Arrests welcome, but no smiles until logical conclusion of Njaunju, Muluzi, Chasowa cases
As Nyasa Times, we welcome the arrests Malawi Police Services has made, so far, on figures such as Osman Jomo, Norman Chisale, Rosa Mbilidzi, Ahmed Chunara and several others for their involvement in alleged crimes committed during the previous regimes.
We view such as arrests as positive steps toward ensuring that the rule of law is paramount and no one, in this country, should be seen to be above the law.
However, though we welcome these arrests, we are not coy to point out several misgivings Malawians have with our crime fighting agencies.
We weep for Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Malawi Police, the office of the Director of Public Prosecution and many others for their failure to stop impunity in the country because of their penchant appetite of working as stooges of incumbents.
In the grand scheme of our Constitution, these agencies were put in place to work 24 hours, independently, in rooting out corruption and impunity in this country without fear or favor.
On the contrary, these agencies have been a let down to the core, always sitting at ease and idle as incumbents ransack every coin in the public purse.
The only time their existence is felt is, mostly, in the first three or four months of a new government in power. They will make quick arrests and rush to the courts with funny charges but, in the end, nothing substantial.
That is why, today, we still talk about Bakili Muluzi’s K1.7 billion corruption case. That is why, today, we still don’t have a clear direction in ensuring justice is done over the murder of personalities such as Issa Njaunju, Buleya Lule and Robert Chasowa to name but just a few.
There was a moment when these cases were a priority but, in a flash, they all vanished.
What we must underline is that these cases symbolize the highest level of impunity ever committed in this country. When they continue to stall the message we are getting is that the State is playing lip service to fighting impunity in this country.
The onus, now, is on President Lazarus Chakwera’s government. Malawians have been let down by his predecessors. He has a chance to join the failures of his predecessors or chart a new direction in fighting impunity in this country.
That is why, though we applaud the arrests made so far, we will not smile until these outstanding high profile cases are dealt with and we reach a logical conclusion.
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Tonse alliance government please keep arresting people ndalama zaboma zabedwa zambiri,anthu omwe mwawamangawa ndiwochepa,atayamagalimoto aja zilipati,Tonse alliance government you are too slow,this is not good.
Please also hit hard on corruption and fraud discoveries at Irrigation where public officers use private sector companies like FISD to siphone government resources through dubious award of contracts.
Fufuzani ku Ministry of Agriculture kumnene amagawana ndalama za FISP. Anthu analemera kumeneko.
Good article. You are right.
Just as there was a movement to campaign for multi party democracy led by Chakufwa Chihana in 1992-1994, we must have a movement to Stop Corruption in Malawi. For there can be no democracy in Malawi as long as these corrupt Indians are left to continue bribing and looting. Lets be resolute lets banish corruption into the rubbish heap of history and with it all the corrupt foreigners. We must banish the Wahid Kassems, the Ganis, the Imtiaz Masters, the Sacranies, the Rafique Hajats, the Kalarias, the Yannakis – ALL OUT OUT OUT.
HE Joyce Banda should also be on the list due to cashgate
Do not spare Joyce, APM and Bakili. All of them sold Malawi to the corrupt Indians.
JB is the one who found that there is corruption in government
Bakili not JB
Thanks so much Our Beloved Vice President. You are on the right track. Osadeweza maiko akunja ayamba kale kukukhumbilani. You are in the category of Magufuli, Kagame and others. You are a very good combination, with President Dr Lazarua Chakwera. We love you and we are proud of you. You are not fighting this war alone. Please sweep as much as possible.
