Africa-Press – Malawi. Malawi Catholic Bishops have taken swipe at the country’s graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director Martha Chizuma for failing to be a team player in the fight against corruption.
In a Pastoral Letter issued on Monday, October 10, 2022 through Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) the Catholic Bishops observes that Chizuma continues to disregard advice from other crucial offices.
“Malawians expected relevant agencies entrusted with leading the fight against corruption to decisively and effectively combat this social ill that has become a cause for worry.
“The way the fight against corruption is being waged is posing more questions than answers: Is there a serious cooperation and coordination among government institutions mandated to deal with corruption?” reads part of ECM statement.
Since she assumed the top most job at ACB eighteen months ago, Chizuma has been at consistent loggerheads with offices of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and the Attorney General (AG) while wanting to work alone.
But true to the bishops’ fears, there seems to be stagnation on corruption cases almost a month after Parliament passed and the President assented to the Corrupt Practices Amendment Act which gives freedom to ACB to prosecute corruption cases without seeking consent.
The current DPP, Dr. Steven Kayuni, has wrongly faced wrath from the public who thought ACB’s failure in expediting cases was solely due to the absence of consent to prosecute from his office.
However, overtime Malawians have now come to appreciate that Chizuma is not up to the task to fight and end corruption. Governance and human rights experts have since called for her resignation to allow new blood to take over at the graft-busting body. Chizuma has about 18 months before she leaves the office but nothing serious shown only social media buzz.
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