Malawi govt adamant over K4bn: Bamusi says development fund will be disbursed

Government says it will not rescind its decision to give out K20.7 million to each of the 193 constituencies in the country, saying Finance minister Goodall Gondwe has not violated any law.

Bamusi: Nothing illegal in the development funds

Speaking during Views Triangle program on Zodiak, presidential aide on NGOs Mabvuto Bamusi said the K4 billion set aside for the development projects at constituency level will have a positive impact on the
country’s development agenda.

“It is therefore surprising that some civil society organisations want to make protest matches over the issue, they want Honourable Gondwe to resign, this is surprising because this fund to benefit the poorest of the poor in the most remote areas of the country,” he said.

The presidential aide  therefore said that Gondwe would not resign because he never violated  the law, saying the finance minister brought his proposal to parliament which was unanimously approved.

Bamusi, who attended the meeting between Gondwe and some civil society groups on Friday in Lilongwe, said the Finance minister was very eloquent and gave the civil society leaders all details on the K4bn issue.

One of the civil society leaders, Billy Banda, was kicked out of the meeting by his fellow civil society leaders who regard him as a Democratic Progressive Party stooge.

In the same Views Triangle program aired on Sunday night, Timothy Mtambo, of CHRR said the K4bn was another form of cashgate.

“We asked the minister of Finance why couldn’t the government use the existing constituency development fund or the district development fund to channel the money for the development but we never got satisfactory answers.

“The minister told us the government is not trusting councils because they abuse government money and there is corruption in councils. Instead, the minister said they would channel the money direct to  contractors, I think this is more prone to abuse of money and corruption,” said Mtambo.

George Mnesa of Mafunde party told the program that the government has no option but discontinue with the program, saying the majority of Malawians feel that was not the right way to channel money for development.

Mnesa therefore said parliament should reconvene for an emergency meeting in order to stop the disbursement of the money to area development committees.

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santana
santana
5 years ago

@Central, You say Chakwera kunalibe. Didn’t he contest in 2014? Do you want to tell me that his first contest will be in 2019. Koma mutuwo ukugwira ntchito? Wasn’t the MCP singing ”game changer” with the coming of Chakwera into politics? What did he change if not adding the failing number to 5? The MCP have failed in all the five elections and the fifth one is brought by Chakwera. Ndiye ukamati Chakwera kunalibe ukutanthauza chiyani?

Central
Central
5 years ago

Bamusi nso ndiye kayaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! His thinking capacity is matching with Goodall………………….!! For Goodall one can understand that he is now very old, nanga inu a bamusi basitu double depreciation yakudyanitu apa!

Kuthatu uku m’nyamataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

santana
santana
5 years ago

You people you don’t know what you are commenting about. I think the blood of innocent people you have been killing for 31 years is now affecting your thinking capacity. Is it Goodall or Parliament which approved the disbursement of this money. Whether the money will be enough or not per constituency level ask Chakwera who trimmed it from k40m to k20m. So it means your Chakwera is now a fool for supporting the k20m suggestion. This party is really full of dunderheads. No wonder despite being denied entry to Sanjika for 5 times the party still sings TIWINA, TIWINA,… Read more »

Nyasa citizen
Nyasa citizen
5 years ago
Reply to  santana

@ Santana

Anzeru mukhale inu ena tonse TikaLemancti opanda nzeru. Ndinu oputsa kwambiri.

Central
Central
5 years ago
Reply to  santana

Iwe satana Chakwera kunalibe! Kunalitu achina Dausi ndi Ntaba!! How old are you satana! Are you a Malawian? Among all MCP old crop who is among the current MCP NEC? In other words who were running the MCP party then and where are they right now? Iwetu DPP should take you to Zomba Mental Hospital like they did with those from United States of Mulanje and Thyolo!! I stop there ‘coz even if sense could be pumped into you, you can’t get anything paja amati angakhale kuisambitsa nkhumba imakasambabe matope i.e. your brain is blue and you can’t understand anything!… Read more »

