Opposition MPs reject ambush over Mwapasa confirmation as police IG

October 3, 2019 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 29 Comments

First deputy speaker Madalitso Kazombo on Wednesday adjourned parliament 30 minutes earlier than scheduled as opposition lawmakers rejected the government move to ambush the legislators on the confirmation of embattled acting police Inspector General Duncan Mwapasa.

Mwapasa: Parliament to reject or confirm

This was after Leader of the House Kondwani Nankhumwa asked the House to adopt a motion to vary order paper and print a new one which would have born the confirmation of Mwapasa and Joseph Nangantani as auditor general.

This caused commotion in the 193-strong House as opposition lawmakers vehemently rejected this, saying they needed enough notice to debate the issue.

Dowa east MP Richard Chimwendo Banda accused Nankhumwa of flouting House procedures when introducing such matters in the House.

“The House is a House of procedures and rules. The procedures and the rules have not been followed here,” said Chimwendo Banda.

He asked why Mwapasa should be confirmed IG when there is already another police chief, Rodney Jose, whom he said had just proceeded on leave and was yet to retire.

But Nankhumwa said all procedures and rules were followed before he introduced the matter into the House.

He said the Business Committee of parliament, the political leadership of the House, has endorsed the subject matter, saying this was why it appeared on the order paper.

Nankhumwa said the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of parliament had been meeting to scrutinize the qualifications of Mwapasa.

 

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29 replies on “Opposition MPs reject ambush over Mwapasa confirmation as police IG”

  1. MPs should not confirm Mwapasa. It will be a disaster if they do. He is already failing in his duties. He is also linked to the death of Njaunju and Robert chasowa. Just look at the way the police has conducted themselves. He cannot even apologies for the unprofessional behaviour of the police during the demos

    1. its not the qualifications rather his performance! And he has acted as a thug rather than a policeman.

  4. Jane asah wakulepherani pano mwayamba yina, koma olophera ndi wolephera basi aliyese wogwira ntchito boma ndi Kasey?pano mwayamba kutiopsa tikufuna kulanda boma .

    1. A charie
      U Charie wathera pano lero mwaziona mbuzi zanu ZADWALIKATU AKUTI NDI RE-RUN BASI Osalowera u president pawindow achulukirenji makomo ku Sanjika.
      RE RUN RE RUN ULENDO UJA WOTHAWA WAKWANA

      1. Court lake liti ?mm chisoni kwa opposition Court alowa mawa Friday.kuyambila 9 until 12 anakunamiza munthu Bale re run ndi 2024 woooh

  5. Mwapasa should not be confirmed as an IG of our police. If he is behaving with this level of impunity now how will he behave when he gets the top job? How many citizens will he kill or maim? Mwapasa should not be confirmed under all circumstances.

  6. Chimwendo wake uti. I hope he is not The nepotistic one who announced that he does not want any MP from the south in parliament in Lilongwe forgetting that the building, he and his fellow Malawi Crocodile Party(MCP), call parliament was built by a development conscious Southerner, mapwiya mulhupalhe, the late BINGU WA MUTHARIKA, May his soul Rest In Peace. Zikomo kwambiri alhomwe polemekeza achewa. Ngakhale manda a Kamuzu, anakonzedwa ndi mulomwe. Zangovuta kuti Chakwera ndi osathokoza and he is spreading that cancer kwa achipeta onse. Kutereku Chimwendo Banda akufuna mchipeta akhale IG, sizitheka. Ma MP a kummwela kumayamba mwawelengana musanayambe za ntchito. Mumuthandizenso Kayembe kukhala Leader Of Opposition monga munachitira nthawi ya a TEMBO.
    Tikuikizani mmapemphero kuti muchite za ntchito kumeneko. Mulungu apitilire kukudalitsana ku nyumba ya malamuloyo, yomangidwa ndi amuna a ku m’mwera, mapwiya Bingu ndi Chipani cha DPP chomwe chikulamula pano chitagonjetsa MCP ndi UTM pa chisankho cha pa May 2019.

  8. Boma la zitsilu I ve never seen since I was born. Its like we have mbuzi za ma leaders this time around because president ndi chitsiluso without proper strategy and poor policymaking.

    If they want mwapasa back door to be IG that’s another problem that will provoke Malawians to be in the street DEMONSTRATING that they don’t want him.

    In fact Malawians they don’t want mwapasa.. koma Peter ndi galu samanva YET.. tell him he has to pay attention to the will of the people..

    WE DONT WANT MWAPASA ASANKHE WINA..

  11. DPP IS A TOTAL SHAM!!!!!

    Mr Nankhumwas you are contradicting yourself! How do you want Parliament to confirm this zombie of. Police crackhead when his qualifications are still being scrutinised by PAC.

    DPP is used to the untransparent and uncompetitive tendences of recruiting the cadets in top posts. The bad blood of crookedness runs very deep from APM to ministers to MUHARA and his PSs. This is why Chisale manages to put his brother in a top position of CEO at a Medicines Organisation in the Ministry of Health at the age of 65 years flouting all procedures in government. This happens under the watch of deadwood APM because the blood of nepotism and corruption runs supreme in out DPP party. We are getting fed up!

    Us cadets also feel that Mwapasa who is not even popular among his fellow police force is the worst material for IG. Let’s say this now and Malawi should know——Mwapasa is the guy at the centre of recruiting and training us the cadets in police combats! Bad and dangerous for Malawi. Reject him totally please——

    1. CHI MAFIA CHA M’TRADE FAIR KU BLANTYRE CHAZIGOLOLO NDIPO CHAKUPHA
      Chimulilenji bambo Samalani ndi Nankhumwa MUFA. He is not happy with your position becareful Chimulirenji and dont say that I did not warn you.

      1. Mulungu odziwa kuteteza awateteza anthu amenewa.munayamba ndi kale mngakhaleso APM anamwalira kale kwa inu shame mulungu si chilima kapena chakwera.

  13. This Mwapasa is a red flag!! If the courts are still taking their time to assess the validity of the elections results then you parliamentarians don’t even waste time to reject this cadet to sit on top of our national security under the disguise of IG…we don’t need this nonsense. Protect us malawians by sending this man far away from IG post. Thanks in advance for doing us this big favor.

  14. Cadet achindidwe mkamwa tsopano kkkkkkkkkkk. Mwapasa about to get a wake up call

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