So, the Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) is gonna have to bring back Form 4 students to the desk after government ordered a re-write of five papers that were leaked. The Daily Truth revealed the leakage ages ago but the Maneb head Mathews Matemba stood his ground saying these were bogus papers. This is despite the fact that The Daily Truth even went as far as publishing two of the leaked papers.
I wonder what Matemba is thinking right now. But, i can tell you that he’s not thinking of resigning. In Malawi they don’t resign, they hang in there, face embarassment and still stick to their post. One of the people who have been “forgotten” is this MSCE saga is the Minister of Education, president Bingu wa Mutharika. As the minister responsible, Bingu should have resigned from his ministerial post because of the leakage. But this is Malawi. They don’t resign.
Remember that time when that doc, Goba managed to divert K5 million worth of hospital stuff? Heatherwick Ntaba was the minister of health then. What did he do? He hung in there, not bothered by the scandal happening right under his nose. But that’s not surprising, this is Malawi. They don’t resign.
Resign? When a Malawian resigns, know he has found greener pasture, not to retain their integrity. I dont remember when I last heard of some Malawian public officer resigning after they miserably fail, which they often do. That’s why you have former presidents crawling back to suck the nipples of our public funds, again