DPP says returning K145m to Pioneer: CSOs brand refund ‘admission of guilty’ of Malawi police fraud
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will return the K145 million donation is received from Pioneer Investments suspected to have been proceeds of crime in Malawi Police Service (MPS) food rations scam, party spokesperson Nicholas Dausi has said.
Briefing the press in Lilongwe on Saturday, Dausi said the party has decided to return the money after the concerns that were raised about the donation.
There have been mounting calls for President Peter Mutharika to resign after a leaked report by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) accused him, on behalf of the DPP, of receiving a K145 million kickback from a contract to supply food rations to the police.
“In view of the misunderstanding created around the donation, the DPP has decided to return the money to Pioneer Investments because when this donation was made, the party received it in good faith like any other donation. But having seen the misunderstanding we thought we have to return the money,” Dausi said.
Dausi further quashed aside suggestions that the money was meant to benefit the President directly as he was the sole signatory of the Standard Bank account to which the K145 million cheque was deposited.
“The money was intended to help the party budget for its headquarters in Blantyre and use for other party expenses. The fact that the sole signatory President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika does not mean in any way that the money was meant for him as a person but, as any head of an institution can sign the money.
“And we want to say that the money was a donation to the party. And having heard a lot of things, we think it is only right and proper to return the money,” he said.
Dausi added that the DPP has been at the forefront of pushing for the Political Party funding legislation in Parliament, hence it is in that spirit that the money has to be returned.
However, Dausi was not forthcoming as to where the party will source the funds in view of the fact that the High Court froze the party’s account following an injunction by Mzuzu-based Youth and Society Organisation (YSO).
“We will return the money,” was his response.
Meanwhile, rights activist Gift Trapence, who is also deputy chairperson for Human Rights Defenders Coalition which has been pushing for justice on the matter, said the DPP’s announcement to pay back the money amounts to admission of guilty.
“This is evidence that they stole the money. The question is, how can they give the money to the same person whom they collaborated with to defraud government? What we have been asking them to do is to pay back the money to government coffers. This is an insult to Malawians and an act of impunity.
“As CSOs (civil society organisations), we will not be hoodwinked by this gesture. We will make sure that the law takes its course on the matter; to have wrong-doers brought to book,” said Trapence.
The development comes after Mzuzu-based Youth and Society (YAS) through Ritz Attorneys-at-Law have dragged DPP and PI Ltd to court demanding that the two institutions immediately refund the money.
A leaked dossier from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) into the K2.7 billion MPS food rations scam indicates that PI Ltd made an abortive interest claim of K466 million and deposited K145 million into a DPP bank account at Standard Bank whose sole signatory is Mutharika.
YAS argues that the governing party is aware that the said money represents proceeds of a fraudulent sham procurement by MPS officers and Karim of PI Ltd.
ACB director Reyneck Matemba said investigations into the K2.7 billion MPS food rations scam would be completed soon and arrests effected.
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We are still waiting to hear from the sole signatory on this account
who is returning the money??? DPP or APM who is the only signatory on the account. Is he hiding behind DPP, well his hands have been caught deep into the cookie jar! The Thief in Chief
All three Zameer Karim his dumb brother Aslam Karim and their evil master mind father Khalid Abdul Karim must be sentenced to be stoned in public by the poor Malawians for stealing our money it’s a shame our crook president is supporting these mother fuckers who not only have chewed poor Malawians money but also their workers dues my cousin Gaffar mia works for them even he is still waiting for his pay cheque it’s been 2 years what type of people are these I swear they need mob justice coz the law makers in Malawi are all corrupt …….. DPP youth what are you waiting for instead of attacking innocent Malawians why don’t you get these mother fuckers who are trying to spoiling APM reputation I don’t see him in Booma in 2019
The ACB report mentions Peter as the thief not dpp. Surely Zameer was forced to give dpp the money. Atapanidwa vakunsi atha kuwulula ameneyu. There’s more to this than meets the eye. How much did dpp pocket from the contractor of the Kasiya road and the Bingu Stadium – Parliament dual carriage. What about amenye a Plem and Master construction who build substandard roads? Peter is building flats at Bunda turn off from his K2.7 million salary. Munthuyu akutibera tikuwona ndithu.
