April 30, 2021 Peter Makossah - Nyasa Times 34 Comments
“He has to pay back what he wrongfully claimed.”
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has ordered the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 to recover all the allowances that were paid to the country’s Leader of Parliament (LoP) within seven days.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Vice President for the South Kondwani Nankhumwa who is also legislator for Mulanje Central constituency is said to have falsely pocketed K3.6 million in Covid-19 allowances and fuel refunds.
Nankhumwa: Ordered to pay back Covid 19 allowances in 7 days
Nakhumwa who is competing for the position of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president received the money between October last year and January this year for meetings of the Presidential Taskforce on Coronavirus.
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has said its planned nationwide protests in June will now focus on individuals heading various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and not holding President Lazarus Chakwera responsible for everything.
HRDC chairperson, Gift Trapence, said the approach would to a greater extent “awaken a sense of caution and responsibility” amongst the officials who are “employed by Malawians.”
Chairperson, Gift Trapence (C) and member Luke Tembo
He told Rainbow TV in an a special interview that all along the buffoonery has been blamed on the President but said they were changing the approach.
“We want these people to take the place for the wrongs they have been doing. If a particular official is misbehaving somewhere, we will be targeting that ministry, department or agency. We want them to take full responsibility on whatever they are doing,” said Trapence.
April 28, 2021 Duncan Mlanjira-Nyasa Times 1 Comment
On the application of one Abdul Nahimana on his own behalf and that of refugees and asylum seekers, an injunction has been granted court injunction stopping the government from continuing relocating them back to Dzaleka Refugee Camp, whose deadline was April 28, 2021.
A High Court of Malawi order made on Tuesday, April 27 says the injunction is granted pending the determination of the judicial review proceedings “or any further order of the court”.
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On April 1, the Ministry of Homeland Security issued a 14-day ultimatum for refugees and asylum seekers to return to Dzaleka Camp after many of them left the camp to do carry out various businesses in communities sorrounding the Camp.
Human Rights organization under the banner Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has postponed its demonstrations slated for April 29, 2021.
The postponement of the protests have been made in a press statement signed by the coalitionâs leadership.
According to HRDC, the decision to postpone the demonstrations has come after President Lazarus Chakwera addressed most of their demands in the presidentâs speech on Sunday earlier this week.
HRDC has also added that the move by the Malawi Police Service to arrest people who were mentioned in the report on the abuse of Covid funds is a contributing factor.
However, HRDC has said it will continue to monitor efforts to address, not only the plunder of Covid-19 funds, but also efforts to decisively deal with corrupt practices in the public sector.
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says it has postponed the nationwide demonstrations it planned to hold to force the Tonse Alliance government to release the audit into the plunder of the K6.2 billion Covid-19 funds by public officers and businesspeople.
The demonstrations were slated for April 29, 2021. However, following the arrest of 61 people suspected to have taken part in the looting of the funds, HRDCC says it does not see it necessary to go ahead with the protest.
In a statement issued on Friday, HRDC has commended President Lazarus Chakwera for demonstrating political will in exposing the full extent of the rot underlying some institutions within government.