Chakwera, Chilima lawyers get paid from Malawi govt, Treasury confirms

1. It’s rough. Paying all this amount yet people are dying in the hospitals because the Government cannot afford to buy gas cylinders for covid-19 patients. What a shame

2. BANGULANI MOKWEZA. Nde ku opposition kumeneko!!!

   Kasumeni ku khothi! LOL

3. Some people are being paid twice for the same job here. Chikosa Silungwe is attorney general as a reward for the same case. Titus Mvalo is Minister of Justice as a thank you of the same case. Isnt that enough? Do we need to pay them billion kwachas as well on top of the positions. If Silungwe and Mvalo got their share, they ought to resign from their positions asap. You can not get paid twice for the same job. Other wise we as citizens we will drag you two to court for this.

4. Meanwhile mwayambanso zothimisa magetsi. Panya panu!!!

5. This is a man who not long ago was declaring national disaster for his country and flouting a begging bowl to international donors for assistance to fight covid 19, while preparing a whopping payment for himself and his vice President and their lawyers from the national budget! What kind of President is this? Does he have national priorities? Hospitals are lacking equipment to help suffering covid patients and he prioritises selfish aggrandisement. Should we be surprised a big NO. This is a man who has showed that he is a President for himself and his family and cronies.

6. Pamene magetsi ayambano kuvuta ma cases a covid kukwera mosauzana. Mboli zanu ma guy!!!

7. We have money for everthing but never for essentials? Even we are economically
   and financially against the wall, the big guys, politicians, lawyers and bankers get always their payment first!
   Do the leader of the family buys first the Ferrari or does he pay the utilities and groceries first?
   When do we start to get our priorities right! If we can learn one thing from this pandemic, it doesn’t differentiate between rich and poor, between developed and non developed! It humbles and shows us that before our creator we are all the same!
   Therefore it matters how we manage, how we take necessary percussion, privately and as a society!
   Please learn to channel the bit we have for the common good and to the best for us all!

8. Tonse govt priorities is paying themselves billions in a week the country is going through worst covid-19 pandemic. To make it worse the health minister was on TV claiming hospitals are overwhelmed about to be full, not enough testing facilities and quarantine facilities, no PPEs.

9. Zogwetsa mphwayi kwambiri. This country will never develop. MCP is already proving to be a merciless mapwevupwevu government. I am really worried as a citizen. We are heading nowhere. The promised Canaan was a hoax from the ‘man of god’ Chakwera. Yes, Chakwera’s god has a small ‘g’.

   By the way why do these lawyers overcharge their services? Is this fair trade? Are lawyer charges not equal to money laundering? God where are you? Koma Chakwera wawonjeza guys. Delivery is Zero koma kuba ndalama basi. Fotseki! Where is HRDC in this scam?

   1. This is not overcharged, the amount was at market prices and was verified by the High Court and Supreme Court. I am surprised why you are involving the president in this. The judiciary are independent and this issue has nothing to do with Corona or drugs in the hospital

10. The lawyers fully deserve their pay. This was confirmed by the High Court and Supreme Court. The amount is for the services rendered based on a contractual agreement, to cover all the costs incurred and time spent in the case. They are in business and instead of earning this money on other private clients, these HEROES decided to faithfully serve their nation. Did you want them to provide the services for free? How will they pay their bills? Do you want them to go bankrupt? Come on, please understand business principles.

    1. You realise kuti ma judge akudya nawo pomwepa right? Don’t be naive. This is free money. Daylight robbery by the judiciary

11. I said it before that this treasury heist will succeed because all was set. Chakwera appointed key lawyers to strategic positions to see to it that the money is paid. Potani was smiling a lot yesterday a colony club and I knew his bank account was fat. This is the smartest theft involving lawyers and judges.

12. Amene waluza mlandu umalpila zonse. Don’t just argue blindly. Mindset change.

    1. With this naive thinking, you will be scammed a lot in life. Ma judge nawo akudya nawo.

13. We Malawians are so stubborn , people are struggling to find food,Medication,improve their Businesses others trying hard to have a good pay check, whilst our so called Lawyers are busy partying our Taxes for sure to you Every Day is Xmas no Covid-19 in your pockets

    1. These are legal proceedings thy have nothing to do with the suffering of Malawians bro

14. They deserve the money….the case was not easy….Jane Ansah said at one time that Democracy is not cheap and here we are……THEY WORKED FOR IT….zonsezi ndi DPP POBERA MASANKHO A MU MAY 2019……mukamasutsutsa muzindikire kuti these people were not sleeping, their families were missing them for all that period while all of us timawonera milandu imene ija ngati filimu…kumawonera ena akuswetha heve pafupi kukomoka, aMuhabi Chisi akukana kulowa musystem yawo imene, a Kaphale akuphya mtima ndi woman witness…sipanotu, they entertained us, they liberated us, they refused to be bribed to make technical errors during court proceedings etc IYI NDI NTHAWI YOKOLOLA TSOPANO……..amalima timawawona, pano ndiye tizikana kuti akolole…let’s be serious guys…nsanje ayi….asiyeni apiteko ku holiday ku Dubai or genuine Singapore osati ya fake yaAPM kkkkkk

