Mphwiyo, wife arrested: Malawi cashgate

October 18, 2014 Nyasa Times Reporter 131 Comments

Malawi former budget director Paul Mphwiyo and his wife Thandie were on Saturday arrested by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) and we’re charged with money laundering and theft offences.

Gun-shot survivor Mphwiyo: Arrested
Gun-shot survivor Mphwiyo: Arrested

ACB deputy director Renwick Matemba said Mphwiyo is also suspected of conspiracy to defeat the course of justice.

Matemba  said more arrests are looming involving the cashgate scandal.

The arrest comes barely hours after ACB also arrested the newly appointed Director of the Public Officers’ Assets Declaration- lawyer Christopher Tukula.

Mphwiyo has been under ACB investigations over his alleged role in the infamous cash-gate scam.

ACB spokesperson Egrita Ndala say the bureau will make “appropriate communication” on the arrest  later.

The revelations of cashgate  began in September 2013  when Mphwiyo, the person former president Joyce Banda  had tasked to close the loopholes in the public purse, was shot three times in the head in Lilongwe. Miraculously, he survived the attack and is amongst state witness in his shooting case.

Ralph Kasambara, former minister of Justice, has been accused of orchestrating the assassination attempt of Mphwiyo and if facing charges related to that. He is also facing separate money laundering  charges together with chief suspect Oswald Lutepo.

Some 60 cashgate cases are in the courts, and this week the justice minister Samuel Tembenu indicated in parliament that more people involved in the plunder will be arrested.

ACB says roughly K20 billion went missing Banda’s two year rule. They add that probably another K90 billion went missing over the eight years of the presidency of the late Bingu wa Mutharika, equal to roughly $500m at the exchange rate of the time.

In total about 30 per cent of the country’s budget could have been looted over a decade – almost as much as donors have provided Malawi over the same period.

 

 

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131 replies on “Mphwiyo, wife arrested: Malawi cashgate”

  4. All what Malawi and Malawians want now is money is it? Shit prisons or jail for those who stole the money. We are know where the money was put. In Mansions and businesses. Why not let them free but take their mansions and sell to recover the money because that is what they were and because Without houses which they are renting in attractive areas they are poor then they can smear the poverty which others have lived in. It is because of them others don’t get land British. I could not think of discrimination because they were not my race. Indians are enjoying in this nation while we are slaves and have no access to our own land. I want a land to build a small house in town so that I can start a business and live without paying rent. MY DREAM IS NOT A DREAM. MALAWI.

  6. tangoganizani munthu kumaba ndalama ku ntchito kwake mothandizana ndi mkazi wake. Akulu akulu apano zafika ponyasa, nyasi za mbava izi zikuenela ku phedwa basi

  8. wee need a “firing squad” for all these folks who have been stealing so much money when the poor are dying needlessly due to lack of medication and basic social services. Stealing like this is a crime against humanity!

  12. All these excitements, i guess will sadly fade away. Why am I saying so is because Mphwiyo if convicted, will be given 2 n 1/2 yrs only whre as his wife can not go as far as 8months imprisonment! Its sad!

  13. Dont leave them ntill they suffer as we suffered look pano boma lilibe ndalama othandiza ananyanyala coz of this cashgaters abweze ndalamaxo atleast half of the money being stolen boma likokele

    2. ki kikikikiki. kodi nkhani ya Atumbuka yabwerapo bwanji pamenepa? Mu Malawi muno nkhani imabeba ngati ikukamba za Mtumbuka or a Northerner. Ikakhala kuti ndi ya Mlomwe, Mchawa or Mchewa simabeba imakhala yo zizira. I like my Northern Region. Atumbuka woyeeeee! Ife ndife anthu woopedwa kwambiri pa Malawi pano. Bravo Atumbuka, Brave Northerners! Muyisova Achawa, Achewa ndi Alomwe opanda nzeru inu.

  15. Furthermore, I was at pains in June/July 2013, then the news was spread out that Mphwiyo was made a budget director. The articles that covered this news had reminded me of a person I had seen in New York. He was such a crooked looking man with lots of twisted stories about home (Malawi) and its leader he could share. No wonder we are entrusting people with purses whose background we scantly know.

