Chakwera fires Minister Kandodo for Covid-19 funds abuse: Malawi leader refuses to have ‘traitors’ in cabinet

1. Sacking Kandodo is simply wrong.

2. Chakwera felt threatened by Kandodo. Remember the rumours prior to the election that Kandodo was aspiring to head MCP.
   It is the PS who is the Controlling Officer in charge of expenditure, and the PS has to authorise all payments the Ministry makes even to the Minister. So Chakwera has erred big time. Invoking God’s punishment etc, calling Kandodo a traitor etc. is the behaviour of a failing President. Chakwera should stop misleading Malawians- we are awake and know the behaviour of false prophets like him

   1. I am not sure if Dr Chakwera feel threatened by Ken Kandodo. You will recall that KK left MCP for PP and stood on it’s ticket. It was out of honour for Amon Nkhata to pave way fro he to stand again on the MCP ticket in 2019. I don’t think KK can stand LMC

3. Nyangulu sadzatheka ndithu. Unamunamiza chiyani Chunga munthu wabwinobwino. Nawe Kandodo sukadapempha ndalama from Treasury? Kodi kunja mumabweretsako chiyani cha phindu. Ministry of Labour is very important but it is spoiled by greed. The core business of the ministry is not fulfilled. Labour problems are numerous in industries. People are working long hours. That 48 hours per week is abused. Workers have no time to rest. Health and safety issues are very pathetic. Inu what you do is grab any opportunity to make money. Kusakhuta bwanji?

4. The president should learn from this mistake ,and appoint people with good reputation. Kandodo was was fired by BP&P when he took money from the company for mwitha to multiply. MCP has career crooks like Gerald Kazembe who are holding top positions .

5. Dr. Laz vinjateni vonsee ivo vinduna vokuba. Vimbava votchena vikalumubwe ndi virombo ku piridzoniko.. as the journey continues!

6. Imvetsetseni khaniyi guys mupeza kuti a Kandodo ngosalakwa. Anyamata a Finance alakwitsa munthu wamkulu ndipo amupepese. A Minister does not transact in any way, he is just on the receiving end. Pepani Bwana Kandodo, Omwa Tea adzamwanso basi.

7. Esse valor corresponde a 100,000 Mts. Um ministro pode mesmo roubar esse valor? E uma vergonha essa justificacao da sua demissao no Governor. Lamento.

8. The minister was careless, he deserved the sack from cabinet.

9. I am not for Kandodo either for Chakwera. What I can say is that izizi zalakwika. The Decision is NOT proper. My understanding from the Civil Service prospective is that when Ministers or anybody in Government travels, when the cheque for airfare or allowances comes, we don’t (they don’t) ask where the funds are coming from, and this has been a trend in Government, the traveller or officers just receive the payment without going into so much details of where the payment is coming from. So, I just feel Honourable Kandodo has been unfairly fired. Before firing Government officers, I feel it will be wiser to consult and go down to the bottom of the issue because from the look of things, I can foresee others (more especially) Controlling Officers will be victim of circumstances not necessarily that they took the money, NO. I rest my case.

10. Abale tatulutsaniso clip ya nankhumwa ija . yonena za envelope analandila ija! mwaiwake ankanena ekha. a polisi amutenga litilo?? bastard akazifotokoze who handed it to him. LET THE TRAIL APPEAR .

