United Party for National Development (UPND) Elections Chairperson, Garry Nkombo has said that the party has engaged independent individuals to oversee the elections at the UPND General Assembly.
CISCA president Judith Mulenga will chair the process and will be assisted by Judith Mulenga and Macdonald Chipenzi of GEARS and that these are not UPND but had been asked to run the UPND elections.
Mr Nkombo said that the National Management Committee (NMC) extraordinary meeting held at the UPND secretariat yesterday resolved that all party positions (including that of the party president) were open for contestation.
“The UPND has engaged independent individuals from civil society to help us run this affair which will help us achieve the transparency that we are looking for. We have appointed Judith Mulenga from CiSCA to chair the Election Commission. She will be assisted by Pamela Chisanga, a governance activist, and MacDonald Chipenzi from GEARS. We wish to appeal to our members not
The Livingstone Magistrate Court has acquitted a Drug Enforcement Commission Assistant Investigations Officer who was facing two counts of corrupt practices.
The acquittal came as a result of the failure by the prosecution to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
Andrew Pikiti was facing two counts of corrupt practices contrary to section 19(1), as read with section 41 of the Anti-Corruption Act Number 3 of 2012.
Pikiti appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate William Banda for judgment in the matter.
In count one, particulars of the offense were that Pikiti, on dates unknown but between 1st September 2015 and 23rd October 2015, in Livingstone, did corruptly receive K500 gratification from Joseph Moyo, as inducement for himself in order to facilitate the stoppage of money laundering criminal investigations by the DEC against Moyo.
January 8, 2021 Wongani Chiuta - Nyasa Times 15 Comments
Attorney General Dr. Chikosa Silungwe has warned that the Tonse Alliance administration will seriously combat crimes relating to common assault, financial and related crimes as well as murder that occurred between 2014 and 2020 and urged Malawians to stop glorifying perpetrators of corruption and those in wrongful enrichment.
Silungwe: We must not applaud clearly dishonest lifestyles
Silungwe also challenged those holding public offices to discharge the obligation of their offices according to law, saying financial crimes and corruption have been draining public resources.
He made the call during the launch of Malawi’s Coordinated Criminal Law Enforcement Strategy in Lilongwe on Thursday.