Malawi ‘cashgater’ Senzani no more
Former principal secretary in the Ministry of Tourism Tressa Senzani, the first convict in Cashgate scandal who recently walked to freedom after the Malawi Prisons Service (MPS) curtailed her prison term on the grounds of good behaviour, has died.
Senzani, who was sentenced to nine months for theft and three years for money laundering after she pleaded guilty to misusing K63.5 million from government through her private company, Visual Impact, died on Monday afternoon at Mwaiwathu Private Hospital in Blantyre.
Her sister, Anna Kachikho, who is also Member of Parliament for Phalombe North, confired the death death of Senzani but refused to to comment further.
“This is a difficult moment , I cannot talk,” she said.
Senzani walked to freedom in October this year.
She was one of the first three people to be convicted on charges relating to Cashgate after forensic auditors RMS (formerly Baker Tilly) revealed that close to K24 billion of government money was unaccounted for within a period of six months.
She was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on October 21, 2013 for a crimes on corruption after the bureau received a complaint alleging that government officers at Capital Hill were making entries in the Integrated Financial Management System (Ifmis).
On August 16 2013, Senzani received K21 897 562.30 (about $60 000) from government which was deposited into the company’s National Bank of Malawi account at Capital City Branch on August 21 then, on August 26, she received a further K41 644 521 (about $109 590) from government which her husband deposited into the company’s account on the same day.
Cashgate’ unravelled following the shooting of former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo on 14 September 2013. Thereafter, huge sums of money in Malawi Kwacha, South African Rands and US dollars started showing up in unlikely places like car boots or under pillows as the suspects were avoiding formal banking since the unexplained money could have raised eye-brows.
At least 70 people were arrested and are currently facing theft, fraud, corruption and money laundering charges in courts.
Western donor nations, who bank roll at least 40 percent of Malawi’s budget, reacted by pulling the plug on the earmarked US $150m in budgetary support.
‘Cashgate’ is Malawi’s biggest financial scandal in the southern African country’s 50-year history as an independent country.
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Malemuwa apita mndalama zanga
zoona let God be the only judge.
What goes around it comes around Oready many loses there lyf why not wat goes around comes that is that tizalolola zomwe tinafesa
She was going to testify againstbig fish now she has died? If she had remained in jail this woman wouldve survived, whoever is behind her death is protecting something. Why are people’s deaths not being investigated in Malawi when its clear they have been killed, poisoned, it is time we took death seriously.
How did she die?
Under what circumstances?
where is the postmortem result? Nyasatimes please find out these things.
If the deaths are investigated and it is established that they were poisoned, I understand the insurance do not own up to paying their part. If that happens, then the bereaved family stands to lose. This is why the attitude of the family is that they will not get their relative anyway, so, they might as well get the money instead of losing both.
In any case, even if it is established that they have been poisoned, what happens to the alleged killers?
May her soul rest in peace!
R I P mama
Very sad, RIP mayi Senzani
Malawi is one devil less! No mercy for evil people.
RIP Mrs Senzani, if you repented aaa my friends your better off but if you did not eishh you are going to suffer alot with the king devil there. zandalezo ife tilibe nazo ntchito cz andale kwawo mkuba basi tiyeni tipite chisogolo izo zagwa zatha zasala za inu ndi ine.
ngati dziko la malawi lili pa umpawi wa za muoneni ndi chifukwa cha anthu onse adaba ndalama za boma, anthu ambiri anamwalila pa nthawi imeneyi chifukwa chosowa mankwala mzipatala za mbili za malawi. nonse amene mukuweluza izo ndi zanu, koma chilungamo ndi dziwa ndi chakuti, wina aliyense akanena zomwe anachita akadali ndi moyo pa dziko lapansi.
The money you stole will now be eaten by other women, if they have not yet started.
Building a house like a hotel for 100 people now where you will sleep?
Cashgate thieves, making million suffer due to your selfishness.
Mphoto yauchimo ndi imfa
Zomvetsa chisoni. RIP.