My humble request: PLEASE IF THIS MESSAGE CAN REACH YOU, YOUR EXCELLENCES, PLEASE MAKE PROPER WARING OF MASKS COMPULSORY. IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF OBSERVING PUBLIC TRANSPORT, MOSTLY MINIBUSES AND IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF VISITING CROWDED MARKET PLACES, YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT WE ARE BREEDING A SERIOUS PROBLEM. IT MAY NOT BE NOTICEABLE PRESENTLY. IN FEW MONTHS AS MALAWIANS WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTAIN IT. PERSONALLY SIR I WAS PART AND PARCEL OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN RALLIES AND SOMETIMES WITHOUT A MASK. WE TOOK A RISK BECAUSE WE WANTED CHANGE. CHANGE IS IN OUR HANDS. AS NOW IT IS TIME FOR US TO WORK HARD IN A CORRUPT FREE ENVIRONMENT. IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS FREE FROM NEPOTISM AND POLITICAL THREATS, WE ALSO WANT TO BE HEALTHY. COVID -19 IS REAL AND IT CANNOT END UNLESS THERE IS POLITICAL WILL, WHICH UNLIKE THE FAILED REGIME THIS GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY DEMONSTRATED. NEVERTHELESS,
I BEG YOU TO MAKE WEARING OF MASKS, MANDATORY !
Chisembwere the so-called agencies dealing with investigations. On Chasowa murder one within the UTM tent has the miasma the handcuffs are repellent on him.
The Vwaza saga was never concluded we want ripples into a gale beyond mere waves
True well articulated article we won’t applaud until long time case are been concluded and see justice
Bakili mluzi =k1,7billion u need truth
JB CASHGATE= K567 billion u are queit
What does this all mean to Malawians??
I need answers from nyasa times please please
About Joyce Banda ask DPP regime inu a cadet
You know that Joyce Banda was in hiding for 4 years until elections time.This is the wright time to arrest the Cash-gate queen.
JB is clean but Muluzi it’s a criminal
BANGWE 1
And also how the young Kamuzu died
Oh! What an article. Very interesting. This is very true and to the point. This is indeed what happens. Panopa timva kujijirika ndi ma case but in few months to come, they are going to die natural deaths. It will be sad koma.
NyasaTimes this Editorial proves the positive and constructive part NyasaTimes can play in making Malawi a functioning democracy. Corruption of the endemic levels we see today started under Bakili Muluzi and carried unabated under Bingu, Joyce Banda and APM. Let there be a commission of enquiry headed by a High Court Judge to look into this. For example we forget how BIngu acquired the Presidential Jet and how Joyce Banda sold it to Paramount. These are matters needing to be probed. We forget how Bakili paid millions of dollars to Altaf Gani for supply of second hand Land Rovers or the Field York deal when government paid $3 for a school note book costing 10 cents. Bakili, Joyce, APM must be made to refund government their corruptly acquired wealth. And do noyt forget the Indian blood suckers, like Imitiaz Master, Wahid Kassem, Rafique Hajat, Faruk Gani, HTD Gani’s ALL OF THEM.
Bakili Muluzi is the Lord of Corruption.
the list must also include the police officer who was murdered at Nsundwe , he a human being like any other and of course died while serving the land of Malawi. let all people who were involved on that be prosecuted according to the laws.
Didn’t you hear the IG stating that Njauju case is being investigated and soon perpetrators will be brought book. Haven’t you seen those who ironed Lule Buleya being arrested and taken to remand. Nyasatimes if there is media house that sided with DPP one of them is Nyasatimes. You failed to write stories that could inspire the nation but dpp. Mind you Chakwera is president today without Nyasatimes and MBC so shut up and go to hell.
I’m also wondering, I thought Mrs Chisale in Dedza prison for the same issue of Buleya? Or should we say Nyasatimes has their own people to be arrested for the same? And the IG was here just couple days ago talking the same! Eish Malawians!
Hiding itself in the name of a media house, otherwise this is DPP. Nyasa why didnt you write about the same things when DPP was reining? Hypocrisy is whitchcraft. Leave SKC & RMC alone they knw a way to go
Nyasa Times, listen carefully, do not take advantage of the Tonse Alliance govt. because its a listening Govt. There are more and more cases being followed, what you have mentioned is only cases of murder eg there are cases on plundering of public purse etc. why such pressure? At least the Tonse Alliance is walking the talk, give them space its not even a month old in govt. Mufuna muziopsyeza boma?
Tadikilani muwone. Nothing will come out of these cases. We are not saying people should be inprisoned for no apparent reason but that we shd see conclusion of cases.
Short and concise article. Malawi need change in approach to issues. End this impunity for once. New government has an opportunity to make. We need to support them and push them to act. Then we will have a country where party colour or tribe will not matter but the law.