Malawi Govt Asks Cashgate Suspects To Surrender Themselves Government has asked all people involved in the infamous cashgate to come out and surrender themselves to the Anti Corruption Bureau or the court or police because government is closing in on them. Government spokesperson Kondwani Nankhumwa gave the warning on Wednesday in statement and further called Malawians outside the country who are keeping those on the run to surrender them in compliance with the International Law so that they face justice here at home. Already, Hophmally Makande, who spokesperson for the Peoples Party led by former president Joyce Banda handed himself over to police on Tuesday. “It is in the same vein that Government calls on all Malawians who know that they were in one way or another involved in the plundering of the country’s coffers to surrender themselves to police than being on a fruitless run. This call is also extended to Malawians who were equally involved but are for some reasons outside the country to quickly come back home to face justice. “The Malawi Government is also asking those keeping Malawians who were involved in the cashgate and have sought refuge in their homes outside the country, to comply with the International Law standards by releasing them so that they are able to face justice back home,” said Nankhumwa in the statement. Nankhumwa who is also Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture said government would not interfere with the prosecution of the cashgate cases. He also said the ongoing arrests in the cashgate are not political witch hunt by the government. “Government also assures the people that the arrests that are currently being effected by law enforcing agencies have nothing to do with political witch hunting but rather a pursuit of justice for the infamous cashgate and other related money laundering offences,” he said. He asked the courts to act with speed in handling the cashgate cases because Malawians are eager to know the truth about the plundering of their resources. He said government was in the process of sealing all loopholes in the Integrated Financial Management Systems (IFMIS) to avoid a repeat of cashgate in the country. Some of the arrested people are former budget director Paul Mphwiyo and his wife Thandi, Assets director Christopher Tukula, lawyer Ishmael Chioko, Ausward Lutepo, Pika Manondo, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General Ralph Kasambara. Former Principal Secretary Tressa Senzani has been sentenced to three years.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:44:14 +0000
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