Ever Since my good friend, Ralph Kasambara, was convicted of conspiracy to murder one Paul Mphwiyo, I have been anxiously waiting for the day when I will see how the Director of Public Prosecution, Mary Kachale, will play her cards regarding the prosecution of Paul Mphwiyo in the Cashgate Case. If you recall, the State’s […]
Ndaona Satema, one of the accused persons in the K2.4 billion Cashgate also involving former budget director Paul Mphwiyo, confessed that her account was used to deposit money from the looting in public funds at Capital Hill known as Cashgate. Satema of Kanengo Building Contractors admitted in court through her lawyer Moses Nkhono to have […]
Former chief tourism officer in the Ministry of Tourism, Leonard Kalonga, who is a convict in what has come to be known as Cashgate, made startling revelation in court on Tuesday saying former budget director, Paul Mphwiyo, had confided to him that he was appointed to the post after “good work” in the looting that […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale has said the prosecution will prove its case on how Cashgate was schemed to fund the then ruling People’s Party (PP). She told the High Court in Lilongwe that it will expose all that were closely involved in the looting. Kachale said when she introduced the case in […]
Former Malawi Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, whose shooting on 13 September 2013 led to the unravelling of the systematic looting of millions of government money dubbed ‘cashgate’, has been implicated to have lured Leonard Kalonga, a former assistant director in the Ministry of Tourism, who was convicted over Cashgate corruption scandal, according to testimonies in […]
The High Court in Lilongwe on Monday issued an arrest warrant for businessman Limumba Karim who failed again to turn up for the hearing of the K2.4 billion money laundering case and is suspected to have escaped from the country hiding in South Africa. Lumumba was expected in court to plead to counts of money […]
Officials from Public Accounts Committee of parliament (PAC) has vowed to make public its findings on the infamous K236 billion’cashgate’ – grand corruption scandal. Chairman of PAC Alekeni Menyani says the report will be made public on January 31. “This will include names of the cabinet ministers, other individuals and companies contained in the 13 […]
Former President Joyce Banda says there are a lot of good programmes and policies that Malawians today can learn from past presidents and governments, which can also be adopted to address some of the “deepening” social and economic challenges facing the nation today. In her New Year’s Message released by her office on New Year’s […]
Peoples Party (PP) officials have dishonoured Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera for saying the Joyce Banda administration tolerated plunder of public resources when it was in government. PP spokesperson Noah Chimpeni said what Chakwera said in his new year’s message was untrue assertion and a deliberate provocation. “We all know that soon after […]
The Auditor General Stepheson Kamphasa has been asked by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to disclose names of serving Cabinet ministers implicated in the recent forensic audit report christened as K577 billion Cashgate. PAC chairperson Alekeni Menyani has said it is against the spirit of fighting corruption when the Auditor General’s office and other government arms […]
Minister of Information, Communication and ICT, Nicholous Dausi has denied claims that there is widespread corruption in government of Peter Mutharika and that Cashgate was born during Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s era of the President’s brother Bingu wa Mutharika. Critics and the opposition have recently argued the DPP-led government is allowing corruption to thrive and the […]
Public Accounts Committee (Pac) of Parliament chairperson, Alekeni Menyani, said his committee may use discretion to release the names of suspects in 13 case files regarding K577 billion audit report in what is known as Malawi’s ‘grand corruption’ Cashgate scandal —the plunder of public resources at Capital Hill. Menyani said corruption in Malawi government is rampant […]
Opposition People’s Party (PP) administrative secretary, Joseph Chikwemba has challenged President Peter Mutharika for apparently denying that there has ever been Cashgate on Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s watch, including during the era of his brother Bingu wa Mutharika. Mutharika at Habitat ground in Mzuzu on Thursday after touring feeder roads in the city declared that […]
Fire has gutted a property of former Malawi Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, whose shooting on 13 September 2013 led to the unravelling of the systematic looting of millions of government money dubbed ‘cashgate’. Eye witnesses told Nyasa Times Thursday evening that fire was spotted alight at the roof of the guest wing and was rip […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has said government will facilitate that parliamentary committees of Legal Affairs and Budget should meet weekend to scrutinise the Financial Crimes Bill so that it should be fast track scrutiny so that it can be brought back to House for approval. Gondwe tabled the Bill in the House […]
Former principal secretary in the Ministry of Tourism Tressa Senzani, the first convict in Cashgate scandal who recently walked to freedom after the Malawi Prisons Service (MPS) curtailed her prison term on the grounds of good behaviour, has died. Senzani, who was sentenced to nine months for theft and three years for money laundering after […]
The senior magistrate court in Lilongwe has found three senior police officers with a case to anwer on K45 million cashgate. Senior magistrate Patrick Chirwa said on Friday Vincent Nyondo, Elijah John Kachikuwo and Wilson Chatema have a case to answer on money laundering cases, abuse of office and other offences. They are accused of […]
Since the dawn of democracy in Malawi 22 years ago, successive ruling governments have created false or phantom projects by including them in the national budget for financing but the projects do not see light of the day. It seems vast resources for these projects are used for political machinations and acquisition of political party […]