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Fired Agriculture minister George Chaponda is not reporting for duties at parliament since he lost his job on Wednesday.
Chaponda has not
been allocated any seat as a back bencher.as has not been going to
parliament since President Peter Mutharika fired him following a series
of allegations of corrupt practices in te procurement of maize from
Zambia.
He vehemently denies the allegation. Parliament officials say Chaponda can only report at parliament when the government allocates him a seat.
Leader of the House Kondwani Nankhumwa said the government leadership in the House is working on it.
This comes amid
calls from some sections of the society to have him arrested following
the discovery of stashes of money in his residence.
However, some law
experts point to the fact that the Republican Constitution forbids
arrests of parliamentarians when the House is meeting except on treason
charges.
But law professor
Edge Kanyongolo said the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the police have
enough case to arrest the embattled Mulanje South West MP.
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