  16. Lets not cheat ourselves that Malawi is a God fearing nation. Weneed 2 go back 2 the drawing board and repent 4 God 2 heal Malawi as a nation.

    1. What about those who stole during the Bingu reign? I thought the government would have caught the 90 billion cashgate scandals then the 20 billion cashgate scandals. Otherwise as far as Malawi Government is concerned, no civil servant is perfect.

  17. ….I’m tayad and sick of this cashgate issue…..these bastards, cleptomaniacs, nitwits have left us with manja mkhosi…….idiots…fu#*@ng pirates

  20. Koma apa zilipo,chief government witness turns a suspect. Ine kudabwa anthu ogwira ntchito mboma,oti salary sikukwana K80,000 koma upeza wagula malo six million,galimoto 4 million akukhala nyumba ya rent ya K60,000 pamwezi. Eyeyeye mmm. Agwileni amatumbwa anzawo akamalephera kutukuka nkumawaseka ati opusa. TACHENJERANITU.
    Lero madzulo ndidyela thelere, koma palibe chomwe ndikuopa olo pakhomo nditasiya posatseka. Nanga amene akukhuzidwayo ma sausage aja angawafunenso.
    Tikuonera Luntha Tv pamenepa.

  21. I don’t think the North has matured politically by gauging the 2014 voting pattern. The north has been one of most polarized places. In 2014, they could not have a strong party to vote for and they voted PP enmasse because JB is married to Nkhata Bay “boy”. If FOND was to field a candidate this region would have voted for it. Do not be hoodwinked with one election’s behaviour. If the arrest of Mphwiyo and his wife is based on evidence gathered systematically, this should help the nation in getting down to the bottom of matter. If all those involved are reprimanded according to law, Malawi will go back into rewarding talent and hard work and not cleverliness and crookedness of sorts.

  23. We ordinary Malawians we are suffering because of these people they should rot in prison don’t give them stiff punishment

  24. Thandie umatenga ndalama kupita nazo kunja iweeee. Unya uwona. Inali kudya life waku disney world, ana ma school odula, zimagalimoto zopuma.mwayendera osafunsa abambo.komwe amatenga ndalama. Pay for being an idiot or for giving a blind eye dala ku umbava wa paulo.Am.just disgusted that you were a good pretender. Watsala chibwenzi cha amuna ako a Manganaye Kambauwa. Muzikapatsana ma moni konko ku ndendendeko. Kukumbutsana makomedwe amamuna mmodzi mmadyana naye. Heheheheheheheheh. Maula get ready for divas party. Hahahahaha. Hehehedze urhuuuu

  25. Ndi m’mene zimakhala mnkhalango tchire likauma moto umayenda paliponse mpaka tchire kupsya lonse,pa dziko lapansi palibe chinsinsi ukamapanga chithu yankho lake limakubwelera pamapeto.Anthu kumapereka misonkho kuti mankhwala asamavute m’zipatala basi kumathyolera mthumba anthu akutika mankhwala Mulungu sangakonde nazo.Cashgate is sin &evil.Ikupinyibwagha yumoyumo pa njira isya bun’yongafu isi syabombibwagha.

  26. keep it up for continueing investigate those people but wtat about comunity college mr president we are remeining with 4 year to another 19 may and we are malawi we still waiting names that are involved in cashgate .

  27. koma ndiye kufa pawiritu. Ku shootidwa kenako kuyikidwa mu cell. Amayi anamulonjeza mwanayi not to disclose what he knew in exchange for his involvement being disclosed bur alas! Things changed on 20 May. Nawe ungoulula usafere zaweni

  29. justice must be followed coz we are so tired recerning about cashgate case,all involved with this must face the music

  30. If Mbava Bingu employed Mphwiyo as budget then we need to dig mpumulo wa bata for the corpse to stand trial. The system that put in place was a deliberate move by Mbava Bingu to rob Malawians. He was a parthological thief who stole all Kayerekera mine money put in his Australian account Peter knows that as they shared the money. DPP & PP have one mother UDF who is genetically a thief. No wonder their reunion of purpose now to steal. Apa zangovuta azungu akwiya thus why this drive of cashgate but wait & see they will start stealing slowly. DPP & UDF ndi Mbava zoopsa zopa anthu izi Matafale, Kalonga Stambuli, Chasowa etc those that support them are wicked sons of the devil!

