ACB arrests accounts officer over K2m abuse at Blantyre District Health Office

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested Steven Kamphangale-Banda, an accounts officer at the Blantyre District Health Office (DHO), for allegedly awarding himself a K2 million loan he was not entitled to.

The bureau received a complaint claiming that the suspect, who is responsible for salaries at the Blantyre DHO, awarded himself the loan and deposited it into his account at Mudi Savings and Credit Cooperative (Sacco), according to ACB spokesperson, Egrita Ndala.

She said ACB’s investigations also established that offence was committed.

Ndala said Kamphangale-Banda, who is now out on bail and ordered not to interfere with State witnesses by himself or through his agents or any other person, is expected to appear in court on February 17 2015.