    1. Paja Namkumwa anali yekha komanso ndi amene amayang’anira ndi kugawa ndalama za covid so chomcho?

11. Chakwera is an idiot!

12. kankhani kokomakoma aka…a kandodo amangidwe ndi life imprisonment popereka chitsanzo chosonyeza kukwiya kwa dziko pa umbava omwe uli mkati apa ndikulembapa koma asamangidwe okha. presidential task force on convid 19 yonse imangidwenso life imprisonment…I mean people like khumbize kandodo chiponda mai omwe atchuka kwambiri according to movi wa chilungamo, ndikulemba abale awo ambiri pamipando ikuluikulu ya m’boma, gospel kazako komanso nankhumwa ndi onse omwe adalandira nawo K250,000. ngati fuel allowance plus K120,000.00 ngati subsistence allowance on the very same day…nankhumwa ndi pafupifupi onse omwe ali mu task force imeneyo adalandira…Richard chimwendo Banda amangidwenso life imprisonment pazifukwa izi; chimwendo akusayinila ekha ma visa a anthu ena osaloledwa kukhala m’dziko muno monga anthu aku afughanstan, ndikumalandira K500,000.00 per visa ndipo nkhani imenei ili mbweee mma ofesi a immigration…ministry yomwe akupanga heard saikonda what he thinks is this the time yotiza nkumapusitsa apolisi…hrdc yafunsa kuti why audit report sikupanga include police ndi army yet the two organisations were beneficiaries of the kabambe’s 6.2 billion donation from the RBM… Nkhani ndiyoti ndalama za ma allowances za a police kaya ya zipangizo sidagwire ntchito yake molondola…mulandu wa uladi mussa omapereka unzika kwa anthu obwera ndioipa osakonda dziko koma Chimwendoyo wapanga zimenezo kwambiri panopa and this offence is equally similar to that of training party zealots on how to operate a gun ku mtakataka…pano atulutsa in take ndipo kwa lowa ena…wina amutumiza pa dowa police mzimai ndipo wakwezedwa kale kukhala sajenti…a Malawi tidzuke anthu awa onse achotsedwe uniform…a police ambiri are living in poverty opanda promotion opanda uniform pomwe chimwendo akumwera mkaka magizad…police isamalamulidwe ndi ma civilian ngati kainja yemwe amakonda kugonana ndi azikazi ama juniors…IG Kainja ndi civilian yemwe alibe squad ndipo adapeza mpata olowa ku police because ankaphunzitsa pa police secondary nkumadzabwera ndibodza kuti apange reform police…army imatsogoleredwa ndi wa army nundwe ndipo policenso ikuyenera kutsogleredwa ndi wa police osati kainja yemwe mmalo moyang’ana pilce yonse ali busy kuyang’ana mimba yake ndikumakweza mosakhala bwino tizibwenzi take, what a shame…go pa YouTube mufufuze program ya zodiak television ya cruise5 yomwe Joab Frank Chakhaza ankacheza ndi kainja. It is very easy to see what type of a leader is kainja through that interview…him is not a leader but a boss…kainja amangidwenso life imprisonment chifukwa chozunza miyoyo ya anthu ambiri a police…Bravo chakwera for this great gesture…inde zinthu sizikuyenda bwino but there is room for improvement…your excellency maso anu musayang’ane kutali ofuna kugwetsa boma lanu ndi achina khumbidze chiponda omwewa, ndiachina nankhumwa omwewa, ndi chimwendo yemwe mukumusekererayo, ndimwana wanu Nixon Chakwera yemweyu yemwe akufuna kukugwetsani olemekezeka a president anga…please act swiftly and with agency…fast fast…

13. Kandodo did not approve the allowances himself. Infact he used the money on the presidential trip. And ORT was supposed to cover this expenses in latter funding. Sacrificial lamb iyi

    1. I agree with you. To be honest, the guy is innocent.Most public servants including the president himself sometimes get allowances bollowed from other resources and when ORT funding comes, the money is paid back. This is done openly. They should first stop that in the public service. I doubt if that is an issue at all. Zalowa chibwana. People abused the COVID-19 , yes but let’s be careful here. We may end up victimizing innocent people. It’s good the president is now acting but we want real thieves to be punished.

    2. Mukanenela komweko..Dzili bwino zinyau zokha zokha zikuchotsana

14. Tsono mwati anatenga K613,000 mu October 2020 ngati ma allowance pokapelekeza a president ku South Africa then later on anabweza cha mu February 2021.

    Ok fine ife we are following………………
    Bravo Mr President in the process you have initiated to overhaul the whole system.

15. Not out of ignorance, but out of hate. Why doesn’t he pray for the arrest of Nakhumwa who we heard he also pocketted the allowances. He has been spared becaude the audit hasn’t found anything wrong with the allowances he got if truly he got any.