    1. With that kind of thinkin, every Malawian that protested for all those months need to be compensated too

15. Malawi is deceased estate without a signed will.

16. Tonse government has no money to buy covid equipment to serve lives of poor malawians who are dying because of covid 19, the same Tonse government has alot of money to pay themselves. Chakwela is a really bloodshed person and a killer. No love for poor souls dying in hospitals because of covid 19 and other diseases. Time will always reveal the truth, was Chakwela a pastor as God’s calling or serving the devil? Wadya ndalama za Mia koma osalemekeza malilo ake. Failed leadership. Your legacy as a pastor will be the worst in the history of Malawi.

    1. No money because 80% of the money donated went to DPP’s pockets according to the office of the ombudsman. Please help me understand what happened there.

17. this guys they are not serious, kuyendatsa boma sikuphwekadi muluzi ananenapo kale or APM ananenaso so no wonder what they are doing is like digging your own grave lets wait if a malawi ndife opusa will vote for them again

    1. Koma olo a Malawi titapusa motani sitingavotelenso UDF kapena DPP.Kalekeni Kaphale anadyakale ndalama zambiri.Awa Malawyer akulipilidwa ndalama za mbiri chifukwa chakupusa kwa Alufandika,Jane Ansah ndi agogo Peter Muthalika.

       1. when will you vote. covid ikunyetseramu mukuganiza zavoti. Vomerezani there’s no treatment and hope. We are perishing basi

18. Meanwhile, the hospitals have run out of covid equipment. There is no space, not enough ventilators, not enough nurses. No wonder the president seems distracted, he is looking at the bank account. Pepani a Malawi.

19. Daylight robbery. Poor Malawians have to pay taxes in these hard times for this. Tonse is just another scam. A bunch of thieves masquerading as saviours. It’s slowly becoming worse than Dpp

20. Eeeeee awawa olo ili investment basitu adya money. Imagine what each lawyer is getting. Kuli kudyatu uku. K6bn ndi interchange inatu iyo….sheeeee. K6bn ndi COVID-19 hospital yachikhalire with modern facilities. I mean all the beds etc….penapake the these things work. Much as it’s a legitimate transaction koma our system isnt efficient at all in allocating funds to areas of great concern.

    1. Guys, they are running businesses and they provided a service charging their market rate. Anakuchotserani mbava zanu zija zinadya way more than that amount so shut the f**l up and appreciate. You thought it was free? For all you know that theft would have left the country in a state of civil war where the cost would have been nothing compared to this. Keep quite. Anthu osaphunzira inu.

       1. This is daylight robbery by the lawyers. As far as I am concerned, I would consider payment for the case any amount above K1bn as rooting of public resources. In Malawi salaries are low. What justification can be given for such hefty amount of money in a very poor country? What each lawyer will get is more than the entire career earnings of the Solicitor General. It not only lawyers who worked on this case. Public pressure played a bigger role in resolving the political impulse.

21. HRC-whatever – mulikuti??

    These are real issues needing your mobilisation for the masses to reverse this wrong. Mulikuti?

    Our politicians forever stealing from Malawians. Kodi osawakonda a Malawi bwanji?? Poverty is indeed a huge business.

    Malawians, we shouldn’t let these politicians get away with this.

    Look, we didn’t vote for Tonse alliance for this same old.

22. Totally agree with the comments below, this is daylight robbery, when people are dying, Malawi has no adequate facilities, hospital beds, ventilators, ambulances etc.. When Malawi is relying on donations, the president is always begging for help with the fight against covid, and you paying a huge sum of 5 billion Mk to yourselves, very well orchestrated! This is when you should be spending money on saving people’s lives, buying vaccines and boosting health facilities!

    1. If you don’t understand how court issues are handled keep quiet. You wanted them not to be paid?

       1. Clearly you are not following his sline of thought

       2. Normally the loosing party of a court case will need to cover the expenses for both parties. Having the state cover it is highly unusual. Also the copious amounts of money claimed is worthy of investigation.

23. Day light robbery.Malawians are losers azingolira mpaka kalekale.

    1. I would like to disaggree with you here on the sense that you don’t ubderstand that Muntharika and mec were all government when this was happening. So as the government lost the case they are liable for the costs of all provate lawyers who represented the opposition who were Chakwera and Chilima. If Peter Muntharika and MEC were oppositons, the money would have come from them.

       One thing i complain is that those who have stolen billions during the past government and those who are still doing crooking should be jailed and heavy finds imposed on them to cover this 5billion. But we don’t see the capurits jailed or prosecuted…..shame!

