National Registration Bureau boss fired: ‘Cadet’ Somanje services ‘no longer required’
Government has terminated the contract of National Registration Bureau (NRB) chief director Mackford Somanje as the Lazarus Chakwera administration continues to get rid of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) elements in government.
A letter signed by chief secretary to government Zanga-Zanga Chikhosi dated July 21, 2020 says Somanje’s services are no longer needed at the bureau.
“I write to inform you that pursuant to Article 1X of the Local Employment Contract which you signed with the government, your services are no longer required and have consequently been terminated,” says the letter in part.
Chikhosi says in the letter that Somanje would get a three-month salary in lieu of notice and 15 per cent gratuity following the termination of the contract.
In the run up to the court sanctioned fresh presidential election, NRB was accused by the opposition of registering under age children in the Lhomwe belt in what the opposition said was meant to give president Peter Mutharika a chance to win.
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These DPP guys already rigged the 2025 elections by registering 10 year olds in the Lohmwe belt in the suspended 2020 registration. These minors will not have attained the required age of 18 in 2025 but will vote since they already have national IDs . Unless a due process is undertaken to clean the NRB data, be assured DPP will be back in government in 2025. This is their joker on which they are banking their faith.
This guy messed up the country.He registered his children to fulfill his selfish interests
This guy must be thoroughly investigated and charged for breaking the law of registering minors as adults. Surely in accounting we call this forgery, or manipulating data, he should not only be fired but arrest for aiding this to happen under his watch.
Regards
And surely when this firthy gross transgression is investigated thugs call it witch hunting. My foot!
Vuto ndi ufitiwo!!!
Nyekhwe is real
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Some of these guys shouldn’t just be fired but prosecuted as well. What he did allowing registration of minors with the aim of rigging elections is fraud! Mwayi ndi supreme Court of appleal. Anatchera ku mwenzi nkhanga zinawona.
DPP is really worst party to rule us. This guy would have caused chaos if it was not for those intelligent supreme court lawyers! Allowing children to register for voting – he had guts to tell us that no one can audit the data base.
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Good Riddance!
Welcome bwana zimachitiak,dont worry much,if u played your cards nicely all is well u will b paid
We don’t need such people who think about destroying every good things in the country.
So he is being fired on political grounds? So DPP sympathisers are no longer Malawians? And what guarantee is there that the next office bearer will have no political leaning? Mpatseni zake zonse to the end of the contract osati izi mwatiuzati, political difference in no justification to deny citizens employment.
@Chimbizga; No, he is not fired on political grounds but for incompetence and acting against the demands of his office. He allowed registration of minors which is illegal and against the law, therefore he must go, his services are no longer required.
And as a DPP symphathiser, he is very much Malawian thats the reason why he is being fired because he broke the laws of Malawi.
Mucila odadandula
Yes he is fired because of being a DPP symphathiser.As a law stipulated to our country,no puplic servant should belong to a party hence this guy fired himself by associating with DPP while serving in government.
All these positions are political positions, hence it is the current president in office who appoints them so even if you are not politically affiliated to any party, still when another government comes you are likely to be victimised because you were appointed by another president.
He showed his true colors by wearing party colors. He also needs to be prosecuted for allowing underage kids to register so that DPP could steal elections. What will happen to those kids when they reach 18? They will be 30 in the system! Do you even think about the future of those kids? Will they be allowed to change age on their national id’s? They might be duped for the rest of their lives just because of DPP’s greed. Stupid are their parents too! Lhomwes are stupid and dumb.
You seem to be a lost fella.
mhu koma dziko ili!!! anthu amazicotsa okha nchito ndithu.
Suleman ntchito yako ndi imeneyo. Go clean all the trash left behind by DPP. Amwenye onse, maZimbabwean onse amene amagulisidwa ziphaso zaunzika amenewo alandidwe basi. Our National Registry needs to be in the hands of Malawians 100%. Outsourcing of any sort should be restricted to technology basi. The same applies to Techno Brain ku Immigration those guys are pure DPP operatives. Government, in the interest of national security should immediately terminate their contract with the Immigration Department. We have a lot of IT graduates in Malawi who should employed in the E-government department and undertake specialised IT projects covering all government departments and ministries
Overhauling the whole rotten system….Take them all
Out.
I hope the new boss will ensure that the Malawi NRB cards don’t have expiry cards; and also recover those cards that were issued to under aged citizens of the country.In addition, there is need to have order at the office-hopefully a new one will be allocated.
Koma ku Road Traffic musesako liti and when does the tonse team plan to create order especially in Lilongwe? Visiting the office is worse than going to the Lilongwe Market. Madoba doba akagwilire kwina ntchito plus not just allowing mwenyes and no indenginous Malawians to be running the business of issuing vehicle registration number
Good riddance but also look at Kachama because when he was police chief he authorised Karim to be paid extra money on the overcharged ration tender and now he has been hired to work at state house. For goodness sake why do you employ these retired people. You talk of creating employment but all the senior people that Chakwera has hired ate past their retirement. Civil servants trade Union should challenge this stupidity in court. Why should people be allowed to work past their retirement age.
Very corrupt and incompetent Boss.
Good riddance.
Macra and MRA and MHC
That’s the way to go. I hear on the Diplomatic posting there is a rumour that Brazil Ambassador Bowler will be sent to another Embassy! Really? This is a pure Cadet who helped DPP to rig 2019 elections. Tonse Alliance anthu akutherani otumiza ku Embassy?
If Bowler gets sent somewhere then i will never vote for MCP/UTM again. Bowler is one corrupt piece of human being. He needs to be investigated for maizegate.
At least mackford somanje will get his salary this july. [Before his warrant of arrest is executed].
NOCMA shouldn’t be left out too much dirty there as well from the top to security in all the fuel depots please from Mchinji depot to Chipoka depot
Somanje smiling all the way to the bank to cash his total sum up to end of contract. This experimental administration will cost us
Malawi will be a better place without him at NRB. Even if it means paying him up to the end of contract, stil its good riddance.
He will be smiling to jail my friend. He committed fraud by allowing underage kids to register.
nice journey
Kodi amwini Thako alipo? A cadet, simukumvekatu, muli kuti? Pitala wanu uja alikuti lero? Chonde phunzitsani wana wanu zowona osati zowombera m’manja mfiti ngati Pitala ayi. Don’t b quite go on talk that nosense, where is u r Fongkong President Wamuthalika? Kkkkk, koma tulo a Malawi, mbewa zikatha amanona ndi aswiswiri, a Malawi mpaka Pitala b a president, mpang’ono ng’ono muli ndi mwayi, Atupele akanakhala president wanu . Shame on my country
Wataniso cadet kuti achotsedwe
We should also know how much have they been paid for contract terminations. This is to ensure that we sum up our taxes. CEOs are getting richer and richer. How much did you give Kabambe? Mr Kazako give us the figures.
A civil servant actually fired instead of transferred??
Whatever next?!
Maybe some actual accountability in government!
Very good move, enawa angopangidwa demote akapitilize kukwera bwino bwinio in service…Achina Nkasala and Mithi!!