Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has dragged a South African medical supplier, Fresenius, to graft-busting body, Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) over a ‘shady’ deal in procurement of a dialysis machine for Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) . A notice served to ACB indicates that HRDC is troubled with how Fresenius Medical Care got the deal […]
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Malawi’s president Lazarus Chakwera has fired the heads of his government’s Covid-19 taskforce, in what is being seen as his first decisive move during the pandemic.
The president fired the head of the disaster management department and the taskforce’s co-chair, and suspended further officials, some “for failing to maintain proper records of how such critical funds were used and others for defying my directive to submit reports weekly to my office”. He said the pandemic called for “strong leadership”.
“The suspensions will pave the way for a full forensic audit, which the national audit office has already begun, and a full and independent investigation, which the director of public prosecutions has requested the Malawi Police Service to conduct as a matter of urgency,” Chakwera said.
The Tonse administration is pleading for patience among the citizenry on unfulfilled campaign promises, eight months after forming the new government.
President Lazarus Chakwera led the 9 member Tonse alliance into the fresh presidential election with several campaign promises yet to be fulfilled.
The promises include the creation of one million jobs in the first year, introduction of a duty free week and reduction of passport fees by over 70 percent.
The current plunder of Covid 19 response funds under the Tonse administration has also angered the citizenry.
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) Gift Trapence pushes the Tonse administration to go beyond rhetoric;
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has faulted President Lazarus Chakwera for failing to act on cabinet ministers in the Presidential Taskforce on Covi