  31. The order of the way these cashgate issues happened should be followed please. why only making follow-ups to the last reign of JB involved in the cashgate scam, while almost each one of the ruling parties after H.K Banda’s MCP have all the same challenge? All i see in these arests…is the stupidness of the the so called ACB. DPP and any1 wh is involved in these cases.a ACB sanakwanitse over all the year’s kuchitapo kanthu chifukwa chani?

  32. Behind every man’s success there is a woman so they say, and the vice versa could be true. Is this the principle applied here? What has the wife done now? Zodya bambo nkhuyu zina pota mayi, or is it zodya mayi zinapota bambo? poti azimayi amasiku ano anakwiya.

  33. Lilongwe especially area 43, area 44, area 47, area 49, new area 12 and area 25 have been constructed from stolen public funds. No arrests were made because the presidents allowed this theft to go on. The worst being Bakili and Joyce Banda. Today we see the father and founder of corruption Bakili visiting Sanjika once again. Bakili has sold UDF for his own freedom. We question where Mphwiyo got the money to build a house in area 43. We still question where Pika Manondo got all the richies. We still question where Mr. Madula got the money to build the house he is living in. We still question how civil servants built all these houses and how they buy all these vehicle. Theft that was started by Bakili Muluzi.

  34. I agree with Naganza: Cashgate started with Bakili Muluzi. How can his case stop before the courts conclude it. Then DPP leadership cases in cashgate are nowhere to be heard about. Then we need names of those who robbed the nation during Joice Banda’s rule. Please cashgate fighting organs do not take sides or fear anything or else one day the cases will come again and the police, anti-corruption bureu and others will also have their decision making individuals also arrested. Do not sweep only some rooms in the house, sweep all rooms. The children of God in Malawi have suffered enough.

    Because Atupele is in the government, UDF is in the government then all charges against Muluzi are dropped. How can the President lose his integrity like that and defeat the course of justice? Muluzi is now no longer sick, travels all over Africa? Bingu in this area would let the law take its course.

  37. There z no secrete under the sun. what about MK1.7b Bakili stole, nkumathawira kuchipatala, he has to pay back.

  38. Amafuna kuti atipusise powomberana? Lero aziona amasangalala mtundu wa anthu ukuvutika. Nawonso avutike acb continue arrest this thiefs up to their president, ndiamene amayambisa kuba.

  41. I agree with number 42 , when voting in the first multiparty election our friends in the Southern Region voted for “Wakumba yomweyo ” they sold us to Pontino Pilato they chose a thief among the three presidential candidates.

    Malawi will always get idiots if we still get the patten of voting for home boys.

    I support that our friends in the Northern Region don’t vote for the party but they vote for the presidential material that’s why you will see that they don’t have a strong regional party like other two regions , it mean Northern Region is more advanced in politics than the two Regions the Central and South.

    It will take a good 100 years for the Central and South to learn the good politics of not having to go and vote for the regional parties like Northern Region have refused to adopt.

    For the Northerners wanting federalism let’s support it , they now what they are saying , they don’t want to be ruled by thieves because of the high population found in other two Regions , which is an advantage of a presidential winning formula.

    Today you are accusing northerners of not having a strong party , that is good for the country because northerners are not selfish as you call them to be , instead the selfish regions are the one which are maintaining strong regional parties.

    Federal is the best because all the regions will do their own things than just going for criminal presidents we very well know that they already saved jail sentences before they joined politics. We are seeing Muluzi being associating with Peter and all our friends in the South are very happy . For what ? A person who messed up Malawi ? Shame !!!

    Please , Malawians , Muluzi is already answering a first cash gate case,which is already in court and his lawyer is Kaleni Kaphale. Don’t bring Bakili to any ruling government head of state , he is the one with tactics of stealing and rigging. Malawi will not be a good country if Bakili is coming close with Peter . Bakili has always wanted to be a life president of Malawi and he is grooming his son to be the president of Malawi which he thinks it will work this time by coming close to Peter.
    Bakili , already his money if he still love to be very rich , tell him to leave Malawi as a country by not introducing his devil ideas , please.

