{"id":3770,"date":"2013-12-02T10:04:36","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T08:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/?p=3770"},"modified":"2013-12-02T10:04:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T08:04:36","slug":"episcopal-conference-of-malawi-statement-on-plundering-of-public-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/02\/episcopal-conference-of-malawi-statement-on-plundering-of-public-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Episcopal Conference of Malawi Statement on Plundering of Public Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Episcopal<\/a>We, Catholic Bishops of Malawi have followed with great concern events surrounding the revelations of what appears to be massive looting of public resources dubbed as \u201cCapital Hill Cash gate\u201d. We have taken time to understand what is happening, to ponder and pray over these revelations and we are still shocked that such things could happen in this God fearing country. This scandal is an embarrassment to the country and an indication of serious moral decadence and dwindling levels of patriotism in our country. We are dismayed that materialism, corruption and get rich quick syndrome seem to be on the rise at the expense of truth, honesty and hard working. It\u00a0 is\u00a0 in\u00a0 this\u00a0 context,\u00a0 that\u00a0 we\u00a0 your\u00a0 pastors\u00a0 humbly\u00a0 but truthfully propose a\u00a0 critical reflection on\u00a0 the\u00a0 issues relating to this\u00a0\u00a0 scandal,\u00a0 the impact of the looting , and call for appropriate, proportionate and timely\u00a0 actions .\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/address>\n
We note in this scandal the following:<\/span><\/em><\/address>\n
\u2022 Huge\u00a0 sums of public resources have been swindled for purely selfish gains at the expense of service delivery;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/address>\n
\u2022 A syndicate organized and cooperated to loot public resources pointing to a structural and entrenched way in which evil has taken\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 root in our midst;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/address>\n
\u2022 The financial management structures and systems have been rendered powerless largely because of human machinations and lack of human integrity.<\/span><\/em><\/address>\n
FULL TEXT IN ENGLISH<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/address>\n
FULL TEXT IN CHICHEWA<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/address>\n
Also:<\/span><\/em><\/address>\n
Pastoral Letter of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi:<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/address>\n
In English<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/address>\n
In Chichewa<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/address>\n
In Chitumbuka<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We, Catholic Bishops of Malawi have followed with great concern events surrounding the revelations of what appears to be massive looting of public resources dubbed as \u201cCapital Hill Cash gate\u201d. We have taken time to understand what is happening, to ponder and pray over these revelations and we are still shocked that such things could […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,22,28],"tags":[262,278,495,1153,1189],"class_list":["post-3770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malawi-sector","category-news","category-publications","tag-capital-hill-cash-gate","tag-catholic-bishops-of-malawi","tag-episcopal-conference-malawi","tag-plundering-of-public-funds","tag-public-resources"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}