Ex-minister Mussa says ‘Amwenye’ should not be spared in Malawi corruption crackdown
Former minister Yunus Mussa has observed that the spate of arrests in cement import scandal and others defrauding government in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regime is giving the impression that it is only indigenous Malawians who can be kept in police cells while Malawians of Asian origin on the list of suspects are only interrogated but not detained.
Mussa, a former legislator of Zomba Central Constituency who dumped DPP and joined UTM Party of Vice-President Saulos Chilima, said on ‘TimesTalk’ phone-in programme monitored by Nyasa Times on Times Radio that companies owned by Malawians of Asian origin who colluded with suspects being arrested should also be arraigned.
“There are a lot of Amwenye [Asian businesspersons] who are corrupt barons. These tycoons should not be spared,” said Mussa.
“There are Asians doing business in the country on the list of suspects in tax evasion, they should not just be interrogated, they need to face the law. No one is above the law,” said Mussa.
Many callers in the programme hosted by Brian Banda lamented failure by authorities to pounce on owners of some companies which participate in defrauding government but remain free from prosecution.
This comes after police arrested with several key figures, including the security aide to former president Peter Mutharika, in connection to the nearly $7 million in cement import duties.
But a businessman implicated in the deal, Ahmed Chunara, was only questioned and released after he revealed to police that the imports were initiated by Norman Paulosi Chisale, a bodyguard of Mutharika.
Chisale is one several people whom police arrested Tuesday for alleged involvement in the cement importation deal.
On Friday, police arrested the former deputy commissioner general of the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), Roza Mbilizi, for facilitating the importation of the duty-free cement.
Records show that the MRA gave Mutharika the clearance to make the duty-free cement importations in three tranches, with each consignment valued at $2.24 million.
Mutharika has denied knowing about the scheme which saw cement for construction of his private property imported duty free.
Police spokesperson James Kadadzera said police are interrogating several other people on the matter.
“When investigations are ripe, we will inform the public,” he said.
Meanwhile, Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Reyneck Matemba has said the graft-busting body will start preliminary investigations in the matter.
Newly elected President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, who in his inaugural speech pledged to deal with corruption, said that before the country of 19.13 million people can begin to rebuild, it must clear the rubble of corruption.
“I will challenge the leadership of judiciary to do more to root out the culture of corruption and selective justice that has shipwrecked too many of our lowest courts,” he said.
Mutharika’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), now in the opposition, claims there is political persecution against its members, a claim which Minister of Information Gospel Kazako has dismissed as trivial.
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Mwenye si munthu. Arrest them and let them taste Maula four star treatment. Then they will stop saying Jiko ndi wanu ndalama ndi wathu.Confiscate their assets and fine them-MK100BN each
There is a system which has to be broken and arrests have to continue Malawi for Malawians and there is uncontrolled immigration of indians a thing we are not controlling just as with others from other countries. Investors and visitors yes but not as we are trailing. We need to define immigration as other countries even India defines it. We need to scrutinize the registration of citizens with National Registration Bureau. All corrupt employees at the bureau must be arrested and illegal immigrants must be expatriated.
The word Amenya is a derogatory word ..shame its coming from failed politicians like Mussa who even today gets his gratuities from the very indians he is trying to castigated.
Malawi needs a united country not xenophobic nonsense as proposed ..
No derogatory names please Mr Mussa (who actually has indian blood running in him too )
Malawi is larger and bigger than bigots Period.
As far as corruption is concerned no stone should be left un touched …a dig it out and yes punish one and all who are complicit to this cancer of corruption .
Malawi shall rise not by bigoted words of Mussa but by the sincere will of justice
God bless Malawi including the contributing indians of Malawi
You are just a Dog,,,Who are they if you hate the name of Amwenye?
Tonse has a test to pass on this
Don’t worry Yunus, we the citizens will arrest these criminals. Chakwera came to power through a smooth revolution. He needs to wake up else he will go as he came
Thumbs up Yunus.
What Yunus has said makes sense. Whoever participated in looting should be treated the same. We should not be colonized in our minds by treating amwenye differently. Externalization of cash should also be closely monitered.
You extort money from the very Indians yourself!
Yes i noted a scenario where could be conflict interest. Procurement staff kupemba ndalama kwa amwenye
ROT 🇲🇼
This is why for all the countries is an interesting story. Law are made by Malawians, administered by Malawians but when it comes to gull implimetation the law changes Malawians become second class citizens and foreigners first class citizens who according to nature must never ever be put in our filthy smelly rat infeated cell lest the Almighty punish us
Mussa dont yake this country to hell by your arrogant sughestion even government knows that the amwenyes are superior to us hence dont arrest them. Even the interrogation was done unconstitutionally it was supposed o be done at a decent place like BICC
AMWENYE MUST NOT BE SPARE AT ALL. Malawi belongs to all of us. It is time that all corrupts face the music. There are far many amwenye who have been at the center of all corruptions in Malawi. Some of them who are visible in shady deals are easy picks and must be taken in right away. Other are enablers who hide behind shady companies or international companies to orchestrate tax evasion. In this category, there are bankers, accountants, and others. I have talked about Ernst Young before. The new boss of MRA knows this very well. He must work on this without any reservation even though he is good friends with all these amwenye. We are watching. Malawi is watching. Y. Mussa is absolutely right. We are watching
Yunus Mussa you yourself being a mandanda wa mwenya yourself should know better. For Rashy is a mandanda wa mwenya like you, and like you corrupt conspiring to sell buses to APM and making the government pay . You mandandas wa mwenya need to be brought down to size.
chonara was funding MCP big time and no way he can be arrested.
I fully agree. MCP is more in bed with these asians than you think. Many of these corrupt indian-paks are very close to MCP folks from the top to key ministers such as the minister of finance, to key agencies such as MRA (John Biziwich) and many more. We know then well and we will be watching to see how they handled this. We have elected you to clean up and not to protect your Chonora!
We are going to be proactive BIG TIME
He knew kuti akuba ndalama za nsonkho
Our indians must learn to do clean business and pay our people descent wages
An Indian is born to bribe and corrupt. There is no way that an Indian can do clean business. These Indians are thought when babies that their duty is to bribe and corrupt Malawians. Look Chisale who is a Malawian is arrested, and so is Roza, another Malawian, but Chunara is free as a bird in the sky. So ask yourself what has Chunara done to avoid arrest, the answer is Chunara has bribed and corrupted the police. No indian in Malawi can ever be punished. Forget it. Yunus Mussa, who is a thug and arese licker of Bingu and APM can scream that Amwenyes should all to be arrested but all those who demand that Amenyas should be arrested are wasting their time. Amenye are Kings of Malawi, above all, born to rule. Amenye own Malawi
We will change this mind set very soon .
Those of us who grew with him in St Marys know him as Vale throughout..He has been using his dead brothers qualification and name to get to Parliament as well as being a Minister. Shameful!!!
But what he has proposed makes sense,
Shit him
Inu aMussa sanadziwa banji kuti ife ndi mzungu wa England kuti achita buzinezi chabe. Mukhale naye ziko wanu ife azatenga ndalama wathu pa India ife nyekwe anakana.
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