Leader of the House Richard Chimwendo Banda has demanded Public Appointments Committee (PAC) to provide a detailed report to Parliament on Monday on why the committee rejected the confirmation of Martha Chizuma as a new Director-General of the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB).
Making a motion, Chimwendo says Parliament would like to consider the reasons for her rejection and also to enable the House to decide the way forward on the matter.
Chimwendo has since described the rating of candidate Chizuma by some members of PAC as questionable, describing Chizuma as well-educated and suitable for the ACB’s top post.
The motion was supported by Member of Parliament for Likoma who also questioned the rating.
The Human Right Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has threatened to hold demonstrations on May 18, 2021 over a decision by the Public Appointments Committee (PAC)to reject the appointment of Martha Chizuma as Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).
President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera appointed Ombudsman Martha Chizuma as ACB Director General to replace Reyneck Matemba whose term of office expired in December last year.
Chizuma’s appointment was subjected to approval of parliament and today she was invited for interview by PAC led by Joyce Chitsulo.
After the interview it transpired that Chizuma has failed and this surprised many Malawians who placed their hope on the lady.
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The High Court in Lilongwe has ruled that former President Peter Mutharika and f former Chief Secretary to Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) Lloyd Muhara should pay from their pockets K69.5 million legal costs incurred in a case the two were found guilty of forcing Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda go on retirement.
Mutharika: Ordered.-Photo: Thoko Chikondi, AP
The two were found of wrongdoing for sending Chief Justice Nyirenda and Justice of Appeal Edward Twea on forced leave pending retirement.
Both Mutharika and Muhara were dragged to court over the matter by Human Right Defenders Coalition (HRDC), Association of Magistrates in Malawi and Malawi Law Society (MLS).
The Human Right Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has asked the Tonse Alliance government of Dr. Lazarus Chakwera to allow daughter to Prophet Shepherd Bushiri to travel to Kenya to seek medical treatment.
One of the HRDC Senior Member Reverend MacDonald Sembereka made the call on Tuesday during a media briefing held in the capital Lilongwe where the grouping tackled a number of issues rocking the country.
On Friday last week Bushiri’s daughter was blocked from flying out of the country to seek medical attention.
The daughter is said to have been accompanied by three guardians.
As this was not enough, on Sunday law enforcers stormed Bushiriâs house in the capital Lilongwe with an arrest warrant regarding his repatriation case which is scheduled to commence next month.
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