    1. The issue of Nakhumwa will not be pursued because doing so will make Chiponda and Kadzako to be caught in the web. I work for Umodzi Hotel and I can tell you that Chiponda used to pester us to pay her money. We paid over MK25m to her since June

    2. Good observations, if anything, the whole presidential task force should be investigated more. If found they misused the funds through allowances and fuels must be arrested like junior officers who were picked by police

    3. Nakhumwa will not be touched because they know doing so will affect his agents Nkhoma.chiponda and Kadzako

16. long at last a sigh of relief. this what we wanted fro so long

17. Let it be the end but corruption must go. Bravo to Mr President fire more and more. These greedy puff adders are highly toxic

18. For the first time since the president got inaugurated, let me congratulate the president for these actions. This is the way to go Mr. President.

19. Tathokoza powachotsa. Komabe akuyenera kumangidwe malingana ndi malamulo athu ngakhale anabweza ndalamazo. Asachoke kaye ku Lilongweko adikile achemwali awo aja anayamukile limodzi waku Kasungu, by the way Auction akutsegula mawa ndiye achoka nthawi yabwino akagulitse fodya pa chinkhoma.

    Zoona ndalama zonse amalandira zija kukagwa chifukwa cha k600,000?

    1. Ndanva chisoni

       1. not gud at all

20. Over sixty people quietly accompanied Laz to South Africa last year. We only learnt about it when the South African authorities refused to let the plane fly back to Malawi for several hours, believing Bushiri was about to be smuggled out of the country in it. It would seem lots of our taxes was spent on that trip. Mxii!!!

    1. Nanga :Min.of finance,min. of health etc. Ma president are all sleeping or gave a go ahead.How banks reliese money without big authorities , with the way banks work.

21. Asangochotsedwa ntchito koma amangidwenso chifukwa ndalamadi panalibe pamene zimafunkira kugwira ntchito yake. Zingalowe mu system kuti ndi tenge ndalama ndigwiritsire ntchito kaya ndimangire nyumba ndibweza akati andichotsa ntchito. Kandodo yu apite ku Matchaya prison via Chichiri / Maula. Siithera pomwepa tiyikoka. Apo bii inu a Chakwera mukudziwapo kanthu.

22. Chakwera should not use Kandodo to clean his image. Calling Kandodo a traitor and invoking God’s curse on him is not only insensitive but disrespectful and arrogant. Do not use the Covid audit to settle political scores and adjust the succession matrix of MCP. Fix the rot starting with his own kinsman in State house who up to now have survived the chop though corrupt to the core. Dont use Kandodo as a point of reference of corruption, start with your family and friends who have invaded and infested State House.

    1. ndinu opusa kwabasi, mesa he is acting on audit report, did he do the audit himself?mwangokhala ndi mkwiyo. their action is following what auditor got as evidence. bulutu

    2. Etidi mpaka cursing. Ku state house ko angowasiya akuba

23. What about his sister, Mkaka and Chimwendo we don’t want them too

    1. Are they in the report?

24. Chakwera has been looking for an excuse to fire Kandodo from day one. Chakwera fears Kandodo’s grass root support amongst Chewas. The corruption lives with Chakwera ie his family and the other Chewa dons advising him. Kandodo will be back as Minister or even as leader of MCP. Kwacha,

    1. We are not talking about tribes here bra.The whole content here is about the abuse of funds hence your Kandodo has been implicated and the President has no choice but to fire him.Whether your Kandodo is famous in MCP that has got nothing to do with the abuse of public funds.Shame on your comment!

       1. Ndiye nkhani yaketu nanga zomwezi mpaka ma tribe aaaaaa

       2. Iwe chewa

    2. He is a Liability!

    3. This is the most daft comment. Who appointed Kandodo into cabinet? So, you think Chakwera made the appointment and then, from.day, one was looking an excuse to fire him? Does the president even need to give you any explanation firbhitingbor firing anyone from Cabinet?
       Kandodo abused funds and admitted doing so
       The hiring authority has deemed it fit to relieve Kandodo of his duties. Period. Case closed. Ministers can be fired on the spot and cannot even go to the Industrial Court for unfair dismissal

    4. stupid comment from a big fool who only thinks his chewa tribe is paramount regardless of the crimes in question, how cana Minister sink so low and lose a minister position becasue of 700pin? cant you see that this idiot has no self respect?

