HRDC launches ‘pay back our money’ campaign, demands Covid-19 money looting report
Rights activists are demanding that authorities immediately release a report on the alleged abuse of K6.2 billion Covid-19 money.
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says delays in releasing the report is raising eyebrows.
At least a month has elapsed since revelations came out that funds amounting to K6.2 billion were mismanaged at the Department for Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA).
President Lazarus Chakwera had since ordered an audit on the same stressing that his taskforce on the pandemic should issue a detailed report that would help expose the looters.
The HRDC had since launched a “Pay Back Our Money” campaign to push for the arrest of all looters as well as the return of the plundered money.
HRDC National Coordinator Luke Tembo said the campaign is failing to tick because of lack of information stemming from delays to conclude and release the report.
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Luke Tembo and Chikosa Silungwe should start playing reggae music. That aside, you have to be patient and Chakwera said the audit is underway and will be concluded this month. Thereafter, we will know who stole the money.
Pay back our money? ndizanu?
The culture of expecting audits or reports to change matters, after the fact, needs to change in Malawi. The best time to raise noises is BEFORE even a single tambala has been spent. Rights bodies should be insisting on proper budgets, “ring fencing” and acceptable formats and time tables for public funds.
Not taking the necessary action at the beginning, lays the groundwork for all the wanton looting of public funds that we see in our country. Rights body leaders and their staff need to educate themselves on basic accounting, finance for non-finance managers and INTERNAL CONTROLS. These topics are not rocket science; anyone with adequate discipline can learn them to an acceptable level of understanding.
Safeguarding public funds from the beginning should be the focus. When we don’t show this interest at the beginning and throughout the time that the funds are being used and only make noise when things have gone wrong what happens is the following: Political leaders and the culprits (who may often be the same people) make the right noises, while waiting for people to forget about the whole thing. In time new scandals come to light and the old ones are forgotten, while the money remains with the “stealers”. It happens over and over again…
Kampeni? Nde akumatani?
Musatinyanse
Which money are you talking about? You need to have facts you guys. You cannot be telling people that all the Mk6.2b was stolen. This generalization shows that you don’t have details of the matter and the best you could do is to take your time and dig more. Issues of financial mismanagement are complex and cannot be dealt with within that short period. Your irritating demand now shows how desperate you are to prove you are still worth the salt. Government should not be pushed to arrest people because you hate them. In the end, it will be you again who will be accusing the same government for failure to complete cases when it will be hunting for facts to be provided in courts. One wonders what is it that you want government to do. You people have very little on your table but you should know that government has so many issues to work on. The covid 19 is not the only one on government desk. Stop the childish activism. The nation doesn’t need that rubbish type of activism.
hahahaha! pay back the money muli mu office mukumwa tea? Kodi mabwana ako amachita phokoso aja achinasembereka ndi trapence ali kuti? Nanga ntambo?ali udyerera dala. alankhula bwanji banzi ili mkamwa
Chakwera will not listen to your nosense. Covid money was supposed to be looted and this an arrangement that Chakwera made. He has created his criminal enterprise to steal from government and his first theft was the money meant for indepedence celebration then came the crossroad and now the covid.
Don’t blind us, there is no way u can tell ur masters to pay back the money while u already get your share.Tonse alliance finished you guys .
You are cheating us .Ndinu amodzi.
Whether anthuwa ndi amodzi or not is not important. I wished all you commenting could have sensible mind like that of Mr. Shambzya