Chief Justice Nyirenda under fire for abuse of office, nepotism
Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda has come under intense fire from some concerned junior staff of the judiciary over abuse of office and nepotism allegations.
He is accused of recruiting close relations into the Judiciary, including his own son, without proper laid down Judiciary procedures.
The concerned junior staff have since reported Nyirenda and Judicial Service Commission to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and office of the ombudsman for breaching recruitment procedures.
According to the letter seen by Nyasa Times, the law states that only officers who are entitled to practice law in Malawi can be employed as professional magistrates.
The letter further claims that without proper justification the judicial service commission employed Tamanda Nyimba, personal assistant to the Chief Justice who also chairs the Judicial Commission.
The letter further alleges that, Nyimba who is a nephew to Nyirenda, studied law outside the country but never sat for bar exams in order to qualify for the position of a professional magistrate and to practice in Malawi.
The concerned group argues that some of the people who are employed in the research department and magistracy sat for bar exams and are qualified for the position of a professional magistrate.
The letter adds that two P4 positions fell vacant and were given to relations of some members of the commission without conducting interviews.
These are his worship Mzondi Mvula and his worship Kondwani Banda as was then.
The concerned junior officers have also accused the Chief Justice of employing his own biological son Wanangwa Nyirenda as an intern for research department without any competitive interview and a year later promoting him to the position of Senior Resident Magistrate.
Meanwhile, the group has argued that this is a breach of established recruitment procedure.
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Malawi is TOO small for this nonsense. Zikori tigawanepo Ali yense azikapangs zimene akufuna kwawo Kaya ndi kukaya muzikapasana mipandoyo ku Nyika Republic. Ma rubbish atikwana Ife kwabasi. Yausiru, yereyi aiche kumangwetu!!!
Ntumbuka ndi ntumbuka Basi….ngakhale asinthe tchire.
Amen and amen. Mtumbuka ndi Chitsiru..iye koma kusokoneza dziko
What about ACB side hear? Have they confirmed to have received the complaint.
Are you surprised? these are the same people who shout the loudest on nepotism, and yet they are the most nepotistic individuals.The tonse aliance,especially the VP Saulosi Chilima must look into issues like this.Cultural differences must seize. We are all Malawians and we must be treated as such.
…must cease
Chilima put his relative as Minister in Tonse too… Rashy, the DPP Rashy, That is the reason he is a Minister now!
The sword has turned on the maker. JUSTICE MUST ALWAYS BE SEEN TO BE DONE. ANYWHERE, ANYTIME
APM started all this but he was even taking his dogs into government. I wonder whether or not this is just a smear campaign against the Chief Justice by cadets after APM and Muhara protested against footing the costs of the case in which they were accused of trying to illegally remove the CJ. Mupawone bwino apa. The cadets are not yet finished.
Is ok
Shame on you Justice Nyirenda. We thought you are a man of his integrity but nay, you are just equally a savage as street vendors. How can a man of your calibre steep so low abusing your office in presence of competent judicial staff. Is this not challenging? Did you take the rest as fools who could not have a say even though you could abuse your office anyhow? The law should treat you harshly because you were doing this abuse knowingly and challenging your own work which the nation is aware you are familiar with the laws of Malawi. I didn’t know you are such a savage. To hell with you!!!!
Ndiwe galu aise
Walakwa chani nanga
Asanene zoona.Bloodshit.
He is as useless as he looks.
This nothing compared to what Chikhosi is doing because he is actually creating non existent posts in the civil service to accommodate MCP thugs. One such thug who has been recruited without following procedure is Bendulo. Last time kadzako was being rude when government dismissed Seodi white and Mzati Nkookosa that they were recruited without following procedures yet the same stupid Kadzako says nothing about Bendulo and Ntumodzi who were recruited without following procedures. 3Even HRDC says nothing because they are part of such stupidity. They say nothing of selective justice where APM aand Chisale accounts were frozen yet Chonara was not. Matemba is another useless political stooge
Bendulo
Mtumbuka woyipa mtima uyu. Kuda khungu ndi mtima womwe
Ayi zamitundu siyani. Munthu akalakwitsa, sikuti ndi mtundu wake. Ndi munthuyo.
