In a rare demonstration of fatherliness and parenthood, Malawi’s Minister of Homeland Security, Ken Zikhale Ng’oma, has forgiven socialite Alinafe Ziggy Chidwala who has been spreading false, destructive, and defamatory rumors about the minister.
In her allegations, Chidwala claimed that Ng’oma was encroaching a land where she is sharing a boundary with him and that he has already started building a fence on the same land while the case is still in court.
However, it turned out that the minister does not own any piece of land in the area she was mentioning.
This prompted Ng’oma to instruct his lawyer, Oscar Taulo, to demand that she must cease and desist from posting defamatory statements about his client or risk paying MK200 million damages for defaming the minister.
In his demand letter, Taulo warned Chidwala that under section 200 of Penal code Cap 7:01 of Laws of Malawi, it is against the law to write and post defamatory statements about someone.
“Accordingly, we demand that you (a) immediately cease and desist your unlawful defamation of our Client and further we demand you to make a public apology of your defamatory statement against our Client within 24 hours in all social media platform that you have been using to damage our Client’s character and reputation. Kindly be advised that we are under legal instructions to seek available legal remedies including seeking injunctive relief and monetary damages of sum of MK 200 million if you fail to comply with our demand within 24 hours,” concludes Taulo.
Writing on her Facebook page a few hours after the publication of the story on our website, Chidwala offered her unreserved apology to Ng’oma, emphasizing that she did not have ill-feelings against him.
“Ndikupepesa kwa Zikhale Ng’oma pa clip yomwe ndatumiza. Ndinalibe malingaliro woyipa ena aliwonse potumiza clipa,” she wrote on her Facebook page.
Taulo said the minister has received the apology and forgiven the socialite.
“I can confirm that she has retracted whatever defamatory statement she made about the minster and duly apologized. As a father and parent, Honourable Ng’oma has found it necessary to forgive her and forget about this issue,” said the lawyer.
