Skip to main content

MBC and Malawi State house quash the Ben Phiri resignation hoax

Ben Phiri
was making rounds on Zodiak radio and other media outlets yesterday claiming he
had resigned as personal assistant to Malawi President Peter Mutharika
effective June 1st, 2015. MBC radio however very quickly denied the
story and confidently announced that Ben Phiri had not resigned.

MBC is a
government owned station, both radio and TV and thus many people started to
believe that Ben Phiri was playing the Media in a scheme of high stakes known only
to him and the President of Malawi Peter Mutharika.

When
Maravi Post reached out to State House Press Secretary Gerald Viola, he
curiously said he did not have details of the resignation. Later in the day he
basically said Ben Phiri had not resigned.

Many
observers now believe Ben Phiri who has been in the news lately might have been
playing a joke to get back at his critics and show that he has not lost the
confidence of the one person who counts, President Peter Mutharika.

Phiri, who
has been the President’s aide since 2007, said in the interview that now
appears to have been some kind of setup that two issues have prompted him to
call it quits. The first being corruption allegations and secondly, suggestions
that he was manipulating and influencing President Peter Mutharika.

He said some
critics were equating him to a prime minister who called the shots from behind
the scenes.

Phiri said
on Tuesday that he has resigned to pave way for investigations into
multi-billion kwacha assets that he is widely believed to own.   MBC and Malawi State house quash the Ben Phiri resignation hoax: MBC and Malawi State house quash the Ben Phiri resignation hoax

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Mutharika declares ten districts 'disaster areas' as 23,000 Malawians are displaced by floods

The entire southern Lower Shire Valley bordering Mozambique has also been declared a 'disaster area'. Vice President Saulos Chilima, government officials and journalists Tuesday aborted a planned tour to inspect the effects of the damage in the valley because the military helicopter could not fly due to bad weather. Mutharika appealed to the international community and NGOs to assist the flood victims. He said at least 23, 000 people have been made homeless following the flooding. He said the displaced people immediately need temporary shelter, food, medicine and clothing. "Government alone cannot afford so I appeal to the international community for urgent assistance," he said. Over 20 people across the country have died following the flooding.-maravipost Mutharika declares ten districts 'disaster areas' as 23,000 Malawians are displaced by floods : Mutharika declares ten districts 'disaster areas' as 23,000 Malawians are displaced by floods
Post a Comment
Read more

Malawi coup plotter suspect Goodall Gondwe resigns as economic planning minister

Malawi coup plotter suspect Goodall Gondwe resigns as economic planning minister Dr Goodall Gondwe, who is still recuperating from high blood pressure he suffered Monday after being arrested for allegedly trying to block President Banda’s ascendency to the Office of President last April has finally resigned as economic planning and development effective Frida
Post a Comment
Read more

Kenya - Civil War Brews in Kenya

Kenya - Civ . il War Brews in Kenya Faced with a combination of body blows ranging from spiking prices for maize, import dependent Kenya’s staple food, IMF mandated food subsidy cuts, a foolhardy USA instigated invasion of Somalia, election triggered ethnic warfare and a simmering independence movement by the Muslims in the Mombasa coastal region Kenya is in trouble, serious trouble. Hunger speculators lead by financial terrorists such as Goldman Sachs are using the drought in the USA, the worlds largest producer of maize/corn to drive prices to what are predicted to be record levels, more than doubling by early 2013 forcing Kenya’s imported maize dependent population’s malnutrition rate into meltdown status.
Post a Comment
Read more