The ministers named in the PAC report are Brown Mpinganjira Transport and Public Works Minister ex-Education Minister organising secretary of the governing United Democratic Front close friend of and likely successor to Muluzi; Cassim Chilumpha Education Minister former Finance Minister UDF publicity secretary presidential hopeful (the ACB has arrested a relative of his Alice Jeffrey); Peter Chupa Labour and Vocational Training formerly Public Works; Thengo Maloya Lands presidential relative; Clement Stambuli Information whose company won water-drilling contracts all over Malawi...
Some Malawians are calling for Muluzi to appoint a cabinet of national unity even if this means dumping some of the UDF's more abrasive (and powerful) leaders such as Education Minister Brown Mpinganjira Mines Minister Dumbo Lemani and Information Minister Mpasu...
Many independent candidates had been rejected by the UDF's highly centralised nomination procedures controlled by party supremos such as the Secretary General (and Minister of Information) Sam Mpasu and Education Minister Brown Mpinganjira...
Yet the 'Friends of UDF' group headed by Information Minister Brown Mpinganjira and Tourism Minister Patrick Mbewe although publicly loyal to the leadership may be leaving its options open...
