Category: Law Enforcement

* Zomba Forest Lodge’s environmental conservation programme, TREEZ sponsors 17 groups, who each have designated areas and each of them is given an amount of money equivalent to the number of trees in their area * This means that the more trees there are, the more money the groups receive — but despite the incentive, the wanton cutting down of trees is continuing By Duncan Mlanjira Distressed by the high rate of wanton cutting down of trees on Zomba…

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*  It would appear that with every Administration, there quickly forms a critical mass of wickedness and crookedness around well-meaning Presidents * The cartel is what runs the State machinery and issues powerful instructions that the President oftentimes fails to reverse By Duncan Mlanjira Member of Parliament for Lilongwe Phirilanjuzi, Peter Dimba, of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) as spokesperson on finance, has bemoaned the removal of Dr. Jean Piriminta as Director General for Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) for…

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* Her lawyers indicate that their client remains committed to cooperating with the inquiry and will engage the committee to agree on a new date upon her return By Innocent Manda, MANA Former Secretary to the President & Cabinet (SPC), Colleen Zamba, who was red flagged by the Malawi Law Society (MLS) that she is involved-in-the-controversial-purchase-of-the-K128-billion-Amaryllis-Hotel-through-Public-Service-Pensions-Trust-Funds, has failed to appear before the inquiry being made by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament. According to PAC chairperson, Steve Malondela,…

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Attorney General Frank Mbeta  * The trust deed clearly states that the trustee is the final decision-maker, not someone outside that structure—Attorney General * His testimony supports claims by suspended PSPTF Principal Officer, George Jim, who who alleged that he faced pressure from Zamba to expedite the K128.7 billion transaction during the previous administration By Patience Longwe & Innocent Manda, MANA Attorney General (AG), Frank Mbeta has emphasised that former Secretary to the President & Cabinet (SPC), Colleen Zamba,…

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Chifipa Mhango, the revered chief economist * Malawi’s case of cartel type of corruption has reached a level of genocide against its people that trusted democracy as a tool to prosperity and inclusion in 1992 * The message of his Excellency the President Arthur Peter Mutharika on his inauguration should be protected for generations to come * This is a fight that deserves a nation and electorate support, across political affiliation, for we only have one country By Duncan…

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* Shortcomings from PAC’s inquiry seating yesterday point to a broader need for capacity strengthening within parliamentary committees Analysis by Chifipa Mhango, Chief Economist, Don Consultancy Group The effectiveness of parliamentary oversight rests not only on institutional authority, but on the quality of engagement between Members of Parliament (MPs) and those called to account. Yesterday’s sitting of Malawi’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), in its interaction with witness, Prince Kapondamgaga (former Chief of Staff to ex-President Dr Lazarus Chakwera), unfortunately…

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* He was already in Mzuzu on official duties accompanying former President Lazarus Chakwera, and only attended the meeting at the invitation of the then Secretary to the President & Cabinet (SPC), Colleen Zamba * His role during the meeting was limited to that of an observer, assisting the Office of the President & Cabinet (OPC) in understanding the operations and governance of the Public Service Pension Trust Fund By Innocent Manda, Patience Longwe & Pickson Chipeso Former State…

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