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CLAIM
Member of Parliament for Chitipa West, Welani Chilenga, claimed on September 8 that Malawi was sliding back to days of political killings just two months after MCP ascended to power.
CONCLUSION
There is certainly rising concern as at least three people known to have opposed MCP have been found dead, apparently murdered. The latest was the Chairperson of cyclists in Lilongwe who was found dead days after leading protests against Chakwera’s government that was seeking to ban them. With the history of the MCP as a party that tortured and ‘disappeared’ critics, the claim appears to be a genuine concern.
Welani Chilenga | Photo credit – Facebook
CLAIM
In his inauguration address on 6 July, President Lazarus Chakwera claimed that when they promised that they will create 1 million jobs, they did not mean that government will create the jobs but people should create the jobs.
CONCLUSION
Chakwera promised to create 1 million jobs.
In the Campaign rallies, he did not tell people that they would be the ones creating the jobs.
He said his government would create the jobs. He outlined projects that his government will implement so that 1 million people are employed including introducing what he called a national youth service. He challenged to do this between June 2020 and June 2021.
President Lazarus Chakwera | Photo credit – Twitter
CLAIM
Publicity spokesperson of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Brown Mpinganjira claimed that there are complaints that Chakwera’s appointments are nepotistic, he said in a television interview with Times exclusive on 29 August.
CONCLUSION
Chakwera’s appointments have been nepotistic mostly favoured people from the Central region and especially his home district of Lilongwe.
In his cabinet, the Central region has a Lion’s share with Lilongwe having numbers of MPs greater than the Northern region.
He has also announced that he will be moving government departments from Blantyre to Lilongwe in a move that critics indicate smacks of nepotism and Chakwera wanting to ‘deal with’ Blantyre.
Brown Mpinganjira | Photo credit – Facebook
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