Nampula province is once again making headlines, not because of its economic or cultural potential, but because of what appears to be a sad pattern in Mozambican governance: nepotism. In a system that should focus on meritocracy and selfless public service, we are witnessing the consolidation of a family web that is dangerously spreading through the corridors of power. The latest case involves Salvador Talapa, who was appointed administrator of the Murrupula district. The appointment alone raises eyebrows, but the scandal intensifies when it is discovered that Talapa is the husband of the President of the Assembly of the Republic, Margarida Talapa, the second most important figure in the State hierarchy and a key figure in overseeing the Executive. Taking office under the complicit gaze of the Secretary of State for Nampula, Plácido Nerino Pereira, Talapa assumes the leadership of a district with historical and symbolic weight: Murrupula, the birthplace of Armando Guebuza, former President of the Republic. The gesture, made without scruples or disguise, seems to be a clear sign that the commitments made during President Daniel Chapo's inauguration to combat nepotism, cronyism and other vices that undermine the State are beginning to be lost.