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Human Rights, Malawi, Top News

Malawi President Mutharika pledges MK5 million bounty for albino abductors, killers

Maravi Post Reporter

APAM members at Kamuzu Palace

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi President Peter Mutharika has pledged that his government will pay a MK5 million reward for any report leading to the arrest and prosecution of anyone hatching plans to abduct and kill people with Albinism.

 

The pledge has been made on Thursday ( today) when Mutharika met a group of persons with albinism calling itself Poor and Concerned People with Albinism at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe to dialogue on how best to end abductions and killings of people with albinism.

 

The President also disclosed during the meeting that government has procured  3, 000 personal security alarms from Britain to be distributed to persons with albinism.

 

According to the President these gadgets will be able to alert the police for action when the life of a person with albinism is in danger.

 

 

President Mutharika and APAM members

Mutharika has also revealed that he has directed the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs to engage a foreign investigator  to uncover markets of human parts taken from people with albinism as a measure to end the problem.

Human Rights, Malawi, SADC, Top News

Chakwera promises to end albino attacks within a month in power

Maravi Post Reporter

Chakwera on attack so persons with albinism

 

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The leading opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera  on Thursday assured  the nation of ending attacks on people with albinism within a month if voted into power during the May 21 elections

Chakwera told the news conference in the capital Lilongwe the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration has “miserably failed” to deliver on its socio-economic promises to Malawians and gave the DPP government low marks on the attacks of persons with albinism.

The MCP leader said the DPP promised security for all, but has to provide security for person with albinism and others who are attacked for political reasons.

Chakwera accused the Malawi Police Service (MPS) of failing to successfully investigate cases of abductions and killings of people with albinism.

“I will work with the Police, the Army, the Civil Society Organizations, National Intelligence Services, as well as the all Malawians to completely deal with the issues of albinism,” said Chakwera.

The MCP leader said he is deeply concerned by the rate at which attacks on persons with albinism continue to happen in the country and urged the President to fund the National Action Plan against killings and abduction of people with albinism.

He said the plan only needs MK3 billion but he was surprised that up to now the plan has not been funded when persons with albinism continue being killed and attacked, accusing authorities of choosing to do business as usual, with little or no urgency in their protection and response.

But Chakwera’s sentiments has attracted mixed reaction as to why Malawians should wait three months to elections to end the vice instead of handling it now.