PRESIDENT JOYCE BANDA CHARTERS PLANE TO TANZANIA, LEAVES HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS STRANDED Malawi’s outgoing President Joyce Hilda Mtila Banda has charted a flight to take her to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania tomorrow, Saturday and return the same day we can reveal. The government of outgoing President Joyce Banda which claims to be financially handicap after all international donors pulled out as a result of theft in public money has charted a Malawian Airlines plane. The plane is expected to depart Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) at 05:00hrs and return later in the day after the engagements in Tanzania. The outgoing Malawian leader will be attending the 50th Anniversary of the Union between the Republic of Tanganyika and the People’s Republic of Zanzibar. STRANDED PASSENGERS Meanwhile, hundreds of passengers who were booked to fly with the Malawian Airlines plane on Saturday have been left stranded as they have been asked to look for other alternative means of travel as the outgoing President uses the plane on Saturday. Many of them have complained of being inconvenienced. MALAWI PRESIDENTIAL JET ON LEASE In July last year, outgoing President Joyce Hilda Mtila Banda leased out the country’s Presidential Jet to the controversial South African based arms dealer, Ivor Ichokowitz of Paramount Group of Companies. According to the agreement between Mrs Banda and Mr Ichikowitz, the outgoing Malawian leader receives US$100,000 a month from Paramount Group of Companies. Initially outgoing President Banda lied Malawians that the Presidential Jet, a Dassault Falcon 900EX was sold. But according to Malawis Finance Minister Dr Maxwell Mkwezalamba, no single penny of the supposedly sold plane reached the Malawi Government coffers. The Jet, a Dassault Falcon 900 EX was bought by the administration of late President Bingu Wa Mutharika at US$22 million and allegedly sold by acting leader Mrs Banda at US$15 million to her South African based crooked businessman, Ivor Ichokowitz. Achoke! Achoke! Achoke!!!
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:52:26 +0000
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