UTM’s orator Saonda faces duping charges: MCP’s Chizuzu arrested
Malawi Police says it will be pressing charges against United Transformation Movement (UTM) orator George Saonda after the Burundian lodged a complaint alleging that he was duped into giving him K6 million.
Saonda, former governing Democrat Progressive Party (DPP) orator was arrested Friday afternoon and spent a night in the cooler at Chileka Police in Blantyre.
According to National Police spokesperson James Kadadzera, the issues borders around “processing of Malawian citizenship for the Burundian.”
Kadadzera said Saonda – has been making scathing remarks about DPP and its leadership since he defected to UTM – would be charged with “impersonating a public officer and obtaining money by false pretence.”
Saonda comes from Kimono Village in Paramount Chief Ngolongoliwa’s area in Thyolo. Prior to his firing from the civil service he was director of administration in the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology.
The police spokesperson said the matter also involves two other suspects who were arrested and are on court bail.
Meanwhile, police have confirmed that Enock Chizuzu who is the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) parliamentary aspirant for Nsanje North after he defected from DPP was also arrested.
Chizizu , who has a sound legal background, was arrested for the role he played in facilitating the release of some Asians illegal immigrants arrested in the country.
Police spokesman Kadadzera said the arrests has nothing to do with politics.
Arrest Thief in Chief first. The one who stole our K145 million.
When you live in a glass-house DON’T throw stones.
Let’s leave politics aside. Let’s be patriotic. These people were supposed to be arrested long time ago
Simunati a UTM mumangidwa nonse
Police should arrest the who immigration department
Lets put politics aside.He must have known that solicuting funds under false pretence is punishable……kuba basi let him free himself…
Thats Malawi police for you, working hard to find reasons to arrest opposition members.
Meanwhile the DPP cadets can drive around in unregistered vehicles, attack people in broad daylight right in front of the police and break every law that they want.
Lets vote these people out before they kill us all. Your children depend on it.
@BigMan
aaah, zoona zimenezo?
hahahahahaha this is fun story, aliyese wachoka ku DPP amakhala ndi mulandu eti, pachiyambi simumaziwa kuti athuwo ali ndi mulandu koma akachoka ku chipani cha mbavazo nde amapezeka ali ndi mlandu , i think DPP is really desperate, just ask GOD TO INTERVINE YOUR SITUATION, RATHER ARREST EVERYONE WHO LEAVE YOUR DIRTY CHGIPANI, APOLISI NANUSO CHENJERANI MUDAKALI MU ZIKO LOMWELINO ENAWO AKUKUNAMIZANI BOMA LIKASINTHA YOU WILL BE A VICTIM ADPP WO SAKUSAMALANI FAMILY YANU IZAVUTIKA MAPETO.
DPP inamtuma kuti ambere mburundi?
He is a victim because he joined UTM. The police mioved in fast but they failed to do the same with Uladi Mussa. Selective justice????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Uladi Musa handed himself to Police…
We are watching and God will judge all of us with pure justice.