Malawi army justifies military band at Gani wedding: ‘No soldiers salute but guards’
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has justified its presence at awedding of a Blantyre-based and politically connected wealthy Gani family on Sunday where a daughter of Faruk Gani wedded in a military theme.
But military spokesman Major Paul Chiphwanya has clarified that the uniform men who lined up with salute as the newlyweds passed through in a guard of honour, were not MDF soldiers.
“The people that were saluting the couple are Mr Gani’s security guards and not military personnel,” said Chiphwanya.
He said MDF hired out a Brass Band to play music and performed “no other function beyond its mandate.”
Chiphwanya explained that that MDF hires out the Brass Banda for various functions “as part of the civilian-militray relations.”
He said the army band perform during various civilian or organisations’ functions that include sports, religious and wedding activities.
Gani family have the multibillion kwacha contract with the MDF where it supplies food to soldiers at Cobbe Barracks, Changalume Barracks, Air Wing Zomba base, Blantyre Camp and Mafco in Salima regardless of serious poor services the soldiers complain about.
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Captured Military. Security guard akuti? Mmidzimu anthu amamenyedwa amangoyala zovala zongonkera ku uniform ya Army ndiye mukati ma guard a munthu? Bola MCP yomwe ija zinthu zinali bwino, Kamuzu didn’t accept to be captured osati from Muluzi to date captured.
Pa Malawi pamenepo,Army inatha,inapita ndi magulu a Colonel Njoloma,Seveni, Nkutu,Kalumo,Namathanga,sizimene tikuona panozi.
This is state capture!
Moto pano wina azindithupsa ndikavala camouflage wanga?Za chamba!
Kkkkk MDF
hahahahaha so it is now allowed to have private security guards in MDF uniform? Bwana Chiphwanya dont invent the wheel here. The fact is that as MDF you made a very serious mistake in allowing the MDF to be part of the Gani family wedding. This pure state capture period. How much did you receive bwana Chimpwanya as token of appreciation for clarifying the matter? Shame
there is no smoke without fire.
How much did this cost Tax Payers? Real armies have been to the battle field Izi ndi masanje, our military has never been to the battle field so they can degrade themselves like this.
nanga apa pali nkhani yapa, takyang’anani anthu amene akupopa magazi anzawo uku
Supuni phiri – got 1 billion kwacha for giving a catering contract to 1 person in 2 differnt company names
Hotel victoria and kanjedza lodge
So what are u guys talking about apart from the fact that we malawians are very stupid
Tax payers money going to gani for him to spend and our relations die in hospital because they did not have medicine
It is only in malawi that we the owners of the land can sacrifice our families for mwnye to drive nice cars and be saluted for getting his 15 year old daughter married
MALAWI GUPTA FAMILIES
GANI AND TRANSGLOBE
Very true bro,amwenye akutidyela masuku pamutu
Dziko ndi wathu ndalama ndi wao.
Iwe Green Muheya, the reporter, get us receipts for any payments made to MDF and Police relating to this wedding. Not any other hiring
ZAUTSIRU BASI,MALAWI NDI WAUTSIRUTU HEAVY
So the uniforms we are seeing here are not MDF!!!
Masiku ano ma security guards ayamba kubvala ma uniform a Malawi defence forces. Kkkkk
Realy asilikari afikanso potero???????????????????? remember Maji yaheni Gondwe. anamulanda katundo wake yense chifukwa izi. Lero mwa wapatsa amwenyewa military honour zowona?? Bwana chiphwanya mukunamiza ndani ? Katangale wakuladi ku MDF. Wina adzayankha ikadza kwana nthawi ndithu.
What about the police presence? Who paid for that service?A tax-payer? Unnecessary expenses!
There is no evidence that its not military personnel that was saluting…. where did they get the military uniform? Next you will tell us that the police in the picture were gani’s. You goofed a lot… shame on you guys. State capture by the Ganis. Even ku Soouth Africa ankakana chonchi za Gupta but today everybody knows the truth
Zamanyazi, our soldiers have nothing to do….. Giving a military salute to someone just coz they have money…. Ndi u mercenary zasiyana pati! Angonena kuti our defence force is for hire basu