Africa-Press – Malawi. In a glaring act of defiance and disregard for public service ethics, Masuko Thawe, a board member of the National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA), is pushing ahead with his political ambitions despite failing to officially resign from his lucrative board position within the stipulated timeframe.
Thawe, who is eyeing the parliamentary seat for Likoma Island Constituency, was supposed to step down by 23 July 2025, following a clear directive from the Comptroller of Statutory Corporations, Peter Simbani, which instructed all politically ambitious board members to vacate their posts. The rule was not a suggestion—it was a deadline.
But Thawe, with jaw-dropping nonchalance, only tendered his resignation letter on Monday, 28 July—a full five days late—and now wants Malawians to pretend that nothing has happened.
Even more audacious is that, today, 29 July, he is set to file his nomination papers with the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), openly disregarding the very governance principles he was entrusted to uphold at NOCMA.
This is not just a bureaucratic oversight—it’s a calculated political gamble, one that raises serious questions about how statutory bodies are being run, and whether rules only apply to some, not all.
What signal does this send to other public officers? That rules are optional if you’re politically connected? That institutional integrity can be brushed aside in the name of personal ambition?
Unless government agencies take swift and decisive action, this will be remembered as yet another chapter in Malawi’s sad story of selective accountability—where the politically privileged bend the rules, while ordinary citizens suffer the consequences.
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