Malawi: Chaponda Caught Sleeping in Parliament As Malawi Leader Delivers SONA - Talks Tough On Corruption Fight
After
being appointed by President Peter Mutharika to be Leader of the House,
George Chaponda was caught on camera fast asleep during the State of
the Nation Address by the Head of State at the State opening of budget
session of parliament on Friday.
Chaponda, who is also minister of agriculture and irrigation, is paid to stay awake and listen.
In his address
titled 'Towards recovering and sustainable socio-economic development',
President Mutharika gave assuarances that his government will crackdown
on corruption after British High Commissioner Michael Nevin observed
that the vice has continued spreading since his posting to Malawi in
June 2012.
Nevin observes that
Malawians are among the victims of the vice as they continue
complaining of not getting services without being asked for a bribe.
The British
diplomat in his opinion also notes that many governance indicators show a
downward trend and the country risks heading down a dangerous road if
it fails to bring to justice assailants of the Anti-Corruption Bureau
(ACB) senior officer Issa Njauju.
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