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Twists to MJ arson saga

Admitted to give fresh statement: Chipembere and Julio
Admitted to give fresh statement: Chipembere and Julio

Two officials of the ruling People’s Party (PP) in Mulanje, whose houses caught fire early September, returned to police last Thursday to change their statements, implicating the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

The two women, who earlier told Mulanje Police Station that they had no clue on who might have set on fire their houses, told The Nation on September 4 that they were going to return to police to change an earlier statement and implicate DPP.

Mulanje Police Station criminal investigative officer Yendani Mazalo said the two women, who did not link the incidents to politics when they were first recorded statements, returned to police on Thursday in company of other ruling PP officials.

Mazalo said: “They said they  now know who torched their houses and wanted the statements retaken. They  said members of the opposition DPP did it and they mentioned a woman.

“But when I travelled there on Friday, the victims changed the statement again, saying Village Head (VG) Sapuwa knew people who did it. However, when I approached the VH, he said he knew nothing and no one ever approached him to discuss the issue.”

Other sources at Mulanje Police said some PP officials, led by Minister of Irrigation and Water Development Brown Mpinganjira, were a force behind the change of statements by the two women.

The sources said the women, Pilirani Chipembere and Alice Julio, admitted during interviews with police that a senior PP official advised them to report to police to give a fresh statement.

But Mpinganjira in an interview yesterday denied ever engaging the women, arguing he had nothing to do with the matter.

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  1. A Mpinganjira, Malawi walero si uja munachita naye mu ulamuliro wa Atcheya. Malawi wa lero ndi wofunika anthu amene anapita ku sukulu osati zoyendera udolo. Izitu mungoyaruka nazo. Taonani china chiri chonse chomwe mukuchita chimakhala pambalambanda m;kanthawi kochepa. Kunotu si ku Zimbabwe kumene anthu akanamuopa Mgabe ngati momwe timachitira ndi Kamuzu. Amalawi achangamuka bwanji mudekhe?

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