March 17, 2021 Madalitso Wills Kateta 3 Comments
In January, Malawian civil rights activist Paul Msoma raised the alarm over a lack of COVID-19 supplies while in a bed at Kamuzu Central Hospital, one of the biggest referral hospitals in the country.
COVID-19 patients at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Blantyre,
At the time, the hospital did not have any oxygen flowmeters devices used to regulate the flow of oxygen.
“Yes they have oxygen cylinders but in my case they cant connect me to the much needed Oxygen because the whole KCH has no Oxygen flowmeter,” Msoma wrote on Facebook.
“My situation is getting bad and l desperately need oxygen. Anyone who can urgently help out there please please help by donating this very gadget.”
H Adam Wholesalers Implicated In Fraud And Forex Externalization
Mr Mahommed Farid Sattar, Sir H Adam and Sons of H Adam Wholesalers in Zomba have been implicated in fraud and forex externalisation.
This is according to a letter dated March 17th, 2021 from the Human Rights Defenders Coalition(HRDC) which Malawi Voice has seen addressed to the heads of Malawi Revenue Authority(MRA), Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and Financial Intelligence Unit(FIU).
The reputable HRDC, which has an effective whistleblowing department, confirmed on the series of allegations they received against the Zomba based shop. “HRDC has received reports of allegations that Mohammed Farid Sattar, Sir H Adam, and sons of Zomba, who owns H Adam and Wholesalers have been trying to bribe MRA officers to enable them to evade paying taxes to the Malawi Revenue Authority.
March 16, 2021 Wanangwa Mtawali-Nyasa Times 115 Comments
Some Malawians describing themselves as “concerned citizens” have made what they call “a passionate appeal” to people of goodwill within and outside the country to “support” former President Peter Mutharika in settling legal costs in a case where Mutharika and former Secretary to the President and Cabinet Lloyd Muhara were being accused of having a role in a plot to remove Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda and Justice of Appeal Edward Twea.
Mutharika: Ordered to pay costs
The concerned citizens, led by Mundango Nyirenda, addressing a news conference
The High Court in Lilongwe recently ordered Mutharika and Muhara to pay Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), Association of Magistrates and Malawi Law Society (MLS) K69.5 million.
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March 14, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 5 Comments
Before I cut to the chase, I hereby reproduce, in their entirety, two letters.
From: OPC
Date: 5 June 2020
LEAVE PENDING RETIREMENT
I write in respect of the above matter, My Lord, and wish to advise that according to employment records kept by this office, you were born on 26 December 1956. This means that you will attain the current mandatory retirement age of sixty-five (65) years on 26 December 2021. Our records further show that you have accumulated leave days of Five Hundred and Seventy-Two (572).
Therefore, in terms of MPSR 1. 184(1), I would like to officially inform you that you will be due for retirement from the service on 26 December 2021, the date you will attain the mandatory retirement of Sixty-Five (65) years. However, since you have accumulated leave days of Five Hundred and Seventy-Two (572), I request you to proceed on leave pending your retirement as the conditions of service do not provide commutation