By Falles Kamanga
President Lazarus Chakwera’s Tonse Alliance government is in a shame again on 2023/2024 Agriculture Inputs Programme (AIP).
The leadership keeps on making silly mistakes including public resources theft, corruption costing the nation heavily.
After 2022/2023 AIP MK750 million mess, one thought Chakwera’s leadership could do better but, Alas!, the same misconduct of public resources keep on coming.
Despite the shame, praise team continue lauding Chakwera’s failures with the popular notion, “Bola (Democratic Progressive Party-DPP inachoka m’boma (Better DPP was out of government). This is dull type of thinking among Malawi Congress Party (MCP) zealots, instead of helping Reverend Chakwera to do better.
Now, in this Romanian pharmaceutical company being contracted into 2023/2023 AIP fertilizers supply, its clear that in the main agreement, there is a Webber Wenzel Stamp.
It’s a South African Law firm, and Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Colleen Zamba also travelled to South Africa for the meeting with this law firm.
This means it is the second time Colleen Zamba has been implicated in big corruption scandals.
SP Colleen Zamba was first implicated in NOCMA corruption scandal worth billions involving NOCMA and a Nigerian “Chief” .
The overrated Agriculture Minister Sam Kawale convinced the president and the cabinet, while Colleen Zamba was behind the scene calling in shots. Colleen Zamba was using Principal Secretary Mlozi.
In all this deal, money exchanged hands, and Kawale and Zamba together with president Chakwera were promised big Chunk of moneys if the deal will be successful.
This is the main reason Kawale hand-picked AIP fertiliser suppliers jumping the ODPP and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).
Kawale said he has opted for hand picking than open tender because he was against time, which is not true.
Kawale already got his part from this Romanian pharmaceutical company as a kickback.
Now after realizing public anger on how Chakwera’s Tonse Alliance government single handedly pick pharmaceutical company, the Romanian East-Bridge on Friday, June 9, 2023 evening updated its website to include agriculture as part of its operations. Very shameful! Whom do you want to lie to?
Prior to East-Bridge’s website update, company profile lead, “East Bridge Estate is a young and dynamic company specialising in importing medical equipment, founded in 2018 based in Bucharest, Romania”, nothing on agriculture services.
Eventually, MCP praise team on Saturday, June 10 were all over social media defending Romanian pharmaceutical company for having experience in agriculture inputs.
Thieves have been exposed! Malawians will not accept this public theft.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article are those of the author not necessarily of The Maravi Post or Editor
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