Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has dragged a South African medical supplier, Fresenius, to graft-busting body, Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) over a ‘shady’ deal in procurement of a dialysis machine for Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) . A notice served to ACB indicates that HRDC is troubled with how Fresenius Medical Care got the deal […]
Rights activists have given Leader of Opposition in parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa seven days to pay back K3.6 million he pocketed as sitting allowance in presidential taskforce on Covid-19. The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says the money pocketed by Nankhumwa could have gone a long way in saving the lives of many Covid 19 patients. […]
Ministry of Education officials have come under blisteting attack for pocketing three day allowances from government for a meeting that lasted for two hours only. The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has since blown the whistle on the matter. HRDC says it has received information alleging that officials from the ministry pocketed allowances amounting to […]
Apparently fed up with the current Tonse Alliance administration’s slowness to govern and a clear lack of direction, the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has threaten to mobilise Malawians to demand what they deserve and what they were promised and signed for. Ironically HRDC was instrumental in pushing for change after the courts declared null […]
For the first time since the Tonse Administration took power, the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has made a stinging attack on President Lazarus Chakwera describing him as “not transformative after all.” In a statement issued Wednesday in which HRDC has commented on the K6.2 Covidgate, status of the Tonse Alliance, Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition has asked Malawi government through the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) to explain how the K6.2 billion funds meant for Covid-19 pandemic fight was spent, saying it has received several queries , concerns and tip-offs from the general public suggesting plunder. President Lazarus Chakwera recently disclosed that K6.2 billion was […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says it has delayed to investigate bribery attempts on Human Rights Defenders Coalition ( HRDC ) executive member Billy Mayaya and Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda by Indian businessperson Chandra Shekhar More due to Covid-19 but assured that the complaint is being processed. ACB principal public relations officer Egrita […]
A veiled claim by Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) that the Tonse Alliance-led government is slow and has lost direction cannot go without comment. This assertion is allowable only in the context of democratic fundamentals of free speech but fails to present facts as they ought to be. The art of running government affairs vis-à-vis […]
Malawi is today February 3 remembering this day one year after the High Court of Malawi sitting as the Constitutional Court judgement nullified the May 21 2019 Presidential Election and ordered a fresh election which Tonse Alliance won but Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has said the administration led by President Lazarus Chakwera is now hopeless. […]
Rights activists the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have asked the police Inspector General to discipline officers who are brutalising people who fail to mask up as a covid-19 preventive measure. This comes amid widespread reports in the country’s cities and towns that police officers are beating up who fail to wear face masks. In […]
Salima Sugar Company Limited (SSCL) has challenged the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) to provide evidence on the allegations the coalition has reported to the Minister of Trade, Sosten Gwenge, and law enforcement agencies. Last week, HRDC – a self-styled whistle-blower on corruption and bribery in the public service – alleged that the company is […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC has expressed disappointment with the Tonse government’s lacklustre response to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, saying the current efforts are inadequate. In a rather scathing statement issued on Sunday afternoon, HRDC argues that although the second wave of the pandemic is an emergency that needs all hands at board, it […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has called for complete lockdown to curb the rising cases of Covid-19 in the country. This follows the death of two powerful cabinet ministers; Sidik Mia and Lingson Belekanyama yesterday due to the virus pandemic. In a statement, signed by HRDC Chairperson Gift Trapence and National Coordinator Luke Tembo says […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has demanded immediate arrest and prosecution of the police officers who shot a Polytechnic student, Blessings Nyondo, on December 31 2020. Nyondo has sadly succumbed to bullets wounds. He was shot multiple times around Kwacha roundabout in Blantyre on the night of the 31st of December 2020 allegedly by […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has stressed that Malawians are eager to see President Lazarus Chakwera and his Tonse Alliance administration deliver on a number of critical issues as they begin 2021. In a seven-page New Year’s message, HRDC reminded the Tonse government to fulfil their promise of serving Malawi better. The Tonse Alliance […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) regional chairperson for the South, Masauko Thawe, has denied reports that the Chinese investor has hired him to facilitate the fast-tracking of a mining license at the Department of Mining. The Natural Resources Justice Network (NRJN) leadership, led by Kossam Munthali, recently criticized Thawe for allegedly trying to influence […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has said the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) should investigate a dialysis clinic operator Fresenius Medical Care over allegations that the company paid bribes to in several countries to win or retain business including Malawi’s Ministry of Health which offered it a K262 million three-year contract to supply dialysis services to Kamuzu […]
Indian national Chandrashekar More, who is said to have set up an edible oil extraction plant in the country,—who was deported from Malawi in May 2017 following his arrest on alleged tax evasion charges— offered a K60 million bribe to Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda for a reversal of his prohibitive immigration status and […]