Malawi Assemblies of God has moved to sternly deny media reports that the church’s former President Lazarus Chakwera stole money amounting to MK100 Million during his reign.
The statement comes just days after the platform had published the report that made the allegations which the church has trashed as false.
The story published on 11 March 2018 was titled “Assemblies of God wants Chakwera to refund MK100 Million he stole from the Church.”
“This is totally false. The Malawi Assemblies of God Press is governed by a Board, not the church President. Had Dr. Chakwera tried to steal any money from AG Press, the Board would have stopped it, and had any money been found to be unaccounted at the end of Dr. Chakwera’s tenure as President, the Board would have summoned him to account for it,” reads part of the statement.
The statement further questions the inconsistent the story holds as the headline claims Chakwera stole MK100 Million while the story later says he stole hundreds of millions.
In its story, Malawi Voice says Chakwera used to torture pastors but Assemblies of God has refuted the claims.
“As far as the Malawi Assemblies of God is concerned, Dr. Chakwera served with honor, integrity, humility, and distinction as a Church Minister in the Malawi Assemblies of God for 30 years before joining frontline politics. He also served as President of the Malawi Assemblies of God for 24 years, during which the Church thrived and grew, and continues to do so, thanks to the contributions he made.”
It adds: “Today, though holding no office within the Church, Dr. Chakwera is still a licensed, credentialed, and ordained Minister of the Malawi Assemblies of God, with all the responsibilities thereto appertaining, and is a man in excellent standing with the Church,” says the statement.
The church has also denied claims that it is involved in Chakwera’s leadership as a politician and that it supports the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) which Chakwera leads.
“We are a Church that does not align itself politically with any party or individual, not only out of obligation to focus on our mission as a church, but also out of respect for the freedom of our church members to exercise their constitutional right to engage in politics according to the dictates of their conscience,” the church says.
In recent times, MCP has been crying out loud over what it terms as bad publicity.
It recently wrote MACRA complaining over programs aired by MBC. But MACRA reportedly ignored the concerns.
Malawi Voice – said to be run by state linked reporters has over the years been very much critical of any critics of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
Nchifukwa chani a mipingo Mumakhala ndi ndalama zambiri pamene otsatila anu nkumavutika?bwanji osagawa kwa wina aliyense?
Mbava
Nose a masocial median ndinu mbuzi simudziwa ntchito yanu.Akutumaniwo akupweteketsan
Kkkkkkk manyazi Inu Ambari inayi bwaaa?
Zivute zitani ife sitidzaopa, tili pambuyo pa Chakwera baaasssiii. Tatopa ndi cashgate and what we as Malawians want is CHANGE and Nothing else. The more you try to castigate Dr Chakwera, the more you publicize him for the much needed change in Malawi. Zikuoneka kuti u president tikufuna kuupanga ngati ufumu oyendera magazi akuntundu koma dziwani kuti sichomcho ayi. Dzanja likalemba limakhal kuti lalemba basi.
Sindine wa MCP koma zomwe mukuchita agalu inu sizabwino kuipitsilana mbiri mukuyenera kukayankha Milandu komanso kuonetsa umboni wa ndalama zomwe mukuti Chakwera anasowetsazo….
Komanso ndikudziwa akukutumani ndi a DPP agalu anzanuwa
Ndakwiya nanu
Kkkkkk Ikuoneka Yashuta To 99
Umangodziwiratu
Kkkkkkkk have cold water bro
Munamatu olemba nkhaninu 2019 mudzalemekeza Chakwera.Pano idyani kaye masikono akukupatsaniyo
Wakubadi ,Alibe chilungamo
Utsi sufuka popanda moto..!
Dzanja lalemba Khoma kulemba nkhani zopeka zammaluwa
Eeeee manyazi bwanji kulemba nkhani kuti masikono adzikhala daily pagome zamanyazi
Olembawa achedwa kusonyeza kuti ndi ndale, chilungamo palibe. Dziwani kuti a Malawi adachenjera. A Chakwera a dachita resign ku church kalekale ndikulowa frontline politics. Bwanji osalemba nthawi imeneyo? Kapena mudali musabadwe?
2019 ND CHAKWELA BASI OSAT APM
thi’s how it is ifenso titapeza mwai tizaba
Chakwera moto kuti buuuuu ayamba kale kunjenjemera MCP more fire 2019 ndi boma kale inu !
Mmmmm akuluakulu tisanamizanepo apa. Pali ndalama……? Mmmhhhh kaya, olo atakhala munthu wabwino motani, koma pali ndalama….? Ndalama ndi satana, ndalama siziona kuti uyu ndi wopemphera ayi. Kodi Yudasi anachita chiyani atalonjezedwa kuti apatsidwa ndalama? So what more about this guy? This might be true and I cant blame him, beside being a man of God, he’s a person like everybody.
Man mulibe fundo pangani comment pazimene zalembedwa osati zanuzo
IWEYO NDYE ULIBE MFUNDI
Ngati muli ndiumboni oti anabadi bwanji osabwera poyera kuti munene zimene mukuzidziwa.
Pofuna kuyankha mudziyankha malingana ndi nkhani yomwe mwawerenga osati mudziyankha zina zosemphana ndi nkhaniyo ai
Mmmmmmmmmmmmkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkhahahahahahahahahah you don’t know what all of you are talking about, moreover you are not related to that thief pastor, what I know is: ‘Justice pains!’
Johannes ndimodzi wambava za DPP inewo nimakhulupirira athu wonse alimbava amaganizaso kuti aliyense ndimbava
Mr Ching’amba watch out if you are a true Christian remember the word of God
Ndiye ngati anakwanisa kuba alikuna kwa Boma nanga akazatenga Boma ndiye Azaba zingati? Ameneyi ndi pastor cashgate.
We Malawians must learn to speak the truth, don’t destroy one’s reputation for nothing . That is the spirit off witchcraft.
I think its high time social media to wake up to engage in reporting correct information, because this will cause people loose trust in you. Zamabodza musiye!!!!
Nthano ya yosefe amzanganonse mukuidziwa.mnyamata ameneyu anali ndi maloto koma atawauza maloto abale ake anakwiya ndikumupangira upo anamugulitsa kwa anthu ochita malonda.atafika Ku Egypt nkazi wapotifala anamunamizira kuti amafuna kumugwirira ndipo anaponyedwa my ndende Ali mundende mmomo mulungu anamutulutsandikukhala olamulira mkumadya ndi kumwa ndi mfumu.chimodzimodzinso achakwera lero akunamiziridwa nkhani zabodza chomwe amalawi tikudziwa ndichoti a chakwera ndi tsogoleri basi
Kkkkkk m’tsogoleri
Yona ameneyu. anathawa kukalalika mkupita kumabodza. (ku cashgate)
kkkkkkk akugulani APM eti? ana mwacepa sindikuona cifukwa comusira Dr Chakwera 2019 vote yanga akutenga basi!!!!
koma olemba nkhani lnu m’masuta chamba mwalemba kale kuti mr chakwera waba dalama tsapano ena akuti sanabe zenizeni ndi ziti?
ndiye anaba zingati?