HRDC gives Nankhumwa 7 days to pay back K3.6m Covid-19 allowances

February 21, 2021 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 26 Comments

Rights activists have given Leader of Opposition in parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa seven days to pay back K3.6 million he pocketed as sitting allowance in presidential taskforce on Covid-19.

Nankhumwa: Pay back the money

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says the money pocketed by Nankhumwa could have gone a long way in saving the lives of many Covid 19 patients.

The rights group also demands that the government should make public all cluster expenditure reports, to give Malawians a picture of how the  K6.2 billion response funds were used or misused.

According to the HRDC National Chairperson Gift Trapence, the grouping will embark on a serious “Pay Back the Money” campaign against anyone who unduly benefited, overcharged or inflated prices of items meant for the Covid fight.

But Nankhumwa said he got the allowances for lodging, food and fuel since he operates from his home residence in Luchenza.

Some section of society say Nankhumwa has not acted illegally by getting the allowances, saying he got what he was entitled to.

Some people say Nankhumwa is not the only one who got the allowances, saying cabinet ministers who sit on the taskforce get their allowances too.

 

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26 replies on “HRDC gives Nankhumwa 7 days to pay back K3.6m Covid-19 allowances”

  1. If it’s about allowances then publish a list of all those who benefited and demand a refund. Failing which, this is wishhunt on the Hon Nankhumwa.

  2. HRDC wake up pliz! Its a taskforce,, handle it as such. During meetings all members get allowances then why targeting a single member??? We know some members are your friends but if you can’t handle this issue holistically then just leave it. Mupusa nazo

  3. Nankhumwa is not the only person in the commitee and asking him to pay back all the money is not own. He attended meetings and needed to upkeep for himself and possibly the driver, security. My take is wait for investigations….singling or targettng him …ndiye za ndale tsano

  4. I am for Nankhumwa to pay back the money but singling him out of many wrong dooers is not fair and borders on sheer hatred. Let all recipients of illicit allowances be identified and pay back what has been assessed as illegallyy obtained.

  6. HRDC is slowly but surely losing relevance! Even the members of HRDC get allowances after holding press conferences! There was a time when HRDC spoke all Mlawians listened but now they are just uttering gibberish!

  7. Why only trying to demonise Nankhumwa alone? What about Honourable Khumbidze Chiponda how much has she pocketed & what about Dr Phuka? Indeed all the others in the Task Force Team???? Just release the breakdown of how the allowances were paid to the members of the Task force team. Not only Nankhumwa cos Nankhumwa did not pay himself. He received the money.

  8. KN is not just a person he is leader of opposition and he must be an example and he was there as our eye but instead he was the one who taught those guys how to steal public funds because he is expert on that

  11. This says a lot about Nankhumwa. The guy is in opposition. He was supposed to be the first to blow the whistle and inform us what is happening with Covid money yet he decided to lay in bed with the enemy. Well they already set a trap for you. They knew that if things went wrong they will expose you first to divert attention. Well kuzolowera kulandira ma envelope a Khaki osa sayinira. La 40 lakwana tu. You have a government vehicle a VX Prado with monthly fuel allowance and you are supposed to have a house in Lilongwe all this as a Leader of Opposition. Then you go on to claim another allowance for traveling from Mulanje to Lilongwe that’s double dipping. Abwana zina zo sizofunika munthu kukuwuzani or science. This is wrong. Ku kama ngombe yowonda mkaka mowonjeza uku.

  12. I am not a fan of Nankhumwa, but this demand by HRDC is simply stupid. Nankhumwa is not alone in the taskforce.

  14. HRDC: KN is in opposition. If he was able to eat this much, things authorized by the very ruling people, how much have they devoured themselves who are ruling. Stop being impartial. There is too much rot in the current government. They are even so shameful to parade arrests of very junior officers who indeed only pocketed seven sauzandi kwachas out of the whole K6.2bn while the politicans who ate millions are still moving up and down. It’s very shameful. The propaganda has to stop. We cant run a nation by propaganda and some hiding things under the rug. It doesn’t work!!! That’s why everything is remaining the same even descending down into the abyss. We have seen people performing in those very same roles. Learn how they worked and what made them tick atleast for now as we wait for 2025.

  17. Stupid demand. Chiponda has so far cashed in over MK15m in allowances and no one is saying anything the same chiponda was given the responsibility to run the independence celebration which was cancelled and no report has been issued up to now .

  18. So far we have only been shown money drawn by KN kodi ena onse Ali mu COVID 19 task force sanalandire nawo ndalama? Kuli a task force co chair khumbize chiponda tikufunanso inu amene mwatiwonetsa za KN mutiwonetse za enawo so that we can make informed decisions looking at the whole issue osati kungochita target munthu mmodzi basi

    1. Aaaa zamanyazi ndithu where is the co chair? dont just target the individuals. Ndiye time kuti mwa anthu onsewo analandira allowance ndi NK yekha? Inuyo a CHRDC ngati mulibe mbali yambirani Minister.mpakana wapansi amene anadya nao ndalama ya Covid.

    2. Mind you this is politics. It’s DPP infighting. Remember he Chaponda was destroyed?. Fellow DPP guys fighting each other.

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