Paul Mphwiyo arrives in Malawi
Malawi Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, who was being treated at Milpark Hospital in South Africa for gun shot wounds and underwent surgery has arrived today.
He arrived at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe at noon on South African Airways amid tight security.
Mphwiyo was shot Friday, September 13th as he drove into his Area 43 home in Lilongwe.
He worked only for two months as budget director before he was shot three times in the cheek, shoulder and chest.
His assailant stood at the gate of Mphwiyo’s house and shot him as he drove into the house, the attacker did not steal anything from the house according to police.
Mphwiyo was rushed to the Medical Aid Society of Malawi (Masm) clinic in Lilongwe, just a few blocks from the budget director’s residence, where he was immediately referred to KCH, then flown to South Africa.
Mphwiyo was appointed budget director in the Ministry of Finance in July this year.
Soon after his appointment, he worked closely with Finance Minister Dr Ken Lipenga and Treasury Secretary Randson Mwadiwa to overhaul the public finance management architecture’s business processes—including those of the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMS)—that were full of loopholes and have led to fraud and waste of government resources.
Mphwiyo is expected to appear before the Public Accounts Committeee of Parliament.
It is yet not known whether Mphwiyo will be a State witness or suspect in Cashgate cases.
‘justice must b taken’ we want hm in court.
In court for what?
Mmimba mwanga ine mayo, ayo, Paul Mphwiyo wabweranso mayo ine, basi apa ndiye andigwira basi
mu mimba mwa tenthatu ambiri, munya mumati mutani, muyamika
Bwana, Zimbongera, mumaganiza? You mean yo do not know that it is only the budget director who allocates funding to ministries including yopita to account number 1 imene imapangidwa loot? Are you not interested, then, to hear from Mphwiyo the reasons for those allocations, ngati za ku Tourism K1.5 billion above budget, ndi ma billion anasowa ku Acc #1?
Justice has to take its course indeed. The fact that there was a shooting incident leading to the subsequent dropping of prominent ministers from cabinet and a strong drive by donors and ACB to make government wake up from business as usual approach raises more questions than answers. I see Mphwiyo, poor soul, doubling up as state witness and co-accused. Infact, the Cash Gate net, if properly cast, goes beyond the vice presidency to one …fortunately the elections are just 4 months away. Many a people will have to answer for their wrong doings
What type of security will the state provide to him? Mphwiyo you seem to be young. Resign and form your own company. Anthu awa akuphetsa taona wapulumuka dzenje lokumbakumba.