Mystery as fire guts house occupied by Minister Mussa, car destroyed
A house which is occupied by Minister of Information and Communications Technology Henry Mussa in Area 10 residential area of Lilongwe has been gutted by suspicious fire and a brand new ministerial Toyota VXL worthy millions of kwachas has been destroyed.
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The fire started Wednesday morning. There were no reports of injuries, but the loss of property including the car, City Fire fighters confirmed.
Mussa moved houses from Area 12 to Area 10 three weeks ago.
The Office of President and Cabinet had bought him the brand new Toyota VXL which he took delivery three days ago.
The cause of the fire is not yet established, but fire fighters rushed to the scene.
Their fire fighting engine however developed a fault on its way.
Mussa is the new broom at Ministey of Information and government spokesman who has given hope to many to clean up the mess and top level corruption rampant in the ministry including its cash cow, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra).
‘The minister while confirming having lost the brand new vehicle and property in the fire refused to give further details.
Fire has made the country become hopeless such that it continues to cause havoc, destroying property worth millions of kwacha.
For few examples, fire razed the office of former minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda at Capital Hill in Lilongwe, Deekay Suppliers’ warehouse in Blantyre, Judge Charles Mkandawire’s house in Lilongwe, Carlsberg Malawi Limited’s brewery, a boys’ hostel at Blantyre Secondary School and Balaka District Council building and recently Nico House in Blantyre.
Some of these fires created suspicion among some people. A case in point is the one that gutted Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) offices in Blantyre. There was suspicion that some people wanted to hide some dubious financial activities.
Then there was the fire that gutted the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) warehouse in Lilongwe. The warehouse contained votes for the disputed Lilongwe City South East Constituency where the court had ordered a recount. This created suspicion among some people who suspected that the fire was deliberately set to prevent a recount.
The fire that gutted some offices at crime busting Anti- Corruption Bureau (ACB) was another area that created suspicion. Some people suspected that the fire was deliberately set up to destroy some evidence. Although its director Reyneck Matemba claimed that the fire did not destroy key documents .
Other fires are those that destroyed markets. Some of them are Ngabu in Chikwawa, Bangwe in Blantyre, Salima Central and Msangu in Salima, Lilongwe Central, Lilongwe Area 24 and Area 18 markets and Mzuzu Market.
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The ones who murdered Njaunju are the one who have done this.
Last time ma cadet anakutchingirani panjira ndikukuphwanyirani galimoto, lero akutentherani nyumba ndikusakaza katundu wanu wambiri. Ma cadet akuphani a Mussa. Chonde ziponyeni pansi izi za dpp zi
Mwayamba kuotchana nokhatu-nokhatu ……..Nankhumwa vs Mussa
Area 10 imeneyi? Malawi is indeed in tatters.
Guys, pena kumakhalako serious. Zoona munthu angaotche PRADO ya new one. a Malawi nsanje bwanji.
Smells like arson.
MMMM. Nthawi ya campaign yafika muphana zenizeni. Elimination Method in Progress.
What is happening to the electricity by-lay that says buildings have to be inspected and tested by a compented person every 5years? some of these fires could be avoided. But alas! not political will
Wakuba uyu ndale zopusa za pamalawi
Wawotcha yekha uyu to create news, claiming insurance hiding Evidence… ku DPP the only way to hide evidence ndikuotcha basi … chaponda wapangako izi. Ku capital hill …. AMALAWI TAMA CHANGAMUKANI ANTHUWA AKUBA KWAMBIRI
I support your comment STUPID, you have hit the nail on the head mbava izi.
If it was a house belonging to an opposition member, they would say it is the DPP operatives. Now who is the key suspect here?
DPP yomweyo. We know they are fire experts. Vidzete
It is the works of the opposition. If the house was for opposition member, you would have said it is DPP. Now you say he himself, no wonder e are behind in life.
You are the suspect!
THE DPP THEMSELVES AYAMBAPO KUOTCHERANA NYUMBA, MBUZI ZA MBUZI.
The key suspect, of course, is the DPP operative, you dunderhead! Don’t you know that the DPP does this sort of thing even to its own? – either to destroy evidence ( as in the case of the Ministry of Agriculture building, read Chaponda) or to punish perceived enemies ( as in the case of Rafiq Hajat’s offices a few years back). It might even be that some elements in the DPP want to eliminate Mussa for a variety of reasons, who knows? Remember that this is the DPP! While they are busy fighting the opposition, they’re also busy silently but furiously fighting amongst themselves. Reason? Who will succeed APM as top dog when he is no longer on the scene. It might even be connected to MACRA as somebody has commented. It is rumoured that some big wigs at MACRA have become billionaires overnight because of shady dealings. They can afford to hire top notch thugs to perpetrate any atrocity.
Politically motivated arson are obvious don’t be such a narrow minded we all can tell who is behind the burning of MCP regalia, burning of UTM pickup trucks. Dpp and ISIS no difference!!
Suspect number one is uja anakonza chifwamba attackimg Mussa durung convention.
DPP of course!
@Polomondo:
Good point, and question also!!!
Dont ask stupid questions here, who starts all the fires here in malawi??????
These are surely the works of Godfrey Itaye The former Macra CEO. I know he is very bitter with the new Minister of Information (Mtengo Waminga) because he has failed to manipulate him and his contract has been terminated. Godfrey Itaye thought he will be at Macra 4ever and continue with his clandestine moves. Wagwa nayo Godfrey. Fire Experts should investigate and get to the bottom of the matter.
A HENRY MUSSA, BY NOW YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT YOU ARE NOT WANTED IN DPP. CANT YOU SEE THIS! ITS TIME TO LEAVE. WHY DO YOU CLING TO THE PARTY WHICH DOES NOT WANT YOU IN ITS RANKS AND FILE. MUNGOPEZAPO MATSOKA APA!
Waotcha yekha ameneyo, destroying what ngwazi H.K Banda built