    5. Wait a minute. Are you trying to say the President has not done well to fire this cabinet minister…? Are you also alleging that Chakwera fears Kandodo?

       If your answers to these two questions is “YES!”, then we really have a Malawian problem in our midst.

25. Kandodo must also be arrested for abuse of office. Why is te president trying to shield him on the basis that he paid back the money?
    He only paid back when the audit was instituted otherwise if it was not for the audit, this money should have vanished into thin air.
    From the list of those arrested it is only clerks or junior staff leaving out the seniors. If the president is serious in fighting theft in the civil service he should arrest the controlling officers and all the ministers mentioned in the audit coz the juniors were acting on instructions from their bosses.

    1. he is a bad example. he shouldn’t be disappointed. the fact kuti anabweza. eetu ndekuti anaabadi .nanga zongosainilidwa opanda budget !!! anaazolowera anayamba kale uyu. LACI 40. nde analiso minister of cani? hammayo.
       eetu anazolowera kukolola posalima. to me akuoneka ngati operewa mmasomu. padzana I commented kuti uyu ai. mau anga apherezera. that was when he had just attained ku Alliance. NDINANENA KUTI ANGOFUNA KUDYA NDALAMA UYU. NO SUBSTANCE

    2. I don’t think Kandodo commiteda crime. He has been fired because he did not meet the president’s standards of integrity.
       Ministers dont approve their own allowances. The principal secretary is the Controlling Officer in every Ministry. It is the PS who made the decision to steal COVID19 mkney and use it to pay allowances.
       The minister just received the money and may not have known its source.
       However, if the PS had told the Minister that there was no money for the trip, and if the minister forced the PS to “borrow” money from the COVID19 vote, then the Minisyer has a case to answer

26. What about the directors at Foreign Affairs who appointed themselves to Embassies. Is that not corruption? Arrest them. They are busy global trotting for allowances.

27. Well done, Sir dear President Chakwera. We are well on our way to becoming a corruption-free country like Botswana. If you should continue serving with prudence and impartiality, then surely we would like to have you again as president of Malawi. Well done!

28. Good but very little we need him arrested to set an example for the nation. Investigate him more

29. finally we have the president

30. Izi ndizoopsa zedi kuti a Malawi wokwana 1100 adafa ndi matenda a COVID ena chifukwa chosowa zipangizo anthu adyera anali likiti likiti kuphangirana ndalama zoti zithandize mntundu wa thu ,Anthu oipa mntima awa musawasiye onjateni basi akaone polekera. Mufuna kunena kuti minister mpaka kulephera kusunga 600,000 mk ku bank. Apa mchifukwa mumakatenga katapila yeti.Koma dziwani kuti mizimu ya anthu mudaphetsa mhsowa nayo mntendere ndithu.

31. I am rubble. I am everywhere. I am.

32. The beginning of the end of Nonse Alliance. Ngambakupita

33. Ken Kandodo was one of the experienced ministers having served in the same posotion with DPP and PP. He should have questioned where the money was coming from. The one who started this Nyangulu is well known for love of flights and allowances. He is very cunning and managed to convince his PS . Look he is the one who pocketed more than the minister. This is the rubble that has to be cleared.

34. Za zii! He is willing to sacrifice small fish in the name of civil servants yet shielding thieves in state house and the mkakas! By the way, who is the business associate of Mainja?

    1. Kodi amangomanga aliyense,Nkaka was not mentioned why should he be arrested?Yakula ndi nsanje apa,pepani zomwe mukufuna sizitheka

       1. FINGER OF EVIDENCE ” basitu. anabweza . WHY????

    2. So the Minisyernof Labour and a party stalwart is small fish to you? I think you have the brain of a fish.
       The investigative audit report didn’t mention Mkaka. Have you even read the report or you’re just commenting out of ignorance?

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