  43. Naganza (51), I totally disagree with your comment. Atupele and hid party have the right of association. If you (Malawians) wanted to promote democracy in favour of UDF, you could have voted for Atupele and his UDF party into government. Accept the fact that they worked so hard during campaign period, their manifesto is very proactive and transformational (in my opinion). However, Malawians chose to vote otherwise. Therefore why blame Atupele and UDF for joining forces with DPP. That’s their decision as a party, leave them alone. If you did not want Atupele to be the president, leave him alone, why do want comment negatively about him and his party. Atu, welldone for joining the government, you need your campaign money back young man – I support your decision. Let those who did not want you to be in government feel it!!!!! Yes, Welldone Atu!! Good a and well calculated political move!!

  45. If Senzani got 3yrs for her efforts, Mphwiyo will get a 1 day conducted tour of the Commissioner of Prison’s office.
    I believe all this is staged to hoodwink Malawians and donors that something is being done about cashgate.
    Mphwiyo was the mastermind of cashgate since UDF days. He has friends in high places. He was given safe passage out of the country when Bingu felt he has used him enough and wanted to get rid of him. You never know Peter might have benefited from Mphwiyo’s expertise.
    Some of these friends are in the current regime. There’s no way they are going to throw him under the bus now. He might spilll the beans.
    His trial will drag on till cows come home. By then, we will all be at filling station queues and naturally forgotten about all this. Dont hold your breath and dont be deceived, politicians are just being what they are. Lying to us.
    By the way Mphwiyo’s lady is Safuli’s daughter. You might have forgotten Safuli, remember Fieldyork scandal?

  47. After 24 hours or 48hours the guys will be on bail. ACB should not be applauded at this point in time! I doubt if the way they have started will yield to a lot of fruits. The ACB will soon b frustrated and face a stilmate

  52. Ife chimwemwe mumtimamu kma nanga enawo alikut amangidwe onse apa zamasewera palibe coz ayamba kale kukamba zogawana zkoli akuopa cashgate yomweyo agwireni kusadache

  53. K90b was stolen nthawi ya Bingu….malipoti akutero…ya amayi ndi K20b….Anthu aAmayi amangidwa 60 omwe anaba dola in 2 yrs….Doing simple proportion tikuyembekezera anthu oposa 200 kumangidwa omwe anaba nthawi ya Bingu..Is DPP any clean? Kupusa aMalawi….How could u put into govenment another banch of thieves?

  55. Ma comments ena ndiongofuna kuipitsira mbiri ndithu, how sure r u kumalemba maina a anthu pamene mulibe umboni weniweni

  60. so wat abt de escom house we ddnt see or hv heard anything w are still waiting zimatiwawabe ife

  61. Zikomo wamangidwa mphwiyo Koma nanga maina Ali kuti tufuna kudziwa kuti wakuti anadya ndalama zi ngati otherwise milanduyi sipindula. A dpp simunamalizebe ku panga edit list ya cashgate kodi?

  64. What about Mpisa of escom and her girl friend Weyani Mwale they are busy cash gating Escom please check out Mpisa is busy using Weyani Mwale to supply most of the equipment and promotional materials

  66. IT IS BECAUSE OF BAIKI MULUZI OUR COUNTRY AND US ARE SUFFERING. THE IDIOT IS STILL BEING IDIOTS. THIS MAN BROUGHT SO MUCH PAIN TO US. IT IS BECAUSE OF HIM WE HAD DDP AND PP PARTIES. IF HE HAD NOT PICKED BINGU TO DAY MALAWI WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD DEMOCRATIC NATION. LOOK AT HIM WHO IS DOING OR WORKING WITHTHE SAME PEOPLE WHO HUMILIATED HIM AND PUT HIS SON IN PRISON. WEATHER IT WAS BINGU OR PETER THEY ARE THE SAME FAMILY AND WERE ADVISING EACH OTHER. IF BAKILI WAS A WISE MAN HE COULD NOT ALLOW HIS SON TO JOIN DDP. HE HAS KILLED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. IN THIS WORLD THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SO FOOLISH IT IS MULUZI FAMILY.