Is kenyatta Nyirenda not his young brother?
Ife tikudabwa kuti enanu mukudabwa ndi zinthu komaso mitundu yosadabwitsa. We can’t drain the next swamp when our heads first needs to be drained as well.
If the relatives have the right qualifications, what can stop them from working in the Judiciary. Are the interviews done by one man?
Anyway I simply want to request the CJ to fix the mess which is at the IRC. Cases are taking ages to be decided. People want justice. If you are finding it difficult just close this useless industrial court.
Judiciary started practicing nepotism many decades ago. That’s why the entire judiciary is full of tumbukas today. You needed to be a northerner to be admitted for Law at Chancellor College, you needed to be tumbuka to be employed in judiciary. These tumbuka people are shameless. There is also rampant tumbukaism in Ministry of education, agriculture, Labour, Local Government, Illovo Nchalo, Illovo Dwangwa, Tea Industry, Yoneco, Banja la mtsogolo, SOS institutions, Sports Council, NICE, etc etc. Don’t you wonder why 95% of filling stations are owned by tumbukas? It is because they planted a tumbuka at Ministry of Lands. These northerners are simply stupid.
I remember official staff meetings at Pharmanova were done in Tumbuka. Just shows you.
Then its everywhere…. eeehhhh kwavuta
Kamuzu and Bingu knew how to handle these northerners. Remember kwanu nkwanu and Mzuzu corner?
Atumbuka ayambilamso zako zija. It’s all because of Tonse Alliance government. Expect no actiom as northerners now control government through spouses of highest officers in the land.
Sad but true
Za ma bedroom mwaomo ndiye Ife tizifinyika nazo zauchisiru? Zugaru!!!!
We hope there will be action. I also hope that we are not going back to the period when northerners were openly practicing nepotism in this country.
Munya anyalapi a DPP, nepotism mwaiziwa lero?ana agalu inu..infact I was going to swear Kuti son of a “galu wa mkazi”
What next? Are they going to join the rubble vehicle of those recruited and promoted without proper procedure; those already fired and or demoted? Let’s see if impartiality knows no boundaries.
Who will cast the first stone. Even in bible times you will find it what with Tonse run government
At the moment business are being psssed on from the leadership of the current regime to their very close relations
Have you posed for a while &wonder who is supplying the fertiliser deal who they connected to
How about fuel who is running the show etc
PALITU MOTO APA
Muvi oyang’anira. This nepotism must be uprooted in the country. If these things are entertained in this country, it is just a matter of time before people start chasing others. It’s just not right
Considering the surname I am not surprised.
Koma mmene ankawelengera judgement ya mlandu wa presidential election ndimaona ngati iye ndi ngelo.
New Malawi.
Here we go. This is all good for democracy. No one including the Chief Justice should be sleeping on the job. Draining the swamp not only DPP, but all those slacking on the job.
Are we not breeding a culture of gossip to feed our readers with anonymous letters?
I believe it is against journalism code of ethics to publishing news which is based on anonymous letter.
This is type was democracy was called kuthana under one party regime where anonymous allegations were the order of the day.
We need mindset change in the way we operate as a democratic country. We need to confront our concerns in an open and transparent manner. Never encourage gossip.
You are very correct. The reporter should have taken time to ask the CJ if indeed he influenced the employment of the perceived son.
Mukunamatu inu tamanda mukunenayo si CJ anamulemba ntchito koma judicial service commission, anakhoza interviews 2012/2013. Mwangodana nawo a CJ basi.
This problems looks like everywhere even in the UK. You can study law no problem but to get the work experience definately you need to know someone ( even unpaid experience) otherwise you will not get anywhere. It is bad for low class citizens but hey life is not all easy.
Ur falling short of condemning him. In others words you are accepting what he has done. I can hear it in ur mind
that is not an excuse though. Anyway, allegations have been made, so let investigations begin and draw the case to its logical conclusion
why am I not surprised? It has been the case all the time. Meanwhile the rest of us sit on the stands and watch