Karim charged with theft and fraud in relation to Malawi police food deal: On bail
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has charged a businessman Zameer Karim in connection to K2.7 billion contract to supply rations to the police force.
Karim, the head of Pioneer Investments which won the tender in 2015 and is an ally of Mutharika, and a leaked investigative report alleged he paid K145 million ( $200 000 ) into the account of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) one day after receiving payment for the rations supply deal.
The President was listed as the sole signatory on the receiving account and following a public outcry over the vast donation, the party was forced to return it – but an ACB probe subsequently cleared Mutharika of personal wrongdoing.
ACB director general Reyneck Matemba later said it was his right to discontinue investigations in the absence of incriminating evidence.
Karim is charged with theft and fraud.
He was formally charged at Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate Court after an earlier interrogation at ACB headquarters in Mulanje House at City Centre in Lilongwe.
Karim, who previously hit the headlines when it was revealed in July that he donated five vehicles worth a total of $115,000 to Mutharika who then registered them in his own name, is facing three counts of theft of K466 million contrary ti Section 278 of the Penal Code, uttering a false document presented to CDH Investment Bank to acces a loan contrary to section 356 and 360 of the Penal Code and acquiring proceeds of crime (K466 million) contrary to Section 42 (i) of the Financail Crimes Act.
Chief resident magistrate Violet Palikena Chipawo granted Karim bail on the condition that he pays a K2 million cash bond and surrender travel documents.
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Money will change hands. This case will go nowhere
Is this a sign of how people have lost trust with the ACB?
“DPP’s ACB Regional Governor,” RM playing his smart cards to protect the obvious……………………………………! My foot!
ALL THOSE ARE LIES AND KARIM IS A FREE MAN IN MALAWI SINCE HE CONTROLS THE COUNTRY. UMPHAWI SIZINTHU AYI ABALE ANGA MPAKANA KULANDIRA K145M?
Any comment or word from Mgeme Kalirani and Nicolas Dausi about the arrest of this Zameer Karim?
WHY SHOULD THEY COMMENT ON KARIM’S ARREST? IS KARIM THE PRESIDENT OR IS HE A DPP MEMBER?
Malawi is on corruption honeymoon. She is on the high seas of corruption. Our appointed organs to sniff corruption have no canine to tear up the thieves and pull them out from corruption caves. The corruption caves are impregnable the current arrests are smokescreens a well timed to distract the electorate from closely following the load shedding saga. The Indians are so comfortable that they’ve placed their whole freedom on political impunity and immunity flowing onto them
We are not buying this planned arrest, we have watched many films of the same, even in South African Soap ‘Scandal’ Bra Neo Mokhethi did the same. We pray that come May 2019, the new government will put these thugs including our now president behind bars where they belong to.
That’s true Political Analyst. We’ve watched this movie before. No new plot in the story. All the villains go scot-free at the end.
The contract money was heavily increased with instructions from the DPP and it’s leaders including the president like they have done with all contracts they have given to themselves. All actions especially after the issue had been revealed by the media point fingers to the same. We are watching. Our president has made history on theft. How does he clean himself on the K145 million and the cars when it is now confirmed that Kareem did not steal on his own but aided by beneficiaries who I have mentioned above. It boils down to issues of funding parties. Presidents in this country and more the Muthalikas steal because in addition to theft being in their blood they have to fund their parties. Koma Mbulanda ndiye kuba kochita kuwonekeratu. Zamanyazi kwambiri.
Just to mask the donor community. This case will end here unless we have a new governing regime next year that will revive it. Why? Peter Mutharika and the DPP are the beneficiaries of the loot.
Don’t just arrest. Kill them! They’ve killed soany people in hospitals because of their thieving. Zikhanira zachabechabe
Angotininkhako amenewa tachite MOB JUSTICE!!!
This is PR stunt…….projecting the appearance of doing something….this is planned..fake arrest….
This is just a cover, I WILL NEVER TRUST THIS ACB OFFICE AND THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS KAMBEREMBERE GOVERNMENT. YOU WILL SEE WHAT THIS MATEMBA WILL DO AT THE END. THIS TO BE IS REVENUE MOBILISATION FOR DPP CAMPAIGN. HE WILL TREAT IT THE WAY HE TREATED CHAPONDA CASE. ADZAMPATSANSO OUR TAXES KUTI AGAWIREKO MZAKE. WHY CANT THEY PURSUE THE SO CALLED DONATIONS OF CARS AND THE SOLE BENEFICIARY? AHENTS OF THE DEVIL, MUDZAFA IMFA YOWAWA AKULU. PALIBE CHOSATHATU PANSI PANO…
Nothing whatsoever will result from charging Kareem because APM is his partner in crime. Sorry Malawians there is no one in Malawi who an Indian like Kareem is afraid of. No Malawian not even APM can punish Kareem or any other Indian in Malawi. We Indians can do whatever we wish to in Malawi. Your government is run by us Indians because all you Malawians are corrupt. And ignorant. You Malawians need to accept that we are the real owners of Malawi. You Malawians are born only to enrich the Indians.
Are you sure all Malawian are ignorant? You run Malawi because of you are “heavily corrupted creatures” in Malawi. Unfortunately you met “apumbwa” “akambelembele” in those that are in DPP government led individuals and you think every Malawian is such. If you can do “everything” as claimed, why did you allow Thief Kareem to be arrested and charged? At least you would have prevented that. That mean they are some things that you can’t do. Its a matter of time. You will remember your words. Pray that this DPP apumbwa government will win next year, otherwise you may wish to relocate to India.
Kareem has only been arrested to fool you Malawians. Kareem will be freed just like Tayoub was. We Malawians are controlled by the Indians to whom our country Malawi belongs. Indians are the real owners of Malawi – you see them in the photograph of Kareem in court – does he look afraid NO. APM is in his back pocket K145 million and the 5 pickups and APM sold out to the Indian. APM is ruling for Indians to enrich themselves.
Zachambe weni weni kapena yeni yeni sankhani nokha 😬
Kulankhula kosauka kwa munthu wosauka. Ndikukhumba inu mutakhala mwenye koma inu simungathe kupusitsa ana anu omwe mungapusitse ndi kuphunzitsa chiwombankhanga pamwamba pa mtengo. Abale zonse zomwe mwazinenazi zikungopusitsa anthu opusa amwano monga inu opusa. Kuwopsya kwa dothi sikuli lingaliro labwino lomwe tidzakhala nawo akuda akuganiza kuti ndi Amwenye ndipo adzadzipha okha 😂
And Pitala is not charged with anything? He’s the one who received bribes. As far as I know, taking bribes is a crime.
M MIDZIMU ANTHU AKUGONA NDI NJALA BASI NDALAMA ZOSENZO KUPELEKA KWA ANTHU OTI ALI NDI NDALAMA OLEMELA KOMA DZIKO LI EEEEEEEEEEEE APA M MWENYE AMENEYI OIPA KWAMBIRI KOMANSO ADZIPITA KU INDIA BASI
He has immunity from prosecution while in office but only parliament can impeach him but you know our greedy MPs
I pray for fair elections. His immunity will be gone in six months!
ACB have accommodated him for now, but many people have been arrested for being found in possession of goods to be suspected of stolen, even in a circumstance that they are not aware. This law sucks huh!