Dausi, state spies have failed on ‘genocide’ of Malawi’s albinos and national security

Among some internationally acceptable roles of a government intelligence agency are to collect, analyze and exploit information and intelligence to enhance law enforcement, national security, military and foreign policy objectives of the country.Loose cannon

In Malawi, the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) is supposed to operate within these internationally acceptable bounds. Unfortunately, the NIB does not; it is preoccupied with massaging the egos of political masters, particularly those at State House, through feeding them with outright lies instead of presenting an honest assessment of the security situation in the country.

It is an open secret that people in power have been abusing the NIB to spy on political opponents and where no credible information, bordering on crime, against political opponents is available, the NIB has instead concocted lies against them to nail them at any cost.

Memories are still fresh of a recent NIB report, which was sent to President Peter Mutharika, alleging that Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Reverend Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, other opposition leaders, members of the civil society and even sons of politicians were planning to topple government through undemocratic means. There were also unfortunate reports that the NIB had informed President Mutharika about an alleged involvement of the US ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer, in a regime change conspiracy.

The allegations sounded too good to be true. They were concocted ‘reports’ to create an impression that the NIB is an efficient government organ with ears and eyes all over.

Others suspected the lies were meant to distract citizens’ attention from the pressing social and economic challenges confronting them under this DPP regime. How awful!

There has been an argument that maybe NIB’s ‘waywardness’ is as a result of its ‘illegal’ status. NIB is not established under the laws of the country.

Many people and organizations, including the quasi-religious grouping, Public Affairs Committee (PAC), have demanded that NIB must be established by an Act of Parliament so that it does not operate according to the dictates of greedy politicians intent at clinging on to power against people’s will.

The irony is that it is these politicians that determine how much operational money and resources should be allocated to NIB in its present status. Money has a strange power that easily corrupts the mind of any person.

Obviously, all lies that NIB ‘manufactures’ against politicians on the other side of the isle are primarily designed to keep the money and resources coming. Who said they and their families do not want to survive?

But even in its present status, it is pivotal that NIB should have been more professional than political considering that there are many security challenges that confront our nation day in, day out.

There are disturbing instances and reports, almost every day, about people with albinism being abducted and killed. The killers chop off the albinos’ body parts and sell them off for ritualistic purposes, so we hear.

Malawi is currently on the ‘world map’ because of these despicable, senseless, brutal and inhumane killings. Despite government’s expressed commitment to deal with the culprits “once and for all”, the enigmatic murders continue. What the heck is NIB doing?

Yes, we have the police in place but when people are killed in mysterious circumstances and the killers seem to be elusive, the intelligence agency must decisively step in to get to the root of such appalling murders. If days turn into weeks; weeks into months; and months into years and the same killings continue to reside among the people, Mr. Nicholas Dausi has no business keeping his job as NIB chief.  The police and the NIB must pull together their expertise and stop these ‘albino’ killings as a matter of urgency.

It’s been months now since Mr. Issa Njaunju was brutally butchered but Malawians are still in the dark about who were the perpetrators. Mr. Njaunju was a high-ranking Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official and the NIB and the police should have dealt with it as an extremely important matter.

By the nature of his job or where he was working, an efficient intelligence agency should be able to tie the loose ends and uncover the killers and their motives. The family is still mourning; the nation is still in grief without any justice in sight, yet we’ve an intelligence agency in place.

Hell on earth

Malawi has become hell on earth for not only our albino friends but virtually everyone.

One wonders if in its current inefficient state, the NIB has any strategic plans in place to counter serious security challenges, including armed robberies and murder, which have been haunting citizens for the past two years.

NIB and government must be aware that Malawians are a worried lot; and it’s for a good reason. Now is a moment to make one more step forward and put the basis for the recreating an NIB that serves all Malawians and not only State House and the DPP.

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Tiyeni
Tiyeni
7 years ago

Dausi is not to blame. He did not appoint himself head of NIB. If at all NIB is not performing as expected by Malawians it is Peter Mutharika to blame. If Peter Mutharika is not seeing that Dausi is not performing who will? Let us not forget that Dausi is part of the midnight six. So I think Thom Chiumia should have been direct in pointing out that if NIB is not performing corrective action can only be taken by Peter Mutharika. It may be that to Peter Mutharika NIB under Dausi is performing. Afterall Dausi reports to Peter Mutharika.… Read more »

Kanthu Ako!!
Kanthu Ako!!
7 years ago

Stop using words that suggest that Albinos are and ethnic group. Genocide is not an appropriate word to use in this case.

ACB
ACB
7 years ago

NIB my foot. Dausi has moved everybody out of NIB who is professional and hired his unexperienced Mwanza boys to help for his 2019 parliamentary bid. Go to NIB and you will see nothing but Mwanza people

Bibo
Bibo
7 years ago

Mr Chiumia, do you think a man with a dirty background like Dausi can have the heart to care about the loss of his fellow citizens? You put it right when you said it’s all about manufacturing lies on behalf of the ruling clique even if innocent political opponents are persecuted and prosecuted, as long as food is put on the table.Would you be surprised to hear Dausi being one of the masterminds of these abductions and killings? All indications point to that direction, that’s just my reasoning. That man can do anything in order to feed his family and… Read more »

Khalabweka
Khalabweka
7 years ago

Who said any DPP govt can do things right? We already knew from Bingu that DPP are a cursed zikwanje party of death and darkness. God save us from these DPP satanic devils

Bob Chiswe
Bob Chiswe
7 years ago

The NIB can not perform to international standards with people like Dausi heading the organization. Most intelligence officers in Malawi think reporting lies about opposition is what the NIB should do. What kind of rubbish is this. Unfortunately most of the bosses in almost all organizations in MALAWI believe in working with cronies who feed them lies which they take for truths

MR TIRED
MR TIRED
7 years ago

Unfortunately, there is no more expertise in the Bureau. SInce its delinkment from the Police to have it functioning independently, even the then NIB officers tried to hard to get it through the Parliament for an Act. Politicians as they are never did..its been like tht./.

Tau
Tau
7 years ago

Let the Army be the head of the NIB, civillians are lazy.

Omex70
Omex70
7 years ago

Nicolus Dausi is a disgrace to the nation. He is there just to manufacture lies to keep his job.

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