Malawi President Chakwera Receives Award for Anti-Corruption Efforts
Malawi President Chakwera awarded for anti-corruption efforts , writes Winston Mwale.
LILONGWE, Malawi — Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera was awarded the Unashamedly Ethical Award on Wednesday for his efforts in the fight against corruption, writes Winston Mwale.
The award was presented to Chakwera by Unashamedly Ethical, a non-profit organization that works to promote ethical leadership.
In his acceptance speech, Chakwera said that he was honoured to receive the award and that he would continue to fight against corruption.
"This award encourages us to do more to create a corrupt-free nation," Chakwera said.
The award, said Chakwera, is a significant recognition of his efforts to fight corruption.
Chakwera and First Lady Monica Chakwera were patrons at the opening day of the Global Leadership Summit, which is underway in Lilongwe.
The summit is challenging leaders across all levels of society to grow and entrench a culture of honesty, integrity, and openness.
“In order to transform Malawi, in line with the Malawi Vision 2063 agenda, we must build the relevant capacity of leadership in all key areas of human pursuit, be they political, religious, statutory, academic, or civic,” Chakwera said.
Thoroughly deserved. I hope he and the Zambian President are copied throughout the continent.
An element of corruption and its baneful effect on national development is the stealing of forex and the sending of it overseas. A common crime of plunders of nations well documented in history. Its harm is seen in that value of forex instead of being sent abroad could be spent in the nation for its development. But even if not spent in the nation but saved in the nation it would lead to domestic currency stability and reduction of imported inflation both highly beneficial to a nation's and the citizen's prosperity.
A Sudanese business man, used to give a prize to the least corrupt, was it, African President. I don't know if the prize still is awarded. The Malawian and Zambian Presidents must be rivals forcing if it still is awarded.
A disaster for African nations has been bad presidents who plunder the nation often for decades. A good president eventually comes along but it takes a long time to fix decades of destruction.