{"id":36378,"date":"2022-12-09T22:38:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T22:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mcp-supporters-plotting-bulumas-assassination"},"modified":"2022-12-09T23:26:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:26:32","slug":"mcp-supporters-plotting-bulumas-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mcp-supporters-plotting-bulumas-assassination","title":{"rendered":"MCP supporters plotting Buluma\u2019s assassination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters are contemplating assassinating former acting chief executive officer of National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) Helen Buluma who has implicated Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Members of Parliament and the Office of the President and Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Buluma appeared before the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament today where she alleged that Secretary to the President (SPC) Colleen Zamba pressurized her to sign fuel supply contracts with brokers allegedly identified by Zamba.<\/p>\n<p>Buluma said the deals were dubious and raised suspicions of money laundering. She also claimed that MCP MP Ndaila Onani demanded to take over a NOCMA owned fuel depot in Salima.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonourable Onani and his father have been coming to the office to harass us over Chipoka depot. Amati ndife a MCP ifeyo ma depot wo mutipatse tidziyendetsa ndife (He said he is a member of MCP and is entitled to run the fuel depot),\u201d says Buluma.<\/p>\n<p>The revelations have angered MCP supporters who have accused Buluma of undermining the government led by President Lazarus Chakwera. In a WhatsApp group called Mighty Tambala, MCP members alleged that Buluma\u2019s accusations are aimed at \u201cousting the government\u201d. Some members proposed that she should be killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the worse comes to the worst, RIP in advance Buluma,\u201d one member wrote on the WhatsApp group.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing at Parliament, Member of Parliament for Thyolo Thava Mary Thom Navicha proposed that Buluma should immediately be provided with security.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, Buluma also raised concerns over her security after revealing that Chakwera\u2019s aides and a minister attempted to influence supply deals at NOCMA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters are contemplating assassinating former acting chief executive officer of National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) Helen Buluma who has implicated Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Members of Parliament and the Office of the President and Cabinet. Buluma appeared before the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament today where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":36377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[233,371,2105,234,343,711],"class_list":["post-36378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-helen-buluma","tag-malawi","tag-mcp","tag-nocma"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MCP supporters plotting Buluma\u2019s assassination - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters are contemplating assassinating former acting chief executive officer of National ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mcp-supporters-plotting-bulumas-assassination\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MCP supporters plotting Buluma\u2019s assassination\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters are contemplating assassinating former acting chief executive officer of National ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mcp-supporters-plotting-bulumas-assassination\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-09T22:38:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-09T23:26:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670612969.33.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mcp-supporters-plotting-bulumas-assassination#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mcp-supporters-plotting-bulumas-assassination\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"MCP supporters plotting Buluma\u2019s assassination\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-09T22:38:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-09T23:26:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mcp-supporters-plotting-bulumas-assassination\"},\"wordCount\":284,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mcp-supporters-plotting-bulumas-assassination#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670612969.33.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"HELEN BULUMA\",\"Malawi\",\"MCP\",\"nocma\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mcp-supporters-plotting-bulumas-assassination#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mcp-supporters-plotting-bulumas-assassination\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mcp-supporters-plotting-bulumas-assassination\",\"name\":\"MCP supporters plotting Buluma\u2019s assassination - 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