A controversial tycoon once linked to a scandal-hit duty-free cement deal is facing fresh accusations of muscling in on land rightfully belonging to ordinary Malawians — sparking fury among villagers and raising uncomfortable questions about power and privilege at the top. Mahmed Shafee Ahmed Chunara shot to notoriety over the so-called “Cement Gate” affair, in […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is turning businessperson Shafee Ahmed Chunara—arrested in connection with the cement importation saga— to become prosecution witness against former president Peter Mutharika’s security aide Norman Chisale on charges linked to alleged abuse of duty-free status of a sitting president. The 26-year-old entrepreneur was arrested and charged with fraud in which he was accused […]
Lilongwe senior resident magistrate Florence Msekandiana has granted bail to businessperson Shaffe Chunara, owner of Prestige Imports and Exports, who was arrested last Monday in connection with the importation of Cement worth K5 billion (about $7 million) duty free using former president Peter Mutharika’s tax-free status. The court has since formally charged him with two […]
Ahmed Shaffe Ahmed Chunara is not your stereotypical Malawian of Asian origin. He speaks fluent Chichewa without an accent. According to his friend, he attended, a government primary school. He is a Malawian through and through. Now he is at the centre of the biggest corruption scandal-yet that broke on the eve of the transition […]
Malawi Police Services in Lilongwe have arrested a businessperson, Shafee Ahmed Chunara, in connection with ongoing investigations into a batch of cement worth about K5 billion (about $7 million) that was imported duty free using former president Peter Mutharika’s tax-free status. National police spokesperson James Kadadzera has confirmed that the suspect is being held at […]