Mw Govt Partying As Some Public Services Remain Unfunctional

Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace bemoans of what it called 'Misplaced Priorities' by Government of Malawi. 

In statement A Quest for a Better and Descent Malawi CCJP says Government continues to spend unnecessarily yet almost all Government Ministries and departments  continues to receive lessened financial disbursements. 

The statement signed by CCJP Secretaries from all eight Dioceses noted that the diminished funding to government departments and ministries have led to compromised public services in most sectors 

The statement says even in public hospitals there is accute shortage of drugs and that in some hospitals ambulances are not in operation while the executive continue spending money for less important issues. 

The statement cited the recent banquet to celebrate the passing of the national budget as a signal of misplaced priorities and worse still, such bad signals in the face of growing poverty and frustrations among people continue to be a sad trend in Malawi.

“We are noting in view of that to say there are some trends and practices that are not helpful from this country” said Chris Chisoni, national secretary for CCJP in an interview 

“We are saying, probably the little resources would have been used for much better things but we are not saying celebrating is bad”

He added “Whether the justification or any explanation made by government on such celebrations are justified or not, but the signs that are put across by such type of activities would signify in part in other people’s eyes, those that are suffering that probably there is some sort of insensitivity.”

CCJP in its letter which is touching on social-ecomomic and political issues and need for transformative leadership further calls Malawians, political leaders to make Malawi a better and a happy nation for all. 

“WeWe need every sector of leadership in Malawi to be transformed because we have spend 51 years and where we are a now is not where we would have been.” said Chisoni

The letter further urge development and cooperating partners and the private sector to provide their unwavering technical, financial, moral and intellectual support. 

“Malawi Government cannot do without cooperating partners despite the fact that we all agree today that we must be looking for economic sovereignty. Economic sovereignty and independence is very important but we need stepping stones to arrive that level of independency we can’t just grow independency in a day” he said