Boma la President Lazarus Chakwera laimbidwa mlandu chifukwa chophwanya lamulo la Ombudsman lochotsa mkulu wa bungwe la Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) Henry Kachaje ndi wachiwiri kwa mkulu wa National Oil Company (Nocma) Helen Buluma paudindo wawo.
Ombudsman Grace Malera adathetsa kusankhidwa kwa Kachaje mu Novembala chatha atapeza kuti analibe digiri ya master yomwe amafunikira panthawi yomwe amapatsidwa ntchitoyo. Kumbali ya Buluma, Malera m’mwezi wa September chaka chino adapeza kuti sadatsatidwe pakusankhidwa kwake.

Bungwe la Nocma kudzera mwa wapampando wake, mlembi wa ofesi ya pulezidenti komanso Cabinet Colleen Zamba, lati silichotsa Buluma poti udindo wake unali waukhondo.
Pomwe Malera adauza bungweli kuti liwone kusankhidwa kwa Buluma ngati sikunachitike, Zamba adati Nocma azilipira Buluma zonse zomwe amapeza kuphatikiza chiwongola dzanja chokhudzana ndi contract yake yazaka zitatu (3) yomwe idatha pa 25 August, 2022. adapereka ntchito zonse ku kampani pa kontrakitala yomwe yanenedwayo. Bungweli lidapatsanso Buluma contract ya miyezi inayi yomwe ikutha mu December chaka chino.
Bungwe lomenyera ufulu wa anthu la Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) ladzudzula a Chakwera ndi akuluakulu ake chifukwa chofuna kusokoneza ofesi ya Ombudsman.
Wapampando wa HRDC Guft Trapence adaonjeza kuti ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti patatha miyezi ingapo Ombudsman adatsimikiza za Kachaje, wamkulu wa MERA akadali muofesi yake.
“Tikuwona chinyengo chomwe boma likuchita ngati zofuna kusokoneza demokalase komanso chikumbutso chomvetsa chisoni chaulamuliro wa chipani chimodzi pomwe mabungwe a demokalase adatsekeredwa kwathunthu,” adatero wapampando wa HRDC, Gift Trapence.
Polankhula ndi atolankhani m’bomalo, wapampando wa komiti yowona za malamulo ku Nyumba ya Malamulo Peter Dimba adadabwa kuti n’chifukwa chiyani Zamba yakana lamulo lochotsa Buluma ponena kuti bungwe la Nocma likuyenera kumvera lamuloli kapena likanapita kukhoti ngati likufuna kusintha lamuloli.
Padakali pano, Malera wanena kuti boma lakana kunyoza bungwe la Nocma.“`
