{"id":31525,"date":"2022-09-16T20:19:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T20:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/martha-chizuma-is-letting-chakwera-down-on-corruption-fight-chides-humphrey-mvula"},"modified":"2022-09-16T20:59:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T20:59:37","slug":"martha-chizuma-is-letting-chakwera-down-on-corruption-fight-chides-humphrey-mvula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/martha-chizuma-is-letting-chakwera-down-on-corruption-fight-chides-humphrey-mvula","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMartha Chizuma is letting Chakwera down on corruption fight\u201d-chides Humphrey Mvula"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The country\u2019s Social commentator and activist Humphrey Mvula has said that President Lazarus Chakwera is doing enough to fight corruption but his efforts are being frustrated by the Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Martha Chizuma who is more of talking on social media while doing nothing to support the Head of State.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Times Television on the Hot Current programme, Mvula said that all those involved in fighting corruption in the country should be aware that the President is there to provide political leadership and policy direction while they do the actual work on the ground.<\/p>\n

Said Mvula: \u201cIn as far as I am concerned President Chakwera is doing his part but the bulk stops at the ACB. Chakwera at the expense of losing the next election he has allowed people close to him to be arrested such as his own Ministers, his Chief of Staff and even the Police Inspector General who he personally appointed.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou certainly would not expect President Chakwera to do everything, you would not expect him to do the work of the ACB. The problem is that we arrest people without much evidence. People out there want action, even if it means one Minister is convicted that will make a statement that indeed the ACB is working.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mvula also said President Chakwera is the only leader since the time of Bakili Muluzi who has shown resolve to fight corruption in the country by constantly reminding people the evils of corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had Muluzi, then Bingu wa Muntharika, Madam Joyce Banda and Peter Munthrika, none of these people has ever denounced corruption publicly. What Chakwera is doing in supporting the fight against corruption has never happened before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Recently Mvula joined thousands of Malawians who were calling for Chizuma to resign or the appointing authorities to remove her from office after it emerged that the bureau has lost crucial evidence connected to the UTM investigation on the 44 vehicles which the party bought. During the Hot Current programme Mvula emphasised that Chizuma has indeed failed to perform as head of the ACB.<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably the first problem is that she has no experience in prosecuting cases, she has been a magistrate yes but she has never done prosecution to give her the requisite experience for the ACB job,\u201d added Mvula.<\/p>\n

Chizuma was also under fire after it transpired that a month since President Chakwera announced a four-months National Anti-Corruption Campaign, the ACB has not done anything on the campaign.<\/p>\n

On July 26 this year, during the National Anti-Corruption Conference, Chakwera demanded that the country should go on a campaign until December to highlight the evil that corruption is.<\/p>\n

However, the Daily Times of Friday (September 2, 2022) alluded that the campaign died the day the President announced it as there was no action on it.<\/p>\n

Mvula also said it was sad that during the conference Chizuma made encouraging remarks giving hope to Malawians that something will be done but more than one month down the road there is nothing to show while \u201call the ACB head does is talking on social media\u201d.<\/p>\n

During the programme Mvula was accompanied by governance commentator Kent Mphepo who also expressed worry that the ACB was not doing enough in the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n

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