Malawi Immigration under threat to issue work permit for Al-Qaeda operative

Malawi President Bingu wa Muthalika's daughter Duwa is bullying the Immigration department of the Ministry of Home Affairs to issue work permits to a State House Al-Qaeda operative Ricky Shayo and two Zimbabweans Ruby Goneso Mutendera and Alban Masora.
According to Immigration department official, Duwa who runs the President's newspaper The Guardian has been intimidating immigration officials to issue permits to Shayo who is a Kenyan national and two Zimbabweans who are “officially” working for the President’s paper.
The three are currently working illegally as consultant/operations, administration/human resources manager and reporter respectively.
Shayo joined The Guardian last year after he was fired at Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) when the management discovered that he had no qualification.
He is also linked to a little known Al-Qaeda network in the Horn of Africa but flirts with one of the daughters from the first family in the country. He is widely believed to be leading a network of executioners based at the former Taiwanese Embassy in Area 43.
Masora and Mutendera, both functionaries of Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF hit entered Malawi as visitors.
According to the information gathered from sources at the Department of Immigration in Lilongwe, Duwa with the help of State House press officer Chikumbutso Mtumodzi has been pressing officers to issue working permits to the illegal immigrants.
The two have been going to the Immigration with claims that President Mutharika is the one giving them instructions for the department to give out the dubious permits.
"The three have no requirements for working permits because Malawians could take those positions they have as well, In fact we have many qualified Malawians who can take up those jobs," said some of the immigration officers who refused to be named for fear of reprisal from State House.
On Monday this week immigration department arrested MTL chief executive officer Peter Zimmer's wife, Stella, a Germany by nationality for “illegal staying” in Malawi and working without permit.
This has come barely some weeks when MTL was told to give back the company to government with what government insiders say is a calculated move of ensuring that they use the company to help rig the 2009 general elections.
"Government is pressing MTL senior management from Germany to stand down or face embarassment as they want to bring in Malawian managers who can be used to rig the 2009 elections besides siphoning money for campaign," said an MTL senior official.
The company was sold two years ago by government after pressure from the World Bank and is owned by Press Corporation shareholders with a non-controlling state by the State.