OPC orders K2 million donations from Parastatals to DPP: For presidential nomination logistics
The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has ordered all parastatal organizations in the country to contribute K2 million each to be used for the presentation of nomination papers for President Peter Mutharika at Comesa Hall in Blantyre on Friday.
Nyasa Times can reveal that the verbal instructions are being coordinated by an official at OPC Prince Mtelera to various Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Chief Finance Officers for the parastatal organizations.
“They said we should make the K2 million available today for the nomination ceremony for the President tomorrow,” said one of the CEOs in an interview with Nyasa Times.
Insiders said DPP Regiona Governor for the South Charles Mchacha who is also deputy minister of Homeland security has been assigned to collect the money from the parastatals based in Blantyre.
For parastatal organizations based in the Central Region, Mtelera has instructed them to give the money to Uladi Mussa who is the DPP Vice President for the centre and those in the north will have to give the money to Kenneth Sanga the regional governor for the north.
“They have told us to make sure that the money is available whether we take the money out as fuel expenses or any other way, we should just make sure that the money should be available today, ” said another source from a Lilongwe based parastatal and corroborated the story.
There are almost 60 parastatal companies in the country and if each give the requested K2 million it will mean APM will use K120 million of taxpayers money for his ceremony of presenting nomination papers.
Just last week, OPC also issued another verbal instruction to all the parastatal organizations to give the DPP K15 million each for campaign.
The ruling DPP is expected to raise a whopping K900 million from taxpayers for its campaign.
The development comes at the time the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by DPP and four State corporations to set aside a High Court judgement in the Blue Night case against some civil society organisations (CSOs).
The State institutions are Lilongwe Water Board (LWB), Lilongwe City Council (LCC), Blantyre City Council (BCC) and Mzuzu City Council (MCC). The financially-struggling MCC had earlier signed a consent order withdrawing its K3.5 million pledge to DPP.
During a fundraising dinner and dance branded ‘Blue Night’ at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on July 29 2017 where President Peter Mutharika was the guest of honour, DPP allegedly received about K13.5 million from public institutions, a gesture the CSOs argued amounted to misuse and abuse of public resources.
The CSOs pursuing the case are Centre for the Development of People (Cedep), Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR), Youth and Society (YAS), Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) and Livingstonia Synod’s Church and Society Programme.
These CSOs sought a declaration of the court that the donations to DPP contravened the doctrine of public trust, the Constitution and the Public Finance Management Act.
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I hold my view satana kwake kuba kupha ndi kuononga so for DPP party it’s their behaviour .no need to give them Chance aba,aonononga mokwana
Worst is still the fact, that this parastatals CEOs have not even the guts to refuse themselves towards this wretched beggars in blue!
kkkkkkkkkkkkk so chilima akamanena kut athuwa ndi apumbwa amanama guys aaaaaaa ine pambunyo pa chilima unless apumbwa azanene za kuba kwa chilima otherwise timuika pampando basi
These people never learn, lets just kick them out of the government. We have had enough of these nonsense. This is stealing of public funds. HRDC please rise up akutiwonjeza
Shame
Tithana nayo dpp ndife anthu wamba. Mwatibera mokwanira. Presentation of papers is nothing. Iwe Pitala udzipita Kwa America. This guy doesn’t deserve benefits after retirement. Wawononga kwambiri.
Cashgate yomaliza iyi!
That’s why we need to get rid of these thieves. Btw, who will be agogos running mate?
Koma ndiye mwationjeza. Tamvani chisoni abale
MBAVAAA GOD CURSE WHOEVER IS IN CHARGED
Ohhhhh! Demeti!!!!
This useless government and their UDF bedmates need to stop stealing from account #1. Why should taxpayers foot the bill for lorries to ferry supporters from Thyolo Thava etc….? You just want to cause an unnecessary traffic jam tommorow afternoon. Why dont you ask your Asian suppliers to give the cash?
And somebody says Govt does not have money? Combination of nyusesi
If this true then, its unfortunate especially coming at a time when the supreme court has just issued an order against similar acts.
We need to learn from each action and pull our country forward.
Some of us can only hope that this is not true. May God help Malawi
Jst making me more angry.I wish 21 may was mawa.
When a person is about to die the hearing senses do not work.
These are not thugs because it is a very beautiful name in English but are thugisi.
Mbuzi ikalawa mchele simasiya kukaseteka pomwe pali mchelepo…………………………! These thugs can never change this bad habit if voted into government again! This party will do more harm to our nation if voted into power! Please Malawians lets vote these thugs out on 21 May! Chonde chonde chonde Malawians, don’t dare to vote for the DPP thieves and thugs………………………..!
Koma anthu awa azamva liti? ndipo may 21 yibwele sanga tipulumuse ndalama
These people are very bad for Malawi. Avulaza a Malawi kotheratu. And I dont understand why there are still people who cant see that what they are doing is very sinful
Zonsezi Chilima. Anthu away sakanalowa mboma
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA KOMA GUYS ZOONA ZIMENEZI
Please polani moto, Musationjeze
DPP is at it again , they never repent. Please CSOs help us to overturn the decision
Hear-say.
Precisely what these thieves want to hear..” Hearsay”