Three MZUNI Lecturers suspended over Sexually Transmitted Grades

The Office of Registrar at Mzuzu University (Mzuni) on Thursday, February 24, 2022 suspended three of its lecturers and dismissed one over the various indiscipline offenses.

This was revealed in a memo signed by the University’s Registrar, Yonamu Ngwira which said the four appeared before the Academic and Senior Administrative Staff Committee on the offenses leveled against them where they were found guilty.

According to Ngwira, the three suspended lecturers are Leonard Chilemba Senior Lecturer, Department of physics and electronics, Mike Zulu Senior Lecturer, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Eddie Mtonga Lecturer, Department of water and sanitation, and Auden Msango Lecturer, Department of Languages, Cultural and Creative Studies who was completely dismissed.

He said those suspended will stay on suspension period for a period of 3 months starting from March 1, 2022, up to May 30, 2022, and that within this period, they are all not allowed to conduct any business on behalf of the University until their suspension period elapses.

In a process of finding out the exact offenses leveled against the four, one of our sources name withhold) told us that they were suspended for allegedly demanding sex from female students in exchange for examination grades.

Maravi Post contacted the University’s Public Relations Officer, Cliff Kawanga was unable to comment on the matter.

Kawanga claimed not around the institution at the moment.

He also said was not aware of the said memo.