Forum hits at Livingstonia Synod on Mphwiyo, cashgate
The Forum for National Development (FND) on Saturday hit at the CCAP Livingstonia Synod, accusing it of being hard-hearted against former Malawi Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo.
But the synod has maintained its position that the public needs to be told the whole truth about cashgate scandal.
Last week, the synod slammed government on its failure to come out clean on circumstances leading to the massive looting of billions of public funds at Capital Hill, which it described as outrageous to the country. The synod said Mphwiyo is not giving answers which the public is looking for on the missing links on cashgate.
The synod also said cashgate was a disgrace to Malawi in 2013 and a symptom of widespread corruption, adding it hopes the courts will handle cashgate trials professionally, accordingly and lawfully while ensuring that this does not spill to the post-poll period.
In a statement issued at a press conference in the capital, Lilongwe and signed by the forum’s chairperson Bright Kampaundi and national coordinator Fryson Chodzi, FND argues the synod’s sentiments would interfere with Mphwiyo’s recovery.
“The Forum for National Development [FND] while appreciative of the clergy’s role in providing spiritual guidance on national issues to their flock, is disturbed by CCAP Synod of Livingstonia’s agitation for government to bend Malawi’s justice delivery system without due regard to individual freedom and legal ramifications of such potential violation of the laws of Malawi as well as the principles of fairness and justice.
“We also find the synod’s shocking display of hard-heartedness against the recuperating former budget director Mr. Paul Mphwiyo, who is still going through physical and emotional pain after being shot several times in the head last September,”as counter to Christian values and our Lord Jesus Christ’s unconditional loving spirit,” reads the statement in part.
The forum says the synod appears to worry more about cashgate than Mphwiyo who, it says, almost lost his life when he was shot at his house in September.
“The synod, based on its own public pronouncements and denouncements on cashgate, is neither concerned with Mr. Mphwiyo’s spiritual stand then and now nor does the Church appear to have any inclination to pray for this family’s spiritual renewal as our Lord Jesus Christ would have done,” reads the statement.
In an interview yesterday, the synod’s moderator Reverend Timothy Nyasulu said they would not comment on FND’s statement but reiterated that the public has not yet been told the whole truth on cashgate.
“We have been misled because when Mphwiyo was shot, government was the first to tell us that Mphwiyo’s shooting was connected to the fight against corruption and immediately the whole issue of cashgate came out.
“When Mphwiyo returned from South Africa, everybody expected that something touching the hearts of people would come out. But until now, nothing is coming out clear from government or Mphwiyo himself,” said Nyasulu.
I think we need to understand what the synod is doing for us. Mphwiyo knows who did that to him and why. The synod is crying, munthu saletsedwa kulira pa maliro ndipo aliyense amalira malinga ndi mmene akumvera. Inu ngati sizinakuwaweni kapena mwadya nawo za cashgatezo tisiyeni ife ndi synod tipange zathu. Taluza ndalama zambiri ndipo anthu ambiri afa, akufabe chifukwa cha mchitidwe okubawu. No kids gloves here. Payere payere tidziwe zimene zinachitika ndipo abwenze ndalama zathu.
Munthu wakuba,ozunza amzake olo atakumana ndizowawa ine sindingalire olo kumuchitira chifundo. Nkana malamulo amati agendedwe basi.
This is a very useless and irrelevant forum. It should keep it’s positions internal.
fuck all those who lead that bloody idiotic forum,this is not time to pity with stupid mphwiyo and i wish he was shot to death. And you,ridiculous greedy people of this named forum you are heartless people can’t you feel pity for large number of innocent poor malawians who are loosing their lives every second in the hospitals due to shortage of drugs which is sourced from massive looting in the government. Go to hell all the leaders of that stupid forum inclusive your top boss.
A Bulaiyiti, umphawitu ndichinthu choipa zedi munthu umaonazoipa ngati zabwino chifukwa chofuna ndalama kuti udye. Maka kwa munthu wolephera amafuna ulemerero ws pswindo. By the way your personal NGO-Child Shield, died a natural death because you could not be able to write funding proposals. Now what can you do to survive. Side with the thief.
Why should Malawians sympathize with a thief. You mean you have not heard that dead and buried people have been taken to courts to answer charges posthumously. Mphwiyo’s issue is not personal. It is a national issue. Even if he were dead he would have been required to account for what he has done.
The country was very much awaiting for this nincompoop to give it (us) clues on who shot him. Now you and your police have failed to interrogate him.
I wish if all Church organization help Livingstonia Synod so that the truth is known
i dont know exactly you forum guys you are talking about,Mr mphwiyo tell malawians the truth behind his shooting,nothing less and their is no need for malawians to feel sorry for him coz wat you plant is what you sow,mr mphwiyo through cashgate they killed millions of innocent malawians,coz of the lack of basic necessities in public hospitals etc,so you think malawian should die coz of one greedy person who would have die coz of his greedy the ans is no,malawians needs more than what he told them,othewise after 20 th may the truth will prevail
Forum for what? What kind of development then? If you can’t pity the whole bleeding nation rather seeking favors from the govt then you are useless & dead. Why personalizing the issue. You think the role of the church is just to feel sorry & tearing. Cashgate is a national tragedy & the church has a role to voice out for justice, that’s what the bible teaches..
This Bright Kampaundi guy and his team keep on saying useless things in support of this useless government… Ngati wadya nawo zako zimenezo…. kagwereni uko!