Aja mumafuna kuti afe mwasangalala? Tressa has gone when she is at peace with her God. Kwatsala inu ongofunila nzanu zoipa you will die without ‘Jesus in truth’. Just alsways claiming to be Christians
May all those who were involved in cashgate both convicted and unconvicted cashgaters follow Mayi senzani where ever she is bein it in Hell or the other gate!
anthu oipa awa amaba ndalama multitudes kumazunzika mzipatalamu, poor harvests, downspiralling economy
We never know she repented. In spiritual there is no sin which God can’t forgive. Who are we to judge. Maybe we’ve the darkened hearts than the one who has just died. When we do our comments we need to include both our souls and body. That’s true we are suffering because of the 2012 -13 cashgate but we are forgotten that our homes, companies, churches and government are not running well because of people like. This is the time to count on how good or bad we’ve contributed to the nation.
“we must take a lesson when our friend has died” There is no fair death, death is very painful to everyone who is alive. If you have the ears can you hear this. If you are in a chosen deaf be as you are in the dark.
Thanks
I see illumunati signature in the death . Senzani was to testify against big fishes
Malawians – we are very angry people. this lady, yes she sinned by stealing public funds- sin does not please God- lets not judge her by what she did- this woman you will be surprised that she may be in paradise – am very sure sure in my heart that she repented- . Lets not waste time by thinking of what happened- let think what we can do to make malawi better. search your hearts if you have not sinned in your life- she may have died because of stigma- by the way of peoples reaction towards her. lets not judge her – God will Judge her- ours should be sympathy to the family- may her soul rest in peace
Amene sanalakwepo ayambe kuponya miyala maiyu!!!!
Justice has been done. Go to hello and rot there Cashgate 1
Anna Kachiko may also be involved in cash gate .
Search me !!!
God at work. You DPP morons released her coz she is related to Anna Kachikho and that she is mulhakho. You release people from prisons with grave offences like her and you letvwakuba nkhuku to Roy in prisons. Look at what God has done. He has handed her capital punishment. These cashhggaters anaphetsa Anthe ambiri mzipatara coz government could not afford to buy medicine. Feel no mercy and using ndalama zakuba wakamwalilira ku expensive hospital. Mxiiii
So sad, MHSRIP
This needs thorough investigation by government and private investigators to Cashgate like gitz if this is ordinary death or homicide especially knowingly she had information relating to Cashgate and she had already served she had nothing to lose spilling all the hidden rotten beans.
Mrs. Senzani. Your soul will never rest in peace. You would have been alive if you were not greedy. Look, now, you are not going to enjoy the money that you stole and the house like a hotel that you built using public money. A lot of innocent people suffered because of you and this is the price that you and your family have to pay. Your children have to suffer now living in this world without their mother. We will make sure that the money and the property you have left behind goes back to the very innocent people in the village. We will now buy medicine in the hospitals.
I look forward to hearing eulogies at her funeral. Zoti munthu anaba ndalama sakanena and instead akayesesa kumuchekenera. Boma lonse likakhala komweko.
May her soul rests in peace.
When you still public funds that was meant for Malawians soon or later the consequences may always follow even if you are related to big names in government. The 63,000000 stolen could serve 1000 patients if for example each patient receives a treatment of 63000 any hospital. Should one million people die/suffer because of one person? We may mourn because we are human beings but according to my opinion it could be wrath from God because these people make a lot of people suffer. Anthu ena ali ndi katundu, nyumba, business and ndalama zopeza mnjira yosayenera. Ndalama zanu zithera kuzipatala muona, stubborn sicknesses, stubborn children, death and gradually your houses, businesses will be sold to the right people. Moyo utiwonetsa zinthu….
Oh, so was a relation of Anna Kachikho? No wonder, the prison term was slashed and not on the grounds of good behaviour. Thank God he judges differently from us. How I wish God intervenes in all the untouchables of our land. I love my country and will surely believe for its change.
that is malawian prisons,full ok kaki,you already gave her shit then you say walk out
Who gave her shit? Death is Death but NO one shot her. Think how many who are suffering because of millions of Kwacha stolen by People like her. Its God punishment. They will all die one by one and never enjoy stolen money.
The fact is she paid back to the last penny but the current govt has just chewed the money