      1. A COMBINATION OF DPP PLUS UDF IS A TOTAL MESS BECSUSE THEY ARE BOTH BIG BIG THIEVES !! CASHGATERS !! TO PROVE THIS WRONG LET THEM RELEASE THE NAMES OF CASHGATERS !!!

    2. KOMA AKULU MWALEMBA CHINGELEZI NDINU CHITSILU MCHIFUKWA MULI WOSAUKA KOMANSO KAPOLO WANGONGOLE.MULUZI WATANI? STUPID! POLITICS IS ABOUT MONEY IWE KHALA CHONCHO MBEWA.

    3. stupid sentment. god has his way. without your mum answering a proposal for marriage from yur daddy, you couldn’t be here. p[raise god he chose bakili, through whom we had a great leader in Africa, bingu wa mutharika. but jelousy people killed him and paved way to jezebel joice banda who looted money with her sons and relatives, friends and party zealots, tikuona ndi maso. now the azunguanaonanso and closed the tap of aid. we are suffering because of this. open your eyes. joice with the then called human activists put Malawi in a turmoil. today, where is mwakasungula?

    4. Move on man! You can’t keep looking over your shoulder, face the reality that is here and deal with it. It in only the weak and stupid that look for excuses for anything without rolling up their sleeves and working. Unfortunately we have too many people like you!

      1. Mbuli za ma President zochokera ku Mwera. Mukazasankha Mtumbuka dzikoli lizasintha. YEWO. Komentani agalu aku mmwera ndi central region. ndikuziwa ndakusupulani koma chilungamo chake ndichimenecho. ha ha ha ha.

  68. These days arrests are no longer news! What becomes news is the conviction!!! Ndiye inu a nyasa, mwa dzina lanu, musatinyase ndi za kumangidwa kwa uyu Paulo!! Mudzatiuze zaka zimene a khothi adzamulamule kukakhala ku ndende. Tikuvanaaaaaa???????????

  69. To gather with her wife but you did’nt explain the stem reason of wife arrest any way ndinthawi yake kungoti ndizolembedwa kale izi in bible owerenga khala maso

  70. Fellow citizens what is important to us is now jail for these thieves who has been laundering our tax money and donors money. Put them in jail, they will come shoprt and they are many they can not jail all of them. If they jail them it does not mean the money will be recovered. The most important and what the donors and all of us want is our money. These people they have put the money in their mansions and like Mphwiyo and other thieves they even bought houses for their girlfriends. Mphwiyo was the master plan of the whole Cash Gate then together with his group Kasambala and Manondos. When Mphwiyo became greedy not to share the money he was shoot. Mphwiyo has five girlfriends which he was feeding with stolen money while many Malawians were suffering. With his age and salary where could he get the money to build a mansion and other houses. We should not blame donors for stopping giving Malawi money. They have tried for many years. The money they give is to help all Malawians not few individuals. If it was us what could we do? To make them sell their properties and give back the money is the best way to warn and punish others who attempt to do the same. May be we will know if JB is also involved in this through Mphwiyo. We should also know the 92billion Bingu and his family took. His children are living in luxury as if they worked. Houses abroad. From mini bus owner to multimillionaire. Not even in a rich nation can one be in 8 years.

  72. Arresting a person is one thing, prosecuting and convicting him/her is another!!! How many people have been arrested so far in connection with this case?? But so far how many have had their cases concluded?? Za ziiiiiii!!!!! Inu a nyasa, mudzandiuze a khothi akadzampatsa chilango coz as it is now, it’s not news worthy!!!!

  73. BUT I HAVE DREAMT THREE TIMES ABOUT THE ARREST OF JB AND HER HUSBAND AND WERE SENT TO ZOMBA BY ROAD ON AN OPEN VEHICLE AND PEOPLE LINED UP WHILST OTHERS LAUGHED AND CRYING. AND ALL HER SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED EFFECTIVELY.

