Parliamentary committee rejects appointment of Atuweni Juwayeyi as FIA director
A parliamentary committee responsible for the hiring and firing of public officers has rejected the re-appointment of Atuweni Juwayeyi Agbermodji as the director general of Financial Intellegence Authority (FIA).
The Public Appointments Committee (Pac) met on Monday in Lilongwe to decide her fate.
A member of the parliamentary committee says she has lost the appointment by 16 votes to three votes, which means 16 members of the committee rejected her appointment while three voted for her appointment.
PAC chairperson Joyce Chitsulo refused to comment, saying the Office of President and Cabinet would release the results.
Juwayeyi – Agbermodji spent her career at FIA, rising through the ranks to the position of Director – General during past governments until her tenure expired.
The rejection comes at a time Washington and London governments already congratulated Lilongwe for her appointment, applauding her as the right person for the position.
FIA is a government agency set up by the Act of Parliament to monitor, investigate and fight money laundering, tracking illicit transactions with the mandate to freeze suspicious accounts in the country’s commercial banks.
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If the rejection is based on merit then its fair and square. But if its all about consolidation of power then its very unfortunate.
FIU my foot! Do we have FIU in Malawi? All the corruption, the cashgate, covidgate and all looting that has been taking place in Malawi from 1994 occurred under the watch of FIU?
Gender vs competence.
FIU
What are competencies of the so called committee. Can we professionalise no politicised the appointment
reasons for rejection? tufuna tidziwe. transparency ikufunika
Good Job PAC. No further Comment
Good move, the snooze tightening even for Diplomats.
You shame and her new sounds like not a malawian but naijas she worked already now someone should replace her
ndi mlomwe
Atuweni is lomwe. So is Sean Kampondeni who is the press secretary to mbuzi yanu yomwe mukuitamanda. Sean’s mother is from thyolo. Dont start a shit storm you will lose. Get the nyau mask and go take a deep wash in lake nyasa before you open your feceses loaded mouth. See me
eee mwakwiyatu. simuphulika. take it easy
you seem like one ugly fat hateful thing. I don’t know how to place you . If you look at DPP It had a mixture of all people from all groups but you seem to have a wet hole for a lomwe stick. So miwna ukachinditse kwa a lomwe and it will make you feel better. Atumwenis family is from all over the place. Her father is from Zomba. You need to take your gorilla kananga looking face and get a life. If you are a guy just get laid. You will get over mlomwe anakumana thako. Damn
that’s not the way to go. you can not solve a problem with another problem. Him has a problem and yourself you have also problem here in addressing issues even the words you have used here are not good for normal man. Please let us change our approach. THIS IS MY COMMAND, THAT YOU SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER, JESUS COMMANDED US TO DO ALL THE TIME.
Ndiye chizungu chanji ichi abale? Osangolemba chichewa bwanji?
So what if her name is west african. Don’t we have Indians like patels who are really a different race and you want to bring this? Just go and drink your mothers period.
I doubt if Washington and London have senses and wish Malawi anything good. With all the Corruption happening in Malawi, we wonder if we have FIA in Malawi. But these long nosed people are saying she is capable for the job. Which job?
Just wait muone mkwiyo wa mzungu
Is it just me or do we all find her name suspicious. Can’t find her background anywhere.
Anyway…zosiirana izi.
Why do we find you suspicous? Why do we have Malawians with last names from punjabi and mumbai . Even names like conforzi yet you dumb low iq nigg nogg find this womans last name suspicious. Kamweni mikodzo ya a manu may be you will improve your iq
How do you re-appoint someone who failed at the same Institution?
I had thought that this lady worked so well and with regard to the current financial fraud in the country she was a good catch for us. It makes me wonder if her rejection is not a ploy to get someone who wont be as vigilant as she was
You mean ‘vigilante’!
Yes vigilant (verb),vigilante is a noun,so yes she was vigilant 😆😆
Money laundering is not an issue in Malawi where people can withdraw millions in cash or deposit millions in cash without questions asked. This institution is just a scare Crow and a waste of resources
I do not think she has done enough to warrant another term in office..look and huge sums of money that were in the accounts of people like Chisale, Son to Getrude, Getrude herself, Mkhito and the list is endless. These people were public servants then and their salaries were meagre and the businesses could not be hauling such huge sums at once…she did not investigate or raise alarm..let another person take over and try something different…be it a woman or man, what we want is action on monet laundering which leads to corruption…
Martha Chizuma of Ombudsman can do better on this job. Saopa.
I’m grooming Martha to be the Chief Justice. She will shortly be appointed a Judge in the appeal court.
So this lot are scared she will tighten the screws and there will be no more leakage of donor money. Pa Malawi pachuluka mbava. Parliamentary committee of thieves basi.
Atuweni is a cadet who has been suppressing investigations at FIA. Her reappointment shocked everyone including us who work here at the FIA. Other qualified people applied but Minister Chimwendo Banda who is not very well educated pushed through her shortlisting at the expense of others who applied including two PhD’s in Criminal Justice and Anti Money Laundering. Kudos to PAC
Strange! London and Washington congratulating the appointment of an officer to be FIU Director? It smells of something unusual. I support her rejection.
She didn’t tick before. This time she was being brought it to look away while the MCP guys play with money..ndi niece wa JB
This is a missed opportunity for Malawi. Atuweni is the most qualified in the field and she commands respect in her line of duty. I hope the President has power to use his executive voice to change this decision.
Which president? He will assign SK to handle the issue…
What is her track record at the same institution? Seeing as she led it before. We have other women more qualified like Mrs Jean Priminta at the Ministry of Justice with a PhD in Criminal Justice and Anti Money Laundering
well done.committee she failed malawians.
Kodi amai awa ndinzika? Dzina lake ngati laku East, Central & West Afrika. Anyway, ngati nchito zammanja ake zilibwino, apasidwe nchito, koma ngati ali bonya atayeni. However, if our erstwhile colonial masters have so much confidence in her, maybe, just maybe, she might be the right candidate.
She is married to a Nigerian man
Amen ndipo Kumwamba kudyere soseji.
poti sadagule dambwe.
Women’s empowerment ndee ikutilakatu! What are the grounds for her rejection?
Good kwa Good! Bravo PAC. Uyu akagwere.
Why is she still smiling?
Good move, give others a chance. These people rotate among the top govt jobs simply because they have connections. Give some other people a chance especially those without connection but are very hard working and ethical.
She came third in interviews for the job, why was she reappointed given the job in the first place?