Dausi defeats Kasaila, Msonda for DPP spokesman post
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has elected maverick and charming politician Nicholas Dausi as the party publicity secretary, beating Minister of Labour Francis Katsaira and political nomad Kenneth Msonda.
Dausi, Minister of Information once held the same position when former president Bingu was Mutharika appointed him.
Chimwemwe Chipungu, who is coordinator for Safe Motherhood has been elected organising secretary after he got 1117 votes against his competitor James Chuma who got 407 votes.
Charles Mhango, the Attorney General was elected legal advisor to the party beating private practice lawyer David Kanyenda who is embroiled in several abuse of clients money scandals.
Civil society organisations have told secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet Lloyd Muhara to fire Mhango and Chipungu as they are civil servants therefore are not supposed to practise front line politics.
One of the CSO leaders, Timothy Mtambo said the two undermined a recent government circular from the OPC which told all civil servants joining politics to resign from the government first.
Government and party spokesman Dausi said Mhango and Chipungu are not civil servants.
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Really? Muhango and Chipungu not civil servants? Is Safe Motherhood not part of OPC? Is OPC employees not Civil Servants? Is Judiciary not one of the arm of Government? Are Government Employees not part of Civil Servants? One does not need rocket science to see that Dausi is lying here!!!!!
Resigning first is a government regulation but the constitution of the Republic requires them to discharge their duties as civil servants with impartiality. Discharging their duties with impartiality is not the same as resigning. When the constitution comes into conflict with a regulation, obviously the constitution must prevail hence there is no need for the two gentlemen to resign. The problem we have in Malawi is that a lot of people, including the Malawi Congress Party President, do not know the constitution of the Republic of Malawi that’s why they ask for things that are against the constitution like asking… Read more »
Mbava zokhazokha
Our CSOs ndi mbuli. AG is a post that knows no boundary. AGs can be MPs.
In some countries the AG is equivalent to minister of justice.
AG is by definition not a civil servant.
Slowly DPP is ridding itself bad apples within their ranks. In May 2019, the people will decide who leads the nation and will certainly havevtheirvturn in ridding bad apples.
CHIPANI CHA MBAVA ICI DZINA LAKE DPP-LED BY THE PRINCE OF THIEVES!