Former OPC PS Njanji arrested over cashgate
Former principal secretary (PS) at Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) responsible for Finance Joster Njanji was arrested yesterday in connection with ongoing investigations over the looting of public funds at Capital Hill dubbed cashgate.
Malawi Police Service (MPS) national spokesperson Rhoda Manjolo confirmed in an interview that Njanji was in police custody as we went to press.
However, Manjolo did not mention the police station where Njanji was being kept, but said he will appear in court any time soon.
Manjolo said: “I can confirm that [Joster] Njanji has been arrested and the charges are his connection to cashgate when he was at the OPC.”
Currently, Njanji is PS at the Ministry of Defence.
Two weeks ago, Njanji was also arrested and questioned for about an hour at Area 18’s Lingadzi Police Station.
The investigations on massive embezzlement of taxpayers’ money from public coffers at Capital Hill have seen a number of arrests of both junior and senior public servants.
On one hand, the misappropriation of taxpayers’ money has prompted Malawi’s major donors sitting under the Common Approach to Budgetary Support (Cabs) delaying budget support to Malawi worth $150 million (over K60 billion) citing concerns over theft at Capital Hill.
Here we go again!!!!!!
Even though I was young back in 90’s when the former president Babili Muluzi had succeded in the presidential elections, there was a song that echoed all over Malawi, it goes as ” Awuze awuze, awuzeni anvetse *2 kuti Bakili wawina, wakuba uja, ndiponso osaphunzira, awuzeni amvetse!!!!!!”. Now it is very ironic that the very same people were expecting to reap tomato after sowing onion, I am glad that I was too young to vote and I am not responsible for the mess caused by these self centred leaders.
koma ndiye zilipotu,ndiye anthu mudzivutika kumakawavotera anthu akubawa,u better think twice!
peter on 21 may presdent of the republic of malawi
No conviction yet. All those may be convicted, no jail sentence but refund the money with interest. On 21 May 2014, Joyce and Bakili will have backaches and will need medical attention in south African holiday resort. i hope Malawians won’t be fooled this time.
Joster Njanji amasulidwe and he should be relocated to Ministry of Finance or any other department apart from OPC as others in cash gate have done. And the Public Accounts Committe of Parliament though already investigated these issues should be stopped from saying anything on this. Njanji should obtain injunction against the police and ACB arresting him and any other cash gate suspect until after May 20.