Can you also return the ‘missing’ diesel
WOYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ZODIYAKI KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK koma nde ndlama siinali ya a person wozaaa dausi student kompanyoni munaisiya kuti????????????????? inu yo ameneyo kuuza ife kuti mubweza ndalamayi. frozen account amalola kutapakoso? poti ife sitizidziwa. timakaima pa money machine whole day kudikila network igwile, magetsiso atazima koma anyangata inu nde mwatisewla yododa mwava inu. mawa pano dausi azizati ine ndaamene ndinaulula kuti tibweza k145 yotulukila ku dpp kukalowa cipani colamula cikubweraci. hule la ndale ili musatdalole cidzete ici cimaganiza ngati mbuzi.
tadzionani vinkhope ngati a kangombwa- a dzimwe. kuyenda ma step ngati atsekwe- abakha a mmadzi, abila- nkhosa kunenepa ndi k145 kutapata nayo ndalama ya misonkho yathu. SWINGING RIGHT WING. nanga kutabwerere ndalama big akaunti ya BEN PHILI- Dzina lodyela lake lenileni anapanila .tikumudziwatu ife.. uku nkuyamba tikumvatuuuuuuuuuu zuuuubwera
Join the discussion..Makape Chakwera atenga BOMA come 2019, Inu Muli mu government koma mukufunaso kulamula kudzera ku movement? Anthu mwagwilizana kukaba ndikuyendako bwino, pongawana zakubazo akupatsa share chochepa basi iwe kuyamba kuulula amzako aja, pamenepo tiziti Iweyo wakubaso kapena ayi? Ndithandizeni manganizo abalekuti chaka chamawachi vote yanga ndisabetse. inu amayi Calista wa munthalika tanenani zoona kuba mukunenako anthu amenewa anayamba liti?
The Head Line should read “DPP says returning K145m to Pioneer & instead receiving it back in CASH” 😂
Mmm, this is now too much comrades, all we hear in Malawi is nothing but corruption day in day out. Worse enough, this syndicate is starting with the number one citizen. Impeachment is the only option I guess otherwise I don’t see any future with this rotten leadership!!
Ignorance of where the money came from is no excuse and the owner of the account, in this case the sole signatory to the account should be taken to task! Impeachment proceedings should start as soon as possible. This man is not fit to rule Malawi.
Silica Gel seems knowledgeable on the issue and is trying hard to defend the indefensible. Any idea what range of donations was. K145m sticks out as a sore thumb and very difficult to convince all and sundry it was indeed a donation.
This is all acting! Pioneer gives 145m to DPP. DPP pays the money to pioneer and announce to the public. Chilima and others celebrates for victory won. Pioneer gives the money back to DPP through high secret means and indeed no one knows. Life goes on!! That’s the end of the story!!!!!!
Karim and Pioneer Investments are not the owner of the 145 Million Kwacha, you Pumbwas! The money belongs to Malawians,the ones suffering in the villages! As for the DPP die-hards amene mmatokota pano nkumati sangabweze…lero mwaonatu Dausi akuti ndalama abweza!! Mwang’omboka!!!
But returrning the money is NOT enough amangwetu…..okuba kwake ndi ku ndende basi!!! Pumbwa wasanza chipwete….zomvetsa chisoni!!Thieves disguised as leaders…shame!!!
Let the impeachment begin ladies and gentle
DPP Gurus have completely lost direction. They have accepted receiving K145m, proceeds from the corrupt Police Nutrition Contract. Call it whatever you like but the fact remains the same. It is corruption of the highest order, more so that the head of state led the looting of tax payers money.
Return the loot by all means to treasury, and not to the extortionist Indian, where it may be put to good use such as improving maternal health. Shame on DPP…. and APM.
