The Blantyre Magistrate’s Court is this morning expected to continue hearing a case involving former Minister of Homeland Security, Cecelia Chazama and five others who are answering charges of abuse of office in the alleged irregular recruitment of 127 immigration assistants.

The other five are former Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services director general, Masauko Medi, former Department of Human Resource Management and Development Principal Secretary Hilario Chimota and Immigration Department officials Pudensiana Makalamba, Limbani Chawinga and Chandiwira Chidothe.

Last year, one of the State witnesses Daston Manda, who is a former principal human resources officer at Immigration testified in court that during the recruitment exercise, he received a list of names from some Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials through Medi to be considered for immigration assistants job.

Among the DPP officials named in the case are; Chazama, former ministers Joseph Mwanamvekha, Jappie Mhango, Francis Katsaila, Nicholas Dausi, Charles Mchacha and Paul Chibingu.

Source:NPL