       1. Hahaha koma inuso do we run things like that?

       2. Why did the state loose? Want the case for fraud against Mutharika and DPP?

24. They worked for it and it is a well deserved thank you for saving Malawi from a complete Lhomwelization which was at a very advanced stage. Thank you Modecai, Sulungwe and all those Patriots. We salute you sacrifice to our nation.

    1. What are u getting

25. I would suggest in an act of solidarity and for the sake of our general economic situation, this lawyer’s should come down from their exorbitant charges!
    Almost 3.2 billion is just ridicules!
    In our country, where we still negotiating minimum wages of 50, 000 Kwacha and rightly criticize the former reseve bank governer to receive 27 million, there should be now legal bill more than a billion for a single case, even if 100 lawyers are involved!
    My advice to the treasury of Tonse government: Don’t pay this leagal fees out, before you have not regained the similar amounts from criminal acts caused under the previous government! It might accelerate judiciary efforts to “clear the rumble” or “train the swamps”?
    But I’m not sure anymore if this is Tonse policy?

    1. Aba kale zapita ndalama zamisonkho ya A Malawi palibe chomwe Mmalawi wovota azapindule pamoyo wake.Crying over spilt milk.Professional mbava.

26. Pali nkhani apa? Yes the government did the right thing to pay as they were obliged to. This is all because of stupid nkhalamba, kaphale and ansah.

    1. poti muli ku USA. Your relatives here are even failing to get tested for covid. The timing is off.

       1. Ngakhale pa USA Po, ena kuwaona ndiye bola kwathu konkuno kuli bwino

27. Arrogance and stupidness of MEC

28. This is a sign of a failed state and leadership where a sitting president and his vice awards themselves billions of Kwachas and also award their lawyers who are also in government as government top legal advisers rewarded after the case. This is day light stealing our tax money. Because of this no one can no longer trust Chakwela and Chilima. Does it mean that what they have been paid is what they spent during the case? If APM and MEC won the case, could Chakwela and Chilima paid such billions to their lawyers? May be this is a formal or legalised cashgate by the Chief Justice and his friends? Time is the best revealer. Let us wait and see. Instead of putting malawians first, the love of money is put first. This money could have helped in our current situation and pay yourselves later when things have improved for malawians. Those supporters who were always on the streets, will they benefit from this money? The love of money is the root of all evil. Failed leadership.

    1. If APM and MEC had won the same would have been said of them that they are paying themselves

    2. ma lawyer samayenera kulipidwa coz amayimila Chakwera and Chilima?

    3. But on the other hand our President crying at BBC to the outside world for urgent assistance in the fight against the virus! Where are you priorities Mr President, are our lawyers the most needy in the country?

29. That is the same money Justice Healey Potani was complaining about in public that he hasn’t had his due share. He will now go drooling all the way to the bank to draw money in order to drawn himself in more Carlseberg. Chuma cha masiye!!!!

    1. Drooling….. 😂

    2. Hahahaha😂😂😂

30. ok nkhani yabwino

    1. Where is HRDC COZ AMAONEKA KUTI AMATSALILA ZINTHU KWAMBIRI

31. I do not understand something here…who foots the bills. My understanding is that the losers were challenging the cases in court as a party (DPP – president) and not as Malawian president and that MEC was acting on instructions from an individual…APM Malawians are being ripped off point blank. This another hospital ward and bed gone into the pockets of a few individuals…..fast tracked payments…why not pay in tranches..was there a provision for this in budget ???? I wonder

    1. I don’t know who was supposed to foot the bill. It could be MCP, UTM or DPP, I don’t know. But I know who SHOULDN’T – Us! We shouldn’t pay for this.

       That money could’ve been used to help fix these rubbish magetsi issues we face on a daily basis.

       This is our school funding. Our medication, our roads – gone to the cleaners.

32. Inu mumataya nthawi ndi kuka vota. Anzanu awa amadziwa zimene amachita. They are the ultimate beneficiaries of the entire fiasco. At one point l heard someone saying that they were doing it for the love of the country and not for money. I hope they decline the payment in these troubled times the country is going through.

    1. Moti inu this coming month-end mukana kulandira salary yanu chifukwa Malawi is going through tough times eti bwana?

       1. Mordecai Msiska and company said that they were doing this as pro-bono work for the love of this country. I am not him and didn’t tell anybody that. My salary is being cut every month and paying for this shit.

33. Chaka chawo chakuba chakwana

34. I hope they pay Jane Ansah too.

35. They are okay in their pockets and can retire even now. Chaka choti akolole olo muziko mokuti chuma chavuta bwanji umakolola.

36. Heading should read: tonse government rewards its legal team

    1. This is another Tonsegate, why payments? Boma lolanda, kulipidwanso? Is this fair? Where on earth after kulanda boma mwaupandu ndi ma Lawyers and you want to be paid and you expect such people to rule the government, really?

       1. Tonsegate indeed. they have taken malawian for granted. this is too much.

       2. Anagwira ntchito yawo ku Sukulu samagona cholinga adzakhale pa bwino. No need to blame them. Lawyer ndi toto moyo

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