Msungama admits using taxpayers money for India medical trip: ‘I had no hair transplant’
Embattled Minister of Youth and Sports Ulemu Msungama has admitted that he is paranoid with his hair loss but has denied that he underwent a hair transplant during his recent medical trip to India, which he conceded was a cost to the taxpayer.
Briefing journalists in Lilongwe on Tuesday, Msungama said government funded his air tickets and accommodation in India.
But he said the trip was to get medical help on a leg problem and said he had taken advantage of the trip to undergo a lipomas surgery on his back and back of his head [Zotupa}.
Msungama said he had no hair transplant but he uses a fibre hair chemical.
“I use hair building fibbers to cover the bald areas on my head,” said Msungama.
The minister said the fibbers are bought off the shelf at pharmacies in UK by his brother at the equivalent of K20000 a bottle.
“The truth of the matter is that I never had hair transplant and the bandage that covered my head was meant to cover the back of my head where the lipomas had been removed,” said Msungama, a close ally to President Lazarus Chakwera.
The minister said he sustained a leg injury while playing social football at Parliament in August 2019, saying has been to Beit Cure hospital and was later referred to India for knee surgery by Kamuzu Central Hospital, so he decided to use the opportunity to undergo further surgeries.
He, however, said despite government paying for his air ticket and accommodation, the medical treatment was settled through his Masm (Medical Aid Society of Malawi —the country’s biggest health insurance scheme by membership).
“I did consult Masm, if the scheme would also cover my three Lipomas, two at the back and one just at the back of my head. These Lipomas were also removed in India,” he said.
He said it was MASM which further engaged Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) to verify if indeed his leg problem required this referral treatment and KCH confirmed that indeed Msungama really needed to travel for possible knee surgery to avoid amputating the leg.
During the news conference Albert Mungumo, the Central Region Branch Manager for MASM said the medical aid scheme would foot all costs once furnished with information from India.
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If Chakwera is able to read the work of his ministers ,this guy Msungama shud be chopped from his position .The guy msungama has the DNA of abusing government money ….remember he is the same guy who escorted the frames team just for tourism sake in Bukinafaso ….Kuwononga ndalama zaboma is deep rooted in his blood .But Msungama remember 2025 this act will haunt you
The ministers should be the last people to seek medical attention outside Malawi. Do you think they will improve our hospitals when they know that they get help elsewhere? If anything they should be using their own resources and no poor man’s resources which could have gone to improve the poorly equipped hospitals and schools. Ministers should not be allowed to send their children to private schools. What are their running away from government schools? Can you imagine that even JZU sent his son to The Polytechnic? Dalton Katopola too. The Kandodos etc. We expect MCP not to follow the path of udf and dpp.
What a useless waste of time.
Someone who cannot thank God for making him what he is. Will you make yourself younger when you grow older? Stupid kang’wing’wi.
Yes stupid Kang’wing’wi or chazunda.
Tinavoteranso zosathandiza konse ayi. Wayamba kulithyola bodza mwana was mchewa. nduna iyi ndisazaionenso
HRCD, HECC, HR-whatever.. muli kuti and mukuti chani?
It’s so disgusting to see this conduct raising its nasty head yet again in Malawi.
A Chakwera, I thought you understood that this is the very same kind of looting that made us vote out DPP.
This is the very same actions that brought about presidential change in our country.
Malawians are not idiots. Is this the high five we voted for?
Malawians are sick and tired of this conduct.
Is it really that hard to love Malawians and be honourable custodians of their money?
Anthu inu, how can you be so daring to Malawians?
Servant leadership ndi imeneyi?
Now the litmus test is on you A Chakwera. The nation wants to SEE what you’re going to do about this. We don’t wanna hear but SEE.
Chakwera and his Tonse alliance bending Malawians over and taking them for a ride. 2025 ikuchedwa
He is obsessed with his looks just as he is obsessed with sleeping with akazi aeni ake town. Shame.
