Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:09:08 +0000 Malawian Judge Lovemore Chikopa reportedly is being paid K50 million per month, including board and lodging by government. And Alliance for Good Governance (AGG) has called on government to explain the expenditure and for what services they are paying since the Tribunal has been put on hold, following a High Court judgment. But when contacted the Minister of Justice Mr. Sebastian Zulu could neither deny nor confirm that Judge Chikopa was being paid. “These are administrative matters; our role will start when the tribunal starts to sit,” he said. Alliance chairperson Rev Mwanza described the payment as a big scandal as there was no discernible assignment for which it was being paid. Rev Mwanza who was speaking on behalf of seven civil society organisations during a media breakfast said the consortium wanted the government to update the general public on the status of the Malawian judge who was hired […]
