EU ISSUES TRAVEL BAN ON MALAWI PRESIDENT JOYCE BANDA AFTER READING NTATAS “LICENCE TO LOOT” The European Union (EU) has imposed a travel ban on Malawis President Joyce Banda. This follows reports of high levels of corruption, fraud and looting of donors and taxpayers money spearheaded by the President herself. Family, friends and close business associates to the Malawi leadership that have benefited from the theft are being protected by President Joyce Banda herself. The EUs ban is in reaction to a damming report by one of Malawis corruption fighters and legal practitioner, Z Allan Ntata. Ntata, a former advisor to Malawi late President Bingu Wa Mutharika is currently based in the United Kingdom. He released the indepth report that has revealed all the unanswered questions that have shocked the southern African country and its international partners. Ntata sent the report the EU headquarters in Brussels and other key European countries that have not hastated but crack a whip on the Malawi leadership. As part of its tough stance this week, the EU stopped President Joyce Banda from traveling to Europe. She was due in Brussels for official engagements. Meanwhile, reacting with anger and fury to the damning corruption report that has exposed Malawis mafia bosses to the entire world, President Joyce Banda has assembled a team of slanderers to deal with Z Allan Ntata. The team that has been given a budget of MK25 million is being led by President Joyce Bandas Special Advisor, Reverend Malani Ntonga. As part of their plans, the team plans to embark on a smear campaign against the London-based barrister in a bid to discredit his future reports as he is now considered a big threat to the survival of the Joyce Banda regime. Until the publication of “License to Loot”, Banda had been a beacon of hope and a darling to the West but that is no longer the case. Last week, two Bretton Woods institutions, the World Bank and IMF and other key partiners including the US, UK and allies announced freezing of all budgetary support to Malawi. 40 percent of Malawis national budget comes from donors. Now tables have been turned by a vivid account of thieving activities at the government heartbeat, Capital Hill to the effect that Mrs Banda is now being considered the most powerful thief in the world. What is scaring Banda is the fact that more and more disclosures are now forth coming. In “Licence to Loot”, Ntata revealed a looting structure and described how the looting was done and conducted including a back up plan to cover up the presidentially sanctioned looting. Among others involved in the structure is the Reserve Bank Governor Charles Chuka, who refused to resign after the Malawi National Assembly called for his head. In a related development, one of the looters arrested by Police– Chief Tourism Officer, Leonard Kalonga, mentioned Charles Chuka and the Speaker of the National Assembly Henry Chimunthu Banda in his sworn affidavit as his looting colleagues. Kalonga went further to name several top government officials as his witnesses and called for their arrest. Given the impact and reach of the report, however, it is clear that whatever plans Bandas team of “Axe-men” will come up with against Ntata, they will not be able to undo the damage done by “License to Loot” In any case, their smear campaign will not help lift the travel blockade issued against Joyce Banda who is now considered a savage thief by the West. Calls to both State House Press officer Steve Nhlane and Malani Mtonga for their comments on these clandestine plans, proved futile as they did not pick their mobile phones when we contacted.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 18:52:24 +0000
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