I think people are emotional and overzealous. Kareem donated K145m to DPP after they appealed for assistance from wellwishers. Mind you it was not only Kareem who responded to the call I understand. DPP used the money for the intended project; DPP headquarters project. Through whistle blowers, it transpired that Kareem overcharged his contract with Malawi Police to supply food rations. ACB followed the matter where they looked at Kareem debtors and creditors among which is payment of K145m to DPP account. After DPP has heard that this particular donation has issues, they are returning it to the donor. I think that understanding is missed by most of the contributors on this site. Please don’t use wishful thinking.
You know what Silica Gell, just save yourself a whole of embarrassment. The M145m wasn’t meant for DPP and that’s why it was deposited into an account in which only Peter was the signatory. Number 2, it is quite clear that the deposit wasn’t meant for DPP but Peter and was transferred by a man who had just been awarded a lucrative govt tender whose value was inflated. So, can you see what people are emotional and overzealous about? This is clear fraud and even a Standard 2 pupil can see.
A Santana mwaona mumene zayendera zithu? Ndinakuuzani kuti ngakhale ndife a LOHMWE tiyeni tichoke ku DPP. Kumene zikupita zinthu ndikovuta uku.
Wow! They are returning K145m because the whole world knows about it and there’s paperwork to track it. How about all the other ‘donations’ they received that we’re not aware of? Two weeks ago Chilima told all corrupt DPP to start returning the stolen money and it is happening! This is tax payers money and it should not go to Amwenye. Use it to pay tuition for underprivileged students or build classroom blocks to improve safety in primary schools. DPP should return all the stolen taxpayers money.
Well that’s a good move for Dpp Kona manga mmwenye ameneyu tingomusiyasiya?Apanidwe awulure chenicheni
DPP leaves us with a lot of unanswered questions. Would DPP have returned the money had it been they were NOT caught pants down? How much of the rot remains unexposed? (How big is the iceberg of corruption that is beneath the water unknown to the public? What are the legal implications of such ‘acts of admission?’ We have a legal precedent where the former Major of Blantyre John Chikakwiya was later convicted on similar charges. What will happen to the sole recipient of such illicit money? Will Malawians to continue calling money transacted fraudulently like this donations?
SHAME!!!
145m siya Karim ndi ya a Malawi choncho ibezedwe ku account number one.
MBAVA ZA DPP TSOPANO, ZIMAGANIZA MOPELEWELA NGATI MBAVA ZINAZILIZONSE KAYA ZAKUBA MIZIMBE,NKHUKU.TAWONANI APA AKUFUNA KUTI AKABWEZA NDALAMAZO AKAWAPASILE PAMANJA MU ENVELOPE YA BLUE. MA CSO MWAYIGWILA NTCHITOTU APA! PITILIZANI.
Ndizimenezo bwezani ndiponso Kareem yonso amangidwe basi ndiwa polisi yo afinyeni agulukunyinda loya uja amalubwa lubwa uja kuti mulandu umeneu ndiovuta kuuzenga loya wankulu Daisoni wangoti tibweza ndalama mulandu watha now we have to go after Kamilioni “kareem”kuti abweze ndalama yonse! Boma losakonda anthu ake ma contract mukuwapatsa anthu oti akutukula maiko akwao kutisiya ife makolo athu anakhetsa mwazi kumenyera ufulu wadziko lathu yet omwe akudyerera ndi ma foreigner vuto ladyera nsanje unkhwidzi lero ndiizi mukuyaluka nazozi apa AGALU A DPP chaka cha mawa nonse mmadzi we will vote you out!!
May they please tell us the source of the K145m they are planning to pay back!
Is this one way of running away from impeachment?
Nkhani yakula iyi madala kutuluka thukuta kukanika kulongosola za makwacha
Shame! But it’s too late .the damage has already been done
Koma ‘Bebe’ SKS uyu….Wawapana madoda vakusi mpaka ayambadi kubweza……..kkkkkkkk Tiye nazoni
To return the money to Pioneer Investment: My foot. Which is easier for DPP to return the money to the owners Malawi Government o to Pioneer Investment. Why should DPP find it necessary to tell the Nation on their intention of refund the K145 Mili to Pioneer Investment who will witness the transaction of return. Mbabva zokhazokha. Is Karim going to accept and receive the money?