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Malawi’s commentator on legal affairs, Dr Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa, has faulted the executive arm of government for acting unfairly on the Judiciary by...
Professor; you are promoting a culture of entitlement that is not linked to productivity but status. Are you a BEE Professor or a genuine one?
prof. as much as i respect your opinons, you better respect mine too. court workers are not superior.as long as the are civil servntants lets get equal salaries at the same grade.you think are more impotant than the teacher who teaches your children,doctors who treat you when sick,engineers?we dont deserve to b financilly independent?i didnt expect such myopic views from you.& b economic with your words.ataona anthu ophunzira ife koma izinso ndi zina.u have turne out to be their spokeperson?
here goes another dull lawyer! can you call this some professorial thinking? that is why we say this is a profession for fools. i for one would not waste my brains doing law. too much kudzikonda after milking malawians in the name of defending them. a man of your calibre must not try to soil himself in politics. in case you don’t know there are so many extremely learned malawian professors here in south africa but you will never here them making such useless noise. mukufuna kutchuka kapena bwanji? useless goon
The Malawi judiciary is a shame! They don’t deserve more money than the next civil servant. They don’t work, miss case files, demand bribes and all other vices!
They should resign if they think they are very important and look for jobs elsewhere!
Only teachers deserve a raise!
Danwood should be serious sometimes. The judiciary gets its money from the same pot the whole Government gets its money. The Judiciary therefore cannot claim to be financially independent because as far as I am aware, the judiciary does not generate its own revenues. If it did then your statement that the judiciary should be independent financially would be in order. ESCOM is independent financially as it generates its own revenue, Waterboards are financially independent as they are able to generate their own revenues. The judiciary, no, they are not financially independent, they do not generate their own revenues. In… Read more »
Prof. Where do you place Doctors, Teachers, Engineers etc? Do they also not deserve respect? I would rather respect those other guys than the judges. Judges are first and foremost lawyers. Lawyers are liars. They leave a lot to be desired, especially Malawian Lawyers. This article should not have come from you, a fellow lawyer. Let other people speak for you. We have a lot of examples to give on the behaviour of Malawian judges, For instance, the just ended election results, the drunken judges who lose institutional vehicles at a binge, the judges who sit on judgements for many… Read more »
SHALLOW PROFESSOR1 You mean others deserve less? What about govt/medical doctors for example? they should also be paid according to highest in pvt practice right? engineers at Min of Works? University professors who are even more qualified academic wise than most judges?Your argument is very ‘goofy’ and ur reasoning goofed big time on this one!!!;
EVERY PERSON NEEDS FINANCIAL SECURITY AND NO PROFESSION CAN MONOPOLISE THIS REQUIREMENT…. of course according to qualifications!
This article is void of the financial context of Malawi and the affluence, by Malawian standards, our judges currently swim in. If you want to prove this just go near their main entrance during knock-off time. You will see the cars they drive and so on. These judges who are not happy with the current salary level, let them resign and find jobs elsewhere. other than wanting to be special than other government workers.
there are some truths in your arguments prof,though most of your arguments are funny,all sectors of government need money.not only judiciary,i know you want to support your fellow lawyers and judges but be humane sometimes,you mean lawyers are more important than say Doctors,nurses,teachers,agriculturalists etc?ok lets start with this,how long and hard does it take for one to become a lawyer or judge? and compare that to how hard and long it takes to become a general medical doctor or medical specialist,you will realise that lawyers havent gone to school yet,secondly,compare the results of the absence of a judge or lawyer… Read more »
A little bit of wisdom would have been handy for the professor. Donors closed their taps on us over a year ago but why is it only in the last 3 months that the economy is rapidly crumbling? Let the professor read Chikavu Nyirenda’s recent articles and he will be wiser. Okay, let’s assume that govt doesn’t have enough money but still goes ahead to grant judicial officers their demanded 45% salary increment. One way they would do this is by borrowing from commercial banks at hefty rates and let the kwacha slip further, say to K670-K800 per dollar within… Read more »