He has to pay back our money
Mr Mwaziona. A silly comment from an imbecile. Kambala is a star performer, as Kamuzu would say. This man has tirelessly worked to end the blackouts which we experienced in this country. What did he steal? He ernoumously suffered during the Dpp regime. His Company, never got any Government contracts coz he was in the opposition. Being a positive individual he had many contracts in Zambia, not his native Malawi. As for Rashy, he is a very big business man and very successful. Pita akakulemba ntchito. If you don’t have any constructive comment please just stay put.
Where is Mtambo, Chirima etc.
Kkkkk ada kungochosa scombingo mpaka ku India shaaaa
Enough about your hair,you are making a mockery of this country,let’s get serious,when do you intend to bring back Kamuzu Institute of Youth back to its former glory,a stadium where I had spent many a days,playing football ,there was a gym and a wonderful auditorium.
There goes the first casualty from the impending cabinet reshuffle by the president. The other probable is uyuyu wadzimaso tudzu uja
Kodi anapezekapo bwanji pampando umenewu?
This age tizikhala ndi minister osaphunzira pamene achinyamata ophunzira alipo ambiri.
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Foolish african man and MASM, one has to fly to India to have a lipomas removed? Really, even junior doctors are removing them at QECH they do not even need specialist surgeions. Mzuzi za anthu kuba basi, glad i did not vote for these fools
No, it is the other way around! The stupids are we the taxpayers! Instead of using the millions, the minister have wasted, to improve the conditions in our hospitals, it went to an airticket and other up keeping allowances for on single government employee with no benefits for the general public and our local health service! It seems each higher ranking government official have automatically the right to receive treatment, even the most simple one, abroad!?
When do we say No, to all this misuses of our meagre and never enough national budget by our leaders! Please Mr President, what is your opinion?
On top of it, how big was the burden for MASM to be paid for the ministers India treatment? For sure it will total in a hefty increment of upcoming monthly fees for the rest of the MASM members!
Why should Malawi Government foot air tickets and accommodation, then MASM foot medical bills. Educate me please folks, I think I am missing something
Lipomas (sweelings due to accumulation of fat), are so easy to remove. In Malawi they are removed by clinical officers. Why have them removed in India?
If we are to vote today no way I will be voting for MCP again. Chakwera satithandizayi
zikukhuzana?
Kwambiri, ngati sukuwona kukhudzana kwake, uli ndi vuto
Kkkkkk tayiwona nyenkhwe
Ifeyo timavotera MCP ndipo tizavotanso MCP and we are 58% of the electorate! If one does not vote MCP then what else? DPP? …eish chipani cha Mulhakho ife toto!! Ife si ife a Lhomwe!
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This desperate alliance partner called UTM is now getting annoying. They think they can tarnish the reputations of MCP ministers like Msungama to equal their thieving Kambala and Rashy. Awawa tithane nawo msanga. They are a liability with their 4 MPs. Akafike
Useless comment from a useless cadet, just look at how stupid MCP ministers are behaving like kids, zikuwakhuza a UTM apa? get life and have balls fucntioning in your trouser beinga ppupet for politicians is slavery because uto have to click their ass anyhow!!!
Nothing to do with UTM apa. The minister used public money and lied about it. Did he really need to travel to India for that? Is it something that our hospitals or indeed African hospitals couldn’t deal with? So he’s lived with that from 2019 and decides to go to India now that he’s in government????? I question Chakweras judgement too. Contrary to his campaign and inauguration speeches.
Exactly he lied because he got a cover who is the president Chakwera
Zonse wanamazi nkudzavomereza komaliza kuti boma la oChakwera ndilo lalipira. Sangachotsedwe chifukwa oChakwera oludziwa kale ndiwo adampatsa misonkho yathu kuti akabise dazi
Owe, kodi dazi lakolo limalemera, kuwawa kapena kuyabwa? Tiuze pano.
hahaahahahahahh
Iwe ndi wabodza. Show us your fucking knee that needed an overseas procedure.
How come ukuvvala ma trouser and walking opanda clutch.
Za mmutuzo can’t be 20000 nde bwenzi aliyense ali nazo mu dziko muno.
Tingoona how hair procedures are done tipange prove kuti umakadzala tsitsi.
Albert Mungomo at MASM is a very compromised figure and so is MASM as an organization. You people are fucking us over too much.