Malawi: Chronicle Reporters Harassed Over K187m Education Scam Story By Pilirani Phiri, 28 June 2004 Lilongwe — Officials of the ruling UDF party and some sympathisers of Vice President Cassim Chilumpha have constantly harassed The Chronicle reporters, demanding that they either reveal the source of a news story in the last edition about the K187m Education scam or risk experiencing the wrath of the ruling party and its agents. Last week The Chronicle carried a lead story based on a leaked document alleging that Vice President Cassim Chilumpha, when he was Minister of Finance allegedly instructed officials in his ministry and that of Education to prepare Completion Certificates, Payment Vouchers and actual payments to Geoffrey wa Jeffrey, a contractor, for work that was still in progress as well as for contracts whose work had not yet started at the time of payment. Greselda Geoffrey wa Jeffrey and some public officers are facing fraud charges amounting to K56m Soon after the newspaper hit the street, Chairman of the defunct UDF Crusade, a grouping that lobbied unsuccessfully for the amendment of section 83 (3) of the Republic Constitution to allow former President Bakili Muluzi a third and other terms of office, Gerald Johnston flanked by Charles Daudi a failed parliamentary candidate for the UDF in the last elections told one of The Chronicle reporters to inform Levison Mwase, Wezie Nyirongo, and this reporter to disclose the person who leaked the document to The Chronicle or the consequences as well as face a law suit. They demanded that I reveal the person who leaked the document to us or to just tell them if the person is from within the party or the ministry, said the reporter.
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