A new suspect in the K2.4 billion money laundering case in which former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo is among the accused, IT expert Steve Likhunya-Phiri has been released on bail by High Court in Lilongwe. Phiri was arrested December 2 2015, is accused number seven among 19 suspects after Director of Public […]
The sentencing of cashgate convict Caroline Savala, who was found guilty of siphoning K84 million, has delayed as Judge Fiona Mwale is not giving her determination despite a sentencing hearing and mitigation in September. State Prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu submitted to court that Savala was aware that she was stealing public money by lending her company […]
Patriotism, hard work and honesty are some of the key factors that need to be entrenched within Malawi’s social fabric if the fight against corruption is going to yield desirable results, says President Peter Mutharika. Speaking on Thursday in Mulanje during the commemoration of International Anti-Corruption Day, the President emphasized on the two virtues as […]
Former budget director in the ministry of finance and gun-shot survivor Paul Montfort Mphwiyo and his 17 other suspects in the K2.4 billion cashgate case have failed to take plea on Thursday at Lilongwe High Court as prosecutors added another suspect in the case. Mphwiyo was expected to take plea to four charges that was […]
The Lilongwe Resident Magistrate Court has sentenced three years imprisonment businessperson Esnart Nenani Ndovi following her conviction on her own plea of guilty over a Cashgate transaction amounting to K12.9 million ($23,035). After her own plea, the court convicted Ndovi on charges of money laundering which attracts a maximum sentence of 10 years and lending […]
Church led civil society organisation, the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) says President Peter Mutharika fight against corruption is compromised because the graft busting body, the Anti Corruption is not free from political influence. PAC chairman Felix Chimgota said Wednesday that the fight against corruption is not yielding results as expected. “During the tripartite elections, all […]
There has been a massive K 1 billion fraud detected at Malawi’s sugar giant Illovo Sugar (Malawi) Limited with its assistant general manager (Marketing) Walter Nyamilandu Manda and national sales manager Peter Mtokale implicated. Nyasa Times understands that the two officers were called for an internal hearing last week and have been suspended from work […]
Rumphi east MP Kamlepo Kalua has asked Local Government minister Kondwani Nankhumwa to apologise to him for allegedly linking him to the infamous cashgate. Kalua had stood up on a point of order on Tuesday to challenge Nankhumwa why he kept on saying that the government could not go ahead with some projects due to […]
Finance minister Goodall Gondwe says government is looking for a more reliable, high capacity and high speed software for the integrated financial management systems, IFMS. Gondwe said this Thursday in parliament as he assured Malawians that the government is doing all it can to avert a repeat of the infamous cashgate when some civil servants […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) will commemorate this year’s International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9 in Mulunje district under the theme ‘Patriotism: Key to fighting Corruption’. The Bureau used to commemorate the national anti-corruption day on February 5, but they have changed to December 9 to move and match with the World Corruption Day, according to […]
Opposition legislators on Wednesday pressurised Speaker Richard Msowoya to allow the House debate a K577 billion cashgate report after Finance minister Goodall Gondwe presented the government report. Gondwe presented a comprehensive report to parliament which contained, among others, replies to cashgate queries from the House. After presenting the report, Speaker Msowoya told the House that […]
Malawi Parliament has approved a government bill to enact new law to regulate procurement profession which will help get rid of quacks within the profession and hence get rid of corruption. The bill which was tabled by Minister of Finance, Goodall Gondwe was approved to establish the Malawi Institute of Procurement and Supply an Institute […]
Chief Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo was on Monday transferred from Zomba Mikuyu prison to Chichiri prison in Blantyre. Malawi Prison Service Public Relations Officer, Evance Phiri could not deny or confirm the issue when contacted by Nyasa Times. But one of senior Chichiri Prison officers confided in Nyasa Times that Lutepo has been moved to the penal […]
Former budget director Paul Mphwiyo Tuesday walked out to freedom after spending nine days in police custody, temporarily though as the State has hinted he faces several cases which can lead him back to prison. The High Court in Lilongwe granted bail to Mphwiyo in a K2 million bond on Monday but could not get […]
As species, humans are greedy, it’s in our DNA. As a society, it is an actuality, Malawians are corrupt. I’ll be the first to admit it. On numerous occasions I have paid off or palm-oiled an official to get my way. I’m not proud of it, but at least, I’m man enough to admit it. […]
President Peter Mutharika has hit at his critics who say Malawi traditional donors who pulled out their budgetary support as misguided and mentally disturbed. At a political rally on Saturday in Mangochi, Mutharika insisted the donors have gone for good to attend to their problems in their own countries. “I hear someone in parliament say […]
Paul Montfort Mphwiyo, the former budget director at the finance ministry, would obstruct justice if freed pending trial, prosecutors said at his bail hearing. Mphwiyo remains in police custody since his arrest on Saturday as High Court is yet to rule whether he is going to be given bail or not following the state plea […]
A panel of theee Supreme Court of Appeal Justices Rezine Mzikamanda, Lovemore Chikopa and Anthony Kamanga will determine the appeal of one of the key Cashgate convicts, Maxwell Namata