  74. We planted mbava since 1994 !!!!! onse mbava….. Mphwiyo was identified by UDF from Chanco…. ngati amayendera car hire founded by UDF ali pa college

  77. my 30 percent tax it pains me eish ka assistant kaku accounts ma million eeeeee acb start biting and conclude cases mwachangu….quilty as charged all of them a years in prison with low labour kkkkkkkk

  78. My fear is on ex-ruling party PP, the more the leads to cashgate, the more the arrest and who will remain to nurse the party when every Dick and Jack were part of the gang of looting? Now we can see the future democracy and human rights, this is the way to Malawi development, where politicians must work towards general development and not otherwise, fear is with me that many are coming some too big to be pointed fingers bt truth follows a person no matter how long…..

  80. Mangani anthuwa alipo ambili panopa chonchi its an open secret that the accounts salaries guys do pay some people triple their salaries and share the loot.

  84. Conglas ACB now you are unveiling the real conspiracy theory. Paul was not shot but was part of the conspiracy theory. Now you have started the job. Soon or later people will know the truth. Mphwiyo is the Chief CashGater and architect of the whole mess. Sell all his property and bring the money to us. I want my money I contributed to my Government through taxes.

  86. You read the comments, one just shakes his/her head, you conclude, Malawians are dumb. We should be taking the thieving and lying DPP to task as to why it is still hiding the cashgate list and why?

  88. if it was me judging thise idiots I would hung them and left to die.look how many people have died in the hospital’s cause of their mistrust

  92. it seems the new ACB has started on a good note but am afraid if he continues lyk this due to political interferences.

  93. Finaly an arrest in the cashgate scandal has been made! catch all the sharks & give them stiffer sentences osati ngati mukupeleka kwa tima small fish ngati Tressa

  98. If convicted adzawayika Cell imodzi ngati munthu ndi Dona yake?? Just asking don’t bite my head off
    Wise leadership of Professor zikanakhala zina zija ayi ndithu palibe chikanachitika

  99. I saw this coming with the change of regime from PP to DPP. Lawyers will make money now. This gentleman was well protected by the previous regime

  100. afinyeni amenewa atiuze komanso atibwezele ndalama zathu thru their asserts. judges sharpen your swords.

  101. Indeed one hopes that we will finally get to bring the cashgaters to justice. I would definitely love to see Muluzi’s case concluded as well. Now that he no longer has the back problems, I should think that the case can be concluded very quickly.

  102. I see! Very soon, very soon chief destruction I hope will come upon that one!!!! I knew that one day judgement would come and separate thorns from the mixture! Cheating does not pay!!

  106. Bravo ACB for arresting TUKULA this fool thought he is above the Law just because he holds a high position in the government Umanama mphwanga boma lake sila Peter Mutharika Munya muona

  107. What about Khumbo Kachali Please do us a favour we need this Greedy pig arrested too
    he might flee with his oversize stomach abweze zathu mdala wachimimba chakhondeyu please APM osamusekelera ni wakwiba chomene m’nganya uyu

    1. chitsiru iwe, kodi Khumbo anakulakwira chani? musaonetse umbuli wanu ndizidani zonyatsa apa. Ngati uli naye ndichifukwa china ungokumana naye kwanokha.

      1. Inde abweze. Pali Kachale, Kasambara, Mphwiyo, Joyce Banda, Mutharikas (Peter inclusive), Muluzi ndi onse. Koma zomapanga scapegoat mafana inu aChe Jumo mutangokhala siyigwira ndithu. Mumalizatu kuotcha malawi yonse koma mumangidwe basi. Kenako mukatentheso nyanja. A Khumbo akachita kukula mimba ngati kuti anapatsidwa pakati ndi njovu kuti azaberela ma twins a ana a njobvu mxuiii. Akugwireni nonse mukafere ku maula ndi old age. Mwadya zathu zambiri agalu inu.

  108. Is this a sign that we are finally making baby steps towards this case? I think its high time. Why are these people interfering? ur guess is as good as mine. Its a matter of time. that’s what new Teeth at ACB can do before they lose them.

  110. Ameneyo ndiye mwini cashgate ena aja ndi ana, big up ACB. Tiyeni nazo more Mphwiyos are yet to be arrested ARREST THEM atizuzitsa agalu amenewa.

  112. The Game has begun. We will wait and see. if justice wont take its course my panga, matches, nkhwangwa, paraffin, petrol, zibonga are ready to punish cashgaters myself and the public. We have waited for so long but the wheels of justice seem to be stuck, rusting, with a lot of punctures.

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