Forum petitions govt on asset declaration
The Forum for National Development (FND) on Wednesday petitioned government through the Lilongwe City Council, asking all Cabinet ministers and senior civil servants to declare their assets in light of the cashgate scam.
In the petition signed by the group’s chairperson Bright Kampaundi and national coordinator Fryson Chonzi and presented to the council’s chief executive Richard Hara, the forum also asked government to repossess its houses sold to politicians and Cabinet ministers without following procedures.
“Can all the present ministers, members of Parliament and senior civil servants make a declaration of assets stating what they have, how they acquired what they have and also business interests they have?” reads the petition in part.
On the houses sold to politicians, FND, however, mainly focused on DPP officials and Bineth Trust, leaving out top government officials in the current Joyce Banda administration.
“Malawi has been going through the following pains: …hardworking, taxpaying citizens failing to get a plot in suburb Areas of 43, 9, 12, 47, Nyambadwe and BCA Hill which they would honestly pay for yet politicians were acquiring this land for free.
“Honest citizens failing to get business to supply products and services to government which they would have honoured, yet others were being paid for not offering any services.
“Government owing billions to service providers and suppliers and failing to pay, yet somebody was amassing wealth for doing nothing,” reads the petition in part.
The forum has also asked the council to review all sales of commercial and residential plots in various locations in Lilongwe which it claims politicians obtained through alleged abuse of power.
Tiyeni nawoni a mphaka amenewa,zikakanika tiwachose ndi voti,zikakanikanso osalipira msonkho tione matama awo agalu amenewa. Andikwana mmasewera
To reposes houses sold by the Government? What is this Forum meaning. A whole Government can not sell out something without following procedures. In this case the Forum should task the Government for selling its property without it following procedures. Its the same we can not be tasking Mphwiyo, Lutepo and all cash gate people for doing that without tasking the Government for letting that be done. Why not reposes JB’s PP cash gate vehicles and you want to task somebody who bought from Government. And do you what procedures are followed when buying Government property? Mr Bright its not the way you buy your pant or the way your wife buys tomatoes at the market.
This is non-starter. Why can’t people exhaust their energies on crucial things, businesses that will benefit Malawians and not stupid blind hand-clappers who are not conscience of their clapping? If you want to trace the origins of abuse about government housing go and ask Bakili Muluzi because he is the one who initiated that scam. Even government vehicles were sold at give away prices and the people who benefitted were PS’s and others in that bracket. It amazes me for a few individuals to start barking over petty issues because it has something to do with somebody’s name who is posing a threat to your favoured leadership. Let nature take its course other than manipulating things to suit your liking because it won’t turn out in the manner you envisage. Why can’t you deal with “MANYI” atsopano called cash gate other than concentrating on “MANYI” akale, poti akale sanunkha, amatero.
Government of UDF in the past sold most houses which were for Malawi Railways making it crumble. Today the railway is resurrecting why is the Forum not talk of this. The Forum guys are the beneficiaries of the Cash Gate even today. DPP Government was right to pass a law that NGO’s should be accountable to Reserve Bank of Malawi. Had it been that the law was not reversed by PP then we the nation would have known who is bankrolling this Forum. Otherwise Bright and Chodzi can not be able to mobilize resources and hold a debate at Xroads.
Malawians in the know help expose this Forum for betterment of Malawians and future of cash gate
Why start with Mphwiyo shooting and not cash gate cases. The two are different