Bulldozer Chaponda’s statement on maize scam thrown into the bin

Jan 07, 2017 Politics 46
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George Chaponda
George Chaponda
Chaponda: Trashed over his press release.

A political commentator has trashed a statement made by the minister of agriculture and water development George Chaponda on the maize scandal.

Chaponda told the nation that he was not involved in the procurement of maize from Zambia to Malawi just a few days after President Peter Mutharika appointed a commission of inquiry to investigate the purchase.

Commenting on the statement made by the minister of agriculture, Mvula said it is suspicious as the minister was supposed to send his story to the commission of inquiry which is probing the scam.

Mvula further said it is also difficult to understand the truth surrounding the deal because the statement has not mentioned some salient issues regarding the transactions.

According to Mvula, the minister of agriculture is aware of the maizegate scandal as he has travelled to Zambia before which means he was briefed on the issue.

Humpreys Mvula
Mvula: Questions Chaponda’s actions.

“I don’t see how the minister of finance was able to permit a loan from PTA without the permission of the line ministry in this case the ministry of agriculture,” he said.

He added that there is no way Admarc management would bypass its mother ministry and go on to buy maize from Zambia.

Mvula said he does not believe the minister’s statement as he has given ministerial statements involving the procurement of maize from Zambia and two other countries.

Mvula, who has headed a parastatal before, also faulted Chaponda for allowing Admarc chief executive officer Foster Mulumbe to get an injunction stopping the media from writing stories on maizegate scandal saying the minister should not have come to the defence of Mulumbe.

Admarc’s decision to buy maize at a higher price when there were cheaper options is believed to be the reason for the high maize price at its depots. Commenting on the K250 per Kg maize price, Mvula said the price is beyond the reach of poor Malawians who are struggling to make ends meet.

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46 Comments

  1. Malawians are paying fr the price afta they elected someone whom they thought would bring the change in the country just bcz he has been in America over 30 yrs ,,,, Kkkk ,, They are good at applauding and applausing their leaders even though they are being oppressed ,,,,, Poor Malawians fr how long shall yu kp on dozing and slumbering over yo leaders ???? Lots and lots bns are being embezzled, peculated, defalcated, plundered and looted but yet yu are still clapping yo hands ,,,, Wats that ???

  2. stupid government, stupid leaders, leaders without vision, do u think these leaders can bring transformation to our country???all they know is to steal our taxes basi.oh what a shameful country we are living

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  8. God must punish all of yu and its ma prayer and yu’ll see ,,,, Yu cant kp all these billions fr urslf while ppl are starving cz of yo prohibitive prices ,,,,

  11. Salary for a Minister=k600,000+,allowances at the parliament=k50,000 per day nanga zina zimene sunduzidzwaz,but still the Man is not satisfied with all these,Eeeeee kwali kasi mukufuna kugula chan?Zitakhala Manyumba nde munagula kale machinyengo,Go In Colleges you will find alot of Students who dont have School fees,but you chose to kip those Billions in Your Account,if People in towns have started eating Madeya,what about those in Villages.Km pali umunthu apa????mulungu akuwoneni

    1. Akulu muli ndinzeru kwabasi ndinu munthu woganiza kwambiri.Ngakhale anapepesa kwa mtundu wa amalawi panalibebe kumukhululukira.Anali atachipha kale chipani cha UDF.Mwene chipanichi panalibenso chinali ndi.mphamvu osati masewera mwera yonse.Lero game yatembenuka Mwera ynse ndiya DPP UDF inatheratu .Anapangisa yekha Bakili akanasankha Malezi or Chilumpha bwenzi UFF ikanalipobe ndiye tiyeni nazoni DPP Boma 2019 wina afune asafune

  16. Mpaka mwayamba kumatipangila amalawife buzness.kumawoda chimanga mu dzina la ADMAC kumatikwezela mpaka 12,000.mawiniwo mkumagawana mxiiiiii

  17. Nkhani yomvetsa chisoni kwa Amene Ali munthu, nde Poti zinazi ndimfiti ndi chifukwa chake zamoyo wamunthu samasamala , mmene dziko lino likuvutikila ndinjalamu mbava zina kungoba thandizo LA osauka ine ndikutero ndithu kuti Mulungu adziwe nanu chochita, ndipo akukantheni asakunyengeleleni asatana inu

  19. Anthuwa ndi amodzi zochithika zake wakumba wakulu ndi president yo wakulu akakhala wakumba ananso amakhala akubanso .Ife tikhale pheeeee tinawavotera kuti azimba ndalama zathu kuzera ku MRA wopusa ndi ife kwavotera iwo kuti azisangalala ndi Ana ndikamba nsomba munyunja kuti kudende zakz 12 kundiona pakuti sinapite kusukulu

  20. MK9.5 billion excess on the 100,000 metric tonnes translates into MK95.00 per Kg or MK4,750.00 for a 50kg bag of maize. Malawians should have been paying MK4,750.00 less than the MK12,500.00 they are currently paying at ADMARC

  25. I dnt see any reason to see this Stupid fool guy and his team continue wrking and i dnt no Y our President nt fire this guy and his team.Chaponda u think dat money u stll from malawians is cming 4m heaven ne.I want to tll u something with our team,Dat money u stl we wrk hard in our field other lv this country go outside to wrk lke beats of badain when they cme back Mra take dat money as custom then government take dat money again to buy maize 4 poor and u and ur team take it lke is 4m heaven.Iwe ndiwe Otembeleledwa ndipo suchedwa chauta akakuweluze.Tamuonani kukamwa.

  26. Forget your plans about chaponda and start another subject cuz wapakaliyala saimba belu, maize scam wat does it mean kungofuna ma negativite always mwauponda.

    2. Hmm so he is ur uncle chief Thief? You have mo Integrity at all, no wonder dpp is full of dead corpses like u!! Diehard Cadet! kkkkkkkk

  27. Our next presdent,,,? Chindere chithu ichi,,, ine nganganga pambuyo pachilima,, sindngaombere mmanja zopusazi,,,APM nae mngozerezeka,,akusungrad nduna zakacashgate uyu,,, zoona kumangoona zmenez,,? Osamchotsa galu ameneu??

  29. mbunzi ya munthu iyi, akutenga dzika ngati la ambuya ake, challenge basi yet he knows dat he is wrong and abig thief ndi mbwampini wakeyo,

  30. This is our problem we Malawians we don’t scrutinise who we put in power, it’s just unfortunately that greedy has taken their minds

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