MCP MP obtains injunction against Mwapasa confirmation as police IG
Lilongwe Mpenu member of Parliament Eisenhower Mkaka ( Malawi Congress Party -MCP) has obtained a court injunction against the confirmation of Duncan Mwapasa as Inspector General of police.
Parliament was supposed to debate and confirm Mwapasa as police chief after protracted arguments and counter-arguments between the opposition and government back-benchers.
Mkaka says he has obtained the injunction so that the courts should interpret whether parliament can confirm another police chief when Rodney Jose is still holding the position.
In allowing the injunction, Judge Fiona Mwale says: “It is ordered…that the application be allowed and that the applicant do have permission to apply for judicial review.”
Mkaka has been ordered to file originating motion, sworn statement in support and skeleton arguments within 14 days.
Jose said in a letter to secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet Lloyd Muhara he was proceeding on leave pending his resignation in November.
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Bright Msaka, a lawyer, in Parliament on Monday used the Interpretation Act 30 (1), saying there is no point to withhold the confirmation because of this section as the law is clear.
He said: “Where [the] substantive holder of any public office constituted by or under any Act is on leave pending relinquishment by him of such office, it shall be lawful for another person to be appointed substantively to the same public office.”
Mwapasa, 49, joined the police service in 1997.
You can only control the police brutality at this stage, thumbs up opposition and mkaka, if you let this dog out now it will surely bite. Tame this mwapasa thing now. We need professionals leading Police service not just a cadets as a qualification.
A Mkaka pitani muzikagwira ma contract anu you are not fit to be an MP. You are a very jealousy guy who thinks you know everything. Even your own fellow MCP members of parliament ayamba kale kukudandaula kuti ukufuna kutchuka. How can you obtain an injunction from the Court on issue which Catherine is already seeking a legal opinion on the same? Kodi Poly sinakuthandizeni eti a Mkaka? You are so dull man. You will stay in parliament for five years only and in 2024 muzikapitiliza kugwira ganyu yanu. You oppose for the sake of just opposing kuti anthu akutameni??? Silly and foolish nyau dancer.
So Mkaka waionela patali. Very soon the opposition will loose its voting power. I thought they would have voted. Ndiye kuti a MCP UTM PP ndi UDF sanakawina?
You can have very good qualification but not a leader so PhD on its own cannot be a reason to appoint someone to such a position. We have many people with good papers but very pathetic leaders so I think we need to be objective as we oppose these appointments. They may be something wrong entirely with the identification and appointmen of these people. I am of the view that the people to confirm these appointments need to have options, there need to be more than one person to chose from rather than only one name I think it defeats the purpose of “choice” and the good things is the MPs are the people to change the same law of appointments. Let them find a route cause and not deal with once and for all.
Mwapasa is a cadet. Nchito yamukanika. Just look at the way police conduct themselves., very unprofessional. And he is just quiet. He got this appointment bcoz he is from the south. We want a professional police that would serve all Malawians, not cadets. Mwapasa is also linked to the death of Robert Chasowa and Njaunju. He was also played a role in the Pioneer Food Investment saga in which K145 million was deposited in Mutharika’s account. He is also involved in the land grabbing in Area 9 in Lilongwe.
The guy is compromised and hopeless. You do not need such people to hold high office
We know of many police officer who are qualified to be leaders at the same.Look for example commissioner Maigwa a holder of Phd but he remains the same all because is non partisan or perhaps because he is from the centre therefore is MCP cadre. Malawi is slowly getting divided on ethinicity and this is recipe for civil war. Mwapasa is a mare boot-licker (mark my words) he is from the south and distribute DPP zitenje at his village. Government is not a political party hence must be inclusive for the nation cannot be built by a few Malawiyanzi.
Total hate from Mkaka Mwapasa has never wronged you and you are just there to stop his appointment just because he is from South Shame!
Fotseki gulukunyinda
Kudos Mkaka……………….. asovenge a ngulu amenewa!
Koma mkulu ameneyo samenya atola nkhani akumpanga interview wo hahaha koma ndiye kupsa mtimatu
All these because Mwapasa is from the South, shame
Mkaka Nkhope ngati gule
PAC interviewed him for the position, if he passed then confirm him. Don’t just oppose for the sake of opposing. Mind you Joyce banda once strangely moved him from statehouse and sent him to rumphi police station but mwapasa came back. Tell you don’t touch the anointed.
Kanka is one stupid overzealous person who thinks he knows better. The day of recogning is coming. God has eyes into the future that is why he did not allow these criminals to get into government. People are afraid of Mwapasa because they want Kainja to sustain their criminal activities that they are doing with Ntambo. Their aim is to Have Gotani Hara as speaker a Tumbuka, the inspector from cetral and the army commender from the north yet these bastards claim there is nepotism when they hold all these top positions. Go to illovo , they are all tumbukas. Save the children and other international NGOs all tumbukas
NKHANZA MUNTHU WANUYU, SITIKUMFUNA.
Well said, akufuna wao kainja kapena Yolamu, or Chigwenembe to be I.G cholinga aziphabe ma pholisa.
Was Gotani Hara appointed or elected Mr Tung’ande? Do you know the difference between the two, election and appointment? Gotani Hara was elected by people from the Central and Northern Regions. The South voted for Mcheka Chilenje who failed to Gotani Hara.
You are the one who is showing your stupidity. You are from the south. Mwapasa is a cadet. He is being rewarded because he belongs to midnight 6. He is a cadet and he is not professional. Do you even know that he was weeded at the Polytechnic?
He is compromised. Just read the articles about him. He is linked to the death of Njaunju and Robert Chasowa, corruption, land grabbing etc. If he confirmed as IG, he will be serving the DPP and Mutharika and people will disappear.
He is not fit to hold office.