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Mzuzu Youth Caucus drumming for expulsion of Salima Sugar Chief Wester Kosamu

Maravi Post Author

By Iommie Chiwalo

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Pressure is continuing to mount on the calls to have Salima Sugar Company Limited (SSCL) Acting Executive Chairperson Wester Kosamu to be removed from his position.

Joining the calls is the Mzuzu City Youth Caucus is urging the Attorney General’s office to expedite the prosecuting of the culprits who swindled public money.

“We also ask the appointing authority for the immediate removal of Mr Wester Kosamu as a Chairperson of Salima Sugar company for he is compromised to continue exercising his duties,” reads the statement signed by Gomezgani Nkhoma.

He noted with concern that recently MYC wrote Salima Sugar Company demanding information in line with the Access to Information Act but the efforts yielded no results.

“We believe the act was deliberate to frustrate our efforts of holding officers at the company accountable. The Mzuzu Youth Caucus therefore demands the immediate removal of Mr Kosamu to save the face of a company and the reputation of our beloved country,” he said.

He says the action is necessary now because it is still fresh in the minds of Malawians that the Malawi Law Society Disciplinary Committee had recently suspended Kosamu from practising Law for six months for allegedly misappropriating a client’s money.

“This major development is enough for Kosamu to be removed from office and it has left tongues wagging as to why he’s still manning the institution at a time when his judgment is questionable,” he said.

The grouping has since commended the office of the Attorney General for making public findings of the audit his office ordered to be carried out at Salima Sugar.

Salima Sugar is currently entangled in a web of misfortune due to poor management at the helm of it largely due to personal aggrandizement.

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Mzuzu youth caucus demands Chakwera’s job creation claims evidence

Maravi Post Reporter

By Vincent Gunde

MZUZU-(MaraviPost)-The Mzuzu City Youth Caucus has requested for an explanation from President Lazarus Chakwera on the purportedly 997,243 jobs created by the Tonse Alliance government within two years fulfilling the campaign promise of 1 million jobs.

The Youth Caucus has learnt with a shock with Chakwera’s sentiments during the delivery of his State of the Nations Address (SONA) in the August House on February 3, 2022 that his government has created 997,243 jobs in the 2021/22 budget.

Chakwera dared on job creation

The grouping says President Chakwera’s claims on job creation has left capable young people wondering with numerous unanswered questions arguing that figures do not reflect real job creation on the ground.

In a letter to Chakwera, the youth Caucus demand honest and clear explanation on 997,243 jobs claims in the past 2 years.

“After hearing you speaking that you have amassed 900,000 jobs, we wonder how it has been  possible because those whom you claim to have been employed  are tirelessly lingering around the soils of this country searching for the same,” reads part of the letter.

The Youth Caucus has therefore given Chakwera seven days with thorough explanation on the matter with warning that failure will fuel the wrath of struggling and hardworking young people opting for unreasonable ways to get answers.