By Vincent Gunde
The commission of inquiry instituted by President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera to investigate circumstances that led to the departed Vice President Dr. Saulosi Chilima’s and eight others death, has revealed that there was money disbursed to political parties for unexplained reasons.
About K120 million was disbursed to ten Alliance partners while parties which were not in the Alliance got zero case in point the DPP, Muvi wa Chilungamo Revolutionary Party (MRP) and the others and very surprisingly, UDF was one of the beneficiaries.
Revelations have come out that the Peoples Party of Madam Dr. Joyce Banda received K15.5 million but this has been refuted by the party claiming that it received K15. 9 million a development which has made Malawians to shake their heads in disbelief as if they have horns.
While millions of Malawians are questioning the lack of independence of the commission as a cover up of President Chakwera and his MCP, questions without answers are going to the MCP that who made a decision to release unexplained funds to political parties for Dr. Chilima’s death and why?
President and Commander in Chief of MRP Bantu Saunders Jumah, has noted with a grave concern that the country has 21 registered political parties and if there is the law that during state funerals, funds should be disbursed, all parties could have received the same.
Jumah said if the funds were for logistical purposes, all political parties were there and why others did not receive the same and why special were the parties considered for the allocation with a question, was it to mourn Dr. Chilima or for unity of purpose?
He has demanded audit, clarification and explanation from the MCP government under President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera on what criteria was used to disburse the funds for the matter to rest in peace, otherwise, Malawians will speak on top of their voices.
“Malawi needs political and economic state of emergency to stop some of the nonsense, taking taxpayers money is not or gamble by politicians, this money is for development, transformation and for the lives of citizens<’ he said.
Jumah has again registered his concern over Tanzanians government changing its geographical map cutting Lake Malawi in halves while President Chakwera and his government have said nothing, observing that the country’s leaders are busy gathering fruits when the country is being lost in the hands of enemies.
He said Lake Malawi is fully belonging to the Nyasa people, the whole lake belongs to Malawi advising government to take the matter to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) saying for the sake of the future, Malawians cannot trade their sovereignty with corruption.
Jumah said recently there were reports that German investors would want to buy Likoma and Chizumulu Islands, some areas in Mangochi-Makanjira and Dzobwe are in Mozambique while the border itself is in Mwanza and Jenda in Mzimba suspecting corruption is exchanging hands.
