“Success is brought by continued labour and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.” – William Jennings Bryan US Secretary of State 1860 – 1925 The phrase “one step forward, two steps backwards” originates from an anecdote about a frog trying to scale a water well. […]
Martha Chizuma on Monday, 31th May 2021 finished serving as Ombudsman to step into a new career having been appointed and confirmed as Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Chizuma also ceased to be Commissioner for the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC); Police Service Commission and Inspector of Prisons and Prison Service Commission. She was […]
Controversy is refusing to die at Malawi Regulatory Authority (Macra) as more drama unfolds as some of the section directors are still in office after their positions being declared illegally and improperly occupied. Deposed and embattled MACRA Director General, Godfrey Redson Itaye was illegally and wrongfully sitting on interview panels during the recruitment of almost […]
“The president is immensely passionate and overly committed to fight corruption in the country.” “I give you the independence, work the way you want in accordance with the law and you are free to arrest anyone who you think is on the wrong side of the corruption law.” This is what president Chakwera purportedly told […]
After needless drama, Martha Chizuma was duly confirmed as the Anti-Corruption Bureau Director-General and boy, does she have a lot on her plate! Even though apart from the inimitable Gustave Kaliwo Esq, no one has excelled in that post, expectations are sky-high. Her predecessors came brandishing CVs that dazzled. With Kaliwo’s notable exception, those CVs […]
“The honeymoon is over…. “I know everyone out there is expecting to see change.”– Chizuma The newly minted Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Martha Chizuma says the honeymoon for those who bask in the light of corruption is over and vowed that she will give her best shot in fighting corruption in Malawi. The fearless Chizuma, […]
The Public Appointments Committee (PAC), meeting on Monday, has eventually confirmed ombudsman Martha Chizuma as director general for graft-busting body the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) after it had earlier rejected her with abysmal scores. Last week PAC, using a scoring procedure during interview confirmation, scored Chizuma 14.9 which was less than the minimum 17 mark […]
Dowa North East legislator and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) chief whip in the national assembly, Samuel Dalitso Kawale, has given notice that a motion to rescind the decision of not confirming Martha Chizuma as would-be director general of the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) be moved in the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) meeting on Monday, May […]
Public Appointments Committee (PAC) chairperson, Joyce Chitsulo, has said it is a tad baffling that people in the country—including the well-learned with impeccable records of social standing—have shifted the blame on the rejection of Martha Chizuma as Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general on her saying she was not the sole scorer. Speaking on behalf […]
Teachers in the country, it seems, should continue getting used to not being given full attention to as President Lazarus Chakwera’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) presented at Parliament Building in the capital Lilongwe was loudly silent on their woes. An impasse between teachers and their employer—government—has been on for months now following the […]
A consortium of Civil Society Organisations has penned the Speaker of Parliament demanding information pertaining to the meeting between the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) and Ms Martha Chizuma, as held on the 11th May, 2021. In a letter dated 12th May, 2021 and signed by five leaders of different CSOs, copies of a number of […]
Idriss Ali Nassah demands full interview report Some members of Public Affairs of Parliament (PAC) are alleged to have received K4 million each as bribe to turn down the confirmation of Martha Chizuma as the new director of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ABC) According to information that has emerged, it is alleged that some legislators who are […]
“Malawi is indeed the warm heart of corruption.” A surreptitious underground plan to torpedo Chizuma’s appointment as Anti-Corruption (ACB) director was hatched by parliamentarians the moment her name popped up as the people’s favourite candidate. Nyasa Times investigations reveal that there is a a group of people fighting Chakwera’s quest for zero tolerance on corruption […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has taken a swipe at some organizations and social commentators who have launched attacks on the members of the Parliamentary Public Affairs Committee (PAC) for rejecting the appointment of Ombudsman Martha Chizuma as the new Director General (DG) of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). CDEDI executive director […]
“They are just crybabies.” There was a heavy exchange of uproar and loud vocalisations in Parliament from both sides of the house on Thursday morning following the rejection of Martha Chizuma as the new director of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Hell broke loose when Leader of the House, Richard Chimwendo Banda demanded a full report from […]
“…this will be a day of rage against the enemies of the people who want to shield corruption.” The decision of the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) to reject Ombudsman Martha Chizuma as the new Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) director has annoyed scores of Malawians with most ranting that the Committee’s pronouncement is a massive drawback […]
The Parliamentary Public Appointments Committee (PAC) has courted controversy following its decision to reject the appointment of Ombudsman Martha Chizuma as the new Director General (DG) of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Chizuma appeared before the Committee earlier today where nine members voted for her while the other nine voted against her appointment. In a normal […]
Cheating does not pay, so the saying goes! The proverb has proven true for the former Director General (DG) for the State-funded Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA), Godfrey Itaye, and many others who have had their contracts with the Authority nullified today. The Ombudsman Martha Chizuma has ordered the nullification of all the contracts Itaye […]