Mist over South Africa lawyers’ deal: Silungwe says shit is still shit no matter how you dress it
There is controversy over the contract which the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has hired South African lawyers to help in the presidential election nullification appeal case with Minister if Finance and Secretary to Treasury expressing ignorance of the 788 500 (about K600 million) contract in legal costs.
MEC has hired South Africa-based law firm – Mboweni Maluleke Inc Attorneys with four lawyers in the country for case include Dumisa Tsebenza SC, Elizabeth Makhanani Mere, Gideon Phalatse and Caphus Mboweni.
But Ntebeza and Makhani Mere are the ones who have applied to appear in court for the presidential election appeal case.
Finance Minister Joseph Mwanamvekha has said he only learnt about the matter in the media but expfressed ignorance of any government arrangement.
So too Secretary to Treasury – convicted for contempt of court – Cliff Chiunda also claimed he is not in the know.
But financial experts including Budget and Finance Committee of Parliament chairperson Sosten Gwengwe, a former Cabinet minister, said Treasury is supposed to be in the loop for such particular contract financed from public funds.
Malawians – taxpayers who finance the public purse – have raised many questions on social media about hiring the foreign lawyers when the country has many trained and experienced lawyers who can handle the appeal.
With the country being in dire straits economically, the foreign lawyers contract is being deemed as insensitive to citizens needs.
Apart from the contract, Idriss Ali Nassah was a fierce social and political commentator, has highlights that the hired Limpopo lawyers were recently in the news in South Africa, representing controversial Mpumalanga businessman Sam Chabalala, who has since absconded court and has gone missing.
Chabalala was on trial for corruption, illegal possession of firearm and ammunition, illegal entry and remaining within the borders of South Africa, providing false information to be granted entry into the country and bribery after he allegedly attempted to bribe a senior police officer to make his docket disappear.
“Perhaps that is why someone hired them, for their expertise representing those accused of corruption and subverting the ends of justice,” Nassah commented on his Facebook wall.
Meanwhile, lawyer representing first petitioner in the presidential case, UTM Party president Saulos Klaus Chilima, Dr Chikosa Silungwe Chikosa has said his team is more than ready to argue their case before the Supreme Court when full hearing of the appeal commences on April 15 this year.
Silungwe said it doesn’t matter where appellants’ legal counsel are coming from, saying all he knows is that the court is the only battle field and that shit is shit no matter how it is dressed.
“We don’t care where lawyers for the Electoral Commission come from. It doesn’t matter whether the lawyers come from Mars or Earth.
“We shall meet in court, and let me inform you that court cases are determined by facts presented in the court of law and not where that particular legal officials are coming from, let me remind you that I have three degrees,which one of it is a PhD,” Silungwe said.
The South African lawyers have been hired for the following tasks: merit determination, advice, preparation and prosecution of the appeal case which they will be paid from taxpayers $788 500 (about K600 million), half of which has already been paid in advance.
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Due to my propaganda it teams, mostly from DPP dey know say once they surrender, definitely will be sent to jel.
Nkhan ndi ya straight a Dpp akanangonvomeleza lather than kumasemphana zochita ndi mtundu wa a Malawi.
If all the Lawyers in Malawi snubbed MEC then its obvious Mec has a bad CASE. Ngati Maloya onse akuno kwathu ati ai, chomwe akufuna mai wa ndichani. Zoona sukulu imachotsa umbuli basi koma uchitsiru umapita nawo kumanda
Bibi ya MEC ndi DPP.
WAS THE OPPDA ,CONSULTED ON THE PROCUREMENT OF THE SERVICES FROM THE LAWYERS????
MOREOVER IS IT NECESSARY TO GO THIS FAR USING TAX PAYER MONEY?????????????????/////
WHO HAS AUTHORISED THE PAYMENT????????????????????????/
IS THIS FOR THE BENEFIT OF MALAWIANS OR JANE ANSA????????
IS SHE ACTING ALONE?????????????????????????
THIS IS ANOTHER CASH GATE I PERCEIVE.
