Cracks have emerged in a special parliamentary committee set up to probe seven cabinet ministers allegedly involved in K236 billion cashgate and 27 companies involved in farm input subsidy program as two committee leaders disagree which work should be prioritised. Deputy chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament Kamlepo Kalua says the priority […]
Cashgate convict Leonard Kalonga on Monday told the High Court in Lilongwe that he was not aware that former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo was in United States between August 18 and 28 2013, part of the period he claimed the looting was taking place. Kalonga—who was convicted of charges of conspiracy to […]
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has said out of the 13 files of the K236 billion Cashgate implicated in the K230 billion Cashgate report, five companies have been cleared on any wrongdoing by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) due to lack of evidence. The cleared companies according to PAC and confirmed by ACB are: Top […]
Malawi Parliament has set up a parliamentary inquiry to probe six cabinet ministers named in the plunder of K236 billion public resources between 2008 and 2014. Vice chairman of the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Kamlepo Kalua said this in Lilongwe on Thursday when he received a petition from civil society organisations. The civil society organisations […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration of President Peter Mutharika is intent at arresting former Head of State and People’s Party (PP) leader, Joyce Banda, for her alleged role in the infamous ‘cashgate’, a financial scandal involving looting, theft and corruption that was uncovered in 2013, Nyasa Times understands. Highly-placed sources within the administration have […]
Officials from the office of the Auditor General say investigations into the infamous K236 billion now goes into the third and last phase. Spokesperson for the National Audit Office (NAO) Rabson Kagwamminga said following the release of K500 million from Treasury on the exercise, the office is now doing procurement and outsourcing of jobs for […]
Embattled former Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development minister George Chaponda is yet to be charged of any offence, but law experts say he faces similar charges of a former junior civil servant who was sentenced to nine years in jail with hard labour for his part in the “cashgate” corruption scandal. “The case of Honourable […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday found thousands of dollars and millions of Kwachas stashed inside suitcases hidden in the bedroom of Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda, during a search of a home in Lilongwe. Between US$58,000 and MK124 million in cash was found after a search of a home, according […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planninbg and Development, Goodall Gondwe has told parliament on Friday the government has hired an external auditor over the ‘granda corruption’ K236 billion cashgate spanning the administrations of Bingu wa Mutharika and Joyce Banda. This will put to rest suspicions that seven cabinet ministers were involved in the loot of public […]
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) vice-chairperson Kamlepo Kalua has said some of the cash-rich Cabinet ministers are walking free and exhibiting opulence on proceeds of Cashgate money, saying he will fight on to ensure names of seven ministers implicated in the looting of almost K236 billion from government coffers are shamed. Kalua, who is also […]
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament is non committal if it will name and shame seven serving cabinet ministers implicated in the grand corruption scandal. Malawians are yet to know individuals and businesses identified in the recent forensic audit on the country’s grand corruption that established that about K236 billion in public funds could not […]
Parliament through the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has said it will wait for the Speaker Richard Msowoya to return from foreign trip before releasing names of individuals and businesses identified in the recent forensic audit that established that about K236 billion in public funds could not be reconciliated between 2009 and December 31 2014. The […]
As Malawi is now becoming infamous as a nation of thieves in public offices, the giant private auditing firm KPMG has exposed that about K200 million of taxpayer money may have been mismanaged at the National Audit Office (NAO) through illegal allowances between 2011 and 2013. According to a report in The Nation newspaper of […]
President Peter Mutharika has challenged the opposition to name the seven corrupt Cabinet ministers or else they should shut up. Mutharika said he was tired of claims and allegations of corrupt practises in his government. “Give me evidence, where is the evidence? Give the evidence to the ACB (Anti Corruption Bureau) to the director of […]
The Lilongwe High Court has given both the defence and state lawyer 14 days to submit their sentence submissions to the court in the K3.7 billion cash gate case of former assistant director in the ministry of tourism, Leonard Kalonga. Presiding judge, Justice Fiona Mwale has given both the state and defence 14 days to […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has found guilty and convicted contractor Godfrey Dzanjalimodzi in charged related to money laundering of K338 million (about $610 000) during the infamous 2013 “cashgate” corruption scandal period. Dzanjalimodzi used his building company called WG Construction. Judge Ivy Kamanga convicted Dzanjalimodzi of both charges of theft and money laundering, saying […]
Cashgate convict who is state witness, Leonard Kalonga has told the High Court in Lilongwe that former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo recruited cashgate prisoner Oswald Lutepo as chief looter in the scandal. Lutepo is serving a 11 years jail for a major role in the “Cashgate” corruption scandal that led to a […]
At the court in the capital, Lilongwe, lawyer for former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, Titus Mvalo has asked court to delay corss-examining State witness Leonard Kalonga, a Cashgate convict and former Ministry of Tourism and Culture tourism officer until they are furnished with extra documents they have asked. Kalonga has claimed in court […]