Chilungamo
Chilungamo
5 years ago

No wonder this is the voice of another mbava, but now kambava mwanadala helping ma zigogo tricksters making NONSENSE out NONSENSE. Even his face tells a story- tidyenawo. What kind of development at a constituency level can done with K20 million? Even bag ya cement is k8-10,000? Ndi ma ambition a anthu a DPP can they even build their own house ndi K20m? DON’T fool people!!! It’s a pity we have a lot of young DPP numbskulls who try harder than PTC to illogically defend the INDEFENSIBLE. To them everything that matchonas say is gospel truth. Recurrent budget yayamba liti… Read more »

#Malawi@Crossroads
#Malawi@Crossroads
5 years ago

If this isn’t another scam by politicians then we would like to see these “suddenly” available funds used fulfil Bwaila Hospital needs. At least 120 beds, three more operating theatres, incubators and an extension to the labour ward need urgent attention and funding. Had Honourable Gondwe allocated some of the excess cash (K4 billion) to Bwaila Hospital, then maybe Malawians would have pardoned you. These are projects that need urgent funding and yet they are the least considered. Do you still, in your best conscious, consider DPP (or opposition parties for that matter)as a caring party? It’s unfortunate that even… Read more »

Hetherwick
Hetherwick
5 years ago

THE PRUDENT WAY THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE DONE IS TO REDUCE TAXATION AMOUNTING TO K4BN. I DO NOT KNOW IF THE MONEY WILL GO INTO THE RIGHT POCKETS. OR THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE CONSTRUCTED THE NEGLECTED EZONDWENI-MZALANGWE-MZIMBA ROAD WITH TARMAC. ANTHU A DYERA INU BWANJI?

The Patriot
The Patriot
5 years ago

The problem is that when ubuntu leaves you Mr Bamusi…it does not say goodbye.Since Ubuntu left you , you cant see the immorality of MPs sharing 20.7 Milliin Kwacha each without any checks and balances. My hope is , since Mr Bamusi is still young, he should one day h is Ubuntu back just as he was before he joined the Politicians in plundering our resources. Just a reminder to one Mabvuto Bamusi….its very hard to see the wrongs of a government when you are one of the leaders! No wonder all government officials did not see anything wrong with… Read more »

John Laphwa
John Laphwa
5 years ago

What projects have been identified so far to warrant the use of such amount of money in the districts? That’s exactly the thinking of most malawians in general,when we do not have money we do not have any plans on the table. And when we have lots of money then we start thinking of what to do with the money i.e eating at KFC,going to the lake to relax. Now our government is thinking the same way,giving out the money to the MPs so that they can find what to do with it. This type of thinking will not help… Read more »

Martin
Martin
5 years ago

My question is; what kind of development can be achieved out of mk20-21 million for the whole constituency to benefit? Unless it was intended for someone’s home or pocket then it makes sense but for constuency development, maybe i need someone like Santana and Hatton or even the whole dpp leadership to school me here. Why they can’t use the whole batch of mk4 billion to buy medication for 3- 4 public hospitals?

santana
santana
5 years ago

They were given a chance to debate the issue and they approved it. Why should they go back and eat allowances for nothing?

Nyasa citizen
Nyasa citizen
5 years ago
Reply to  santana

@ Santana

Inu takhalani chete apa. Kupusa. Kusowa nzeru kwa Boma lakolo ndikumene kunapangisa. In the first place no sane president would think of coming up with such an archaic idea or initiative . It’s only peter Mutharika in his archaic thinking who would do that. Pathetic president he is. I doubt very much this guy’s sanity and level of academic enterprise . Ukutinyozesa Ma profs kwabasi.

Central
Central
5 years ago
Reply to  santana

One can tell from your comment as regards how much you know about the processes that parliament goes through to approve a budget vote!! What MPs did was purely wrong? Do ADC or VDC have legal structures to handle such sums of money? Sincerely, the best you would have done was to ask what is actually wrong! Not the useless barking you are doing………………..! Mxiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

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