The High Court in Lilongwe has revoked bail for ‘cashgate’ suspect, Kettie Kamwangala, following her failure to show up for a court trial at the Lilongwe High Court criminal division. The matter came before judge Fiona Mwale on January 21, 2020, under file number 43 of 2013 State versus Kettie Kamwangala but the judge reserved […]
Former agriculture minister and Mulanje South West parliamentarian, George Chaponda, is expected back to court in Zomba within 90 days but his defense lawyer has said his return is not related to corruption-related case regarding the Zambia maize purchase in 2016. Chaponda was arrested in July 2017, five months after President Peter Mutharika fired him […]
The State says it cannot confiscate the property of corruption convict Oswald Lutepo because of a court action. Ministry of Justice spokesperson Pilirani Masanjala said the state managed to seize Lutepo’s residence and office premises before the convict slapped the state with the court action to stop the seizure. A court four years ago […]
An extensive audit report has exposed rot in the country’s 10 foreign missions where K2 billion public money cannot be accounted. The recent National Audit Office report says the K2 billion cannot be accounted for due to weaknesses in the management of public finances. The audit report covers from 2013 to 2017 and shows daring […]
Lilongwe magistrates’ court has found a clinical officer with a case to answer for allegedly issuing a fake medical report to a cashgate suspect. Graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) public relations officer Egritta Ndala said the court found Charles Phiri, a senior clinical officer at Kamuzu central hospital with a case to answer. […]
High Court Judge Fiona Mwale has set October 29 2019 as a day to commence full trial of Capital Hill cashgate scandal involving Kettie Kamwangala who was charged with money laundering and theft of K28 million (about $70 000) from government between July and September 2013. She pleaded not guilty to both charges. Recently, High […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi once said “Amalawi sachedwa kuyiwala (Malawians forget quickly).” He was referring to the atrocities the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) committed during its 31 years in power under the reign of Kamuzu Banda. Ironically Muluzi was once MCP’s secretary general. In that position, he was the party’s second most influential man after […]
High Court in Lilongwe has ordered full disclosure of the bank account of cashgate suspect account of Kate Kamwangala by 2 August 2019. Judge Fiona Mwale made the order that that Kamwangala, who is facing charges of theft and money laundering K28 million, to comply in dislosing the details of the image cheque deposited in […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has confirmed an earlier Nyasa Times report that it has made a fresh arrest involving plunder of public resources widely known as Cashgate as officers have nabbed former procurement officer for the Ministry of Tourism, Oddoi Kamange, and the bureau is slapping him with money laundering and theft charges. ACB senior […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested former Senior Procurement officer in the Ministry of Tourism, Oddoi Kamange in relation to the plunder of public resources in 2013 widely known as Cashgate. Nyasa Times understands ACB officers arrested Kamange on Tuesday. Kamange was first named in the Magistrate court in 2013 by Smart Ndovi when she […]
Reverend Lazarus Chakwera, who is presidential candidate for the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is said to have received millions of Kwacha in campaign funding from the then ruling People’s Party (PP) during the 2014 elections, according to Patricia Kaliati, UTM Party Secretary General. Kaliati made the revelation in Mangochi, Sunday, during a rally held by […]
With less than three weeks ahead of the May 21 tripartite polls, some presidential hopefuls continue to exert pressure on the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government to have the ‘Cashgate’ cases reach logical conclusion soonest. For the opposition, the untried cashgates cases have helped them garner sizeable political mileage -in one way or another. […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has adjourned to May 18 2019 a K2.4 billion Cashgate case involving former budget director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others. The adjournment followed cross examination of Frank Mwangwaya, the chief accountant at the Accountant General and witness number 30 in the case.in which Mphwiyo and 18 others were charged with […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has sentenced 10 people convicted of stealing and sharing among themselves K201 million ($358,929) from the government in 2011 to between two and five years imprisonment. The convicts were involved in the theft and money laundering of K201 million ($358,929) from the then Ministry of Elderly and Disability Affairs through […]
Former Malawi president Joyce Banda (JB) has hitS back at the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for threatening to arrest her in relation to the looting of public resources at Capital Hill, dubbed Cashgate, saying government should should first arrest President Peter Mutharika and businessperson of Pioneer Investments Limited, Zameer Karim over what she called […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has denied that it coerced the ruling People’s Party (PP) for an electoral alliance but were rebuffed hence in retribution wants to arrest its leader Joyce Banda. DPP publicity secretary Nicholas Dausi, who is also Minister for Homeland Security, said his party has never spoken to PP because it […]
People’s Party (PP) has said threats by government that former President Joyce Banda’s warrant of arrest is still alive and valid are politically inspired because Banda has rebuffed governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for an electoral alliance. Addressing a news conference in Mzuzu on Saturday, PP spokesman Ackson Kalaile Banda, PP Vice President for Northern […]
Malawi’s former president Joyce Banda has dared the government to stop intimidating her with an arrest warrant over the infamous Cashgate scandal. Banda, who is also People’s Party (PP) president, directly addressing President Peter Mutharika and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), said: “I do not fear. In my vocabulary fear does not exist and […]