers for fumigation exercise, Pest Chem 1B, Primon Enterprises and tlm Fumigation Services.

However, Pest Chem won every time the service was procured. In addition, Primon Enterprises denied sending any quotation to the Office of the President.

The audit report was commissioned by Chakwera earlier this year after reports of massive plunder of public funds meant for Covid-19.

It shows that MK80 million was lost through irregular payment of allowances, MK83 million was stolen after being withdrawn from accounts, MK24 million which was unbudgeted for was wastefully and dubiously spent while MK423 million was spent on procurement of items even though necessary procurement procedures were not followed.

This publication will exposed all names entangled in the Covid-19 funds abuses.