I SMELL A ROTTEN RAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
WE WANT MEDICENS IN HOSPITALS PLEASE AND NOT THIS RUBBISH OF CASH GATE
Kkkkkkk Koma ndakomoka manyi ndi manyi atawapaka pa mpando wa tippex umanunkha more than 62% ya amalawi anazikana Kuti nzonunkha izi 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Pali nkhani apa wina ayika musk 😂😂😂😂
Mayi Asah remember the country belong to all Malawians. Please don’t misuse our resources.That money can do alot in our country if your heads are good.Build schools in mulanje Thyolo phalombe chiradzulu,chitipa khoti please or hospitals in some districts.Zazibwana with citizens money is not a fair game.Zidzakusatirani zomwe mukupanga, last minutes, days, weeks, months are dangerous especially with the coming of presidential election.Becareful musazane Kut it’s political.
Jane Ansah for president.
3 degrees but the hair looks like shit as well! Mr lawyer Silungwe please do something about your hair. Am ready to pay for the costs of aligning your looks with your education.
thus being educated knowing you have the right to any hairstyle! Go sue him for his hair not aligning with education see if your dumb ass can even win! idiot! You the same mentality of idiots that deny rasta’s kids to education cause of hairstyle! Use that money you say youll pay and go to USA schools and see kids with dreads even with phd and tattoos bitch!!
abuse of power and public resources…… with Kalekeni payments we believe the money is mostly used within the country…. common sense?! muyankha milandu kutsogoloku….the writing is on the wall
Silugwe pompous for nothing. Seems he was high on weed. We know UTM bribes the court and coupled with the petetioners being Tumbuka lawyers and the justice also tumbuka. Nothing good will come out from this biased court.
Kuganiza mopusa..he has 3 degrees true n iwr uli nawo angati? Even if you combine with Ur wife n gal friend mukufika pamadegree angati. Kupusa mkutu ngati mkabudula mxiiii ucadet opusa
Tumbukas can never produce a president in this country but at least lawyers, high court judges and supreme court judges.
Sorry khadet you should have seen this.
You are an idiot part of the shit. I agree with Silungwe, shit is shit. DPP is wasting tax payers money. They will account for this after May. They should stop taking Malawians as fools
Bakha 💏
Kaperekeni mayina Ku ACB a omwe anapanga bribe court osamangolubwa lubwa simunati anyenkhwe
Kodi chifukwa chiyani mumawada a Tumbuka? You have hired highly qualified lawyers beating the Judges sc of the Malawi High Court. So why are you worried now. Over K600m sinkhani kwa Jane Asah she knows it well that both peter and her will run away to abroad.
Iwe zione usatilowe m’manso wamvaaaaaaa iweyotu ndi uzione wakowo ndiye uzionadi ndipo usanati………………….!!
The guy is shit himself.tikumane my court tione shasha ndani
That money hasn’t been paid to the lawyers. It’s been pocketed!!! Or some of it has been paid to those Israelis for their clandestine services
Doc Silungwe i salute you.U can’t continue repeating doing wrong thing expecting correct answer
You can put lipstick on a Pig it still is a Pig
lawyer silungwe chonde chepetsa kudya chamba, k1 billion legal fees koma tsitsi losapesa. indian hemp is still illegal incase you have forgotten
Find another stick to hit him with. That one is not working. Sorry!
That’s his style…iwe bwanji ukuvala bwino koma kununkha mkamwa n anthu akukudyera akazi ako
Bakha 🐣
jane ansah why?? kuononga misonkho yathu chonchi zoona
Truth is Truth no matter who is telling it
When someone is too stubborn and arrogant shit n shit happens
chifukwa cha uchitsiru ndi kusadziwa umaona ngati manyi ndi manyi ,anzanu ozindikira manyi omwewo amawasandutsa chinthu chabwino kwambiri dziko ndi kumanyadira kuyiwala kuti chachoka ku manyi dikira uzione .
Iwe Manyi ndi Manyi kikkkkk! Aaaa koma amwene awaso? Kikkkkkk, Kodi mbali yathuyi kuliso anthu ofoila eti? Tapelekani zitsazo za zomwe mukuganiza kuti Manyi atha kukhala chinthu chabwino mutapanga China chake! Kodi kanundu wachuluka eti?
Pangani chiganizo ndi mau iti,,, Manyi,, President wa Ku Malawi ndi Manyi
Join the discussion…maliseche
Example?
awuze Fuji
manyi ndi manyi basi, thats the saying. even if you hire the Queens Counsel, all that “umve” MEC did as per the evidence in the concourt cannot disappear.
Indeed shit is shit even if dressed in religious regalia it is still shit!
We can’t vote for wolves in sheepskin. No way!
Muonanso Nyekhwe ndi Kiyama chakachino.
DPP Woyee.
Bakha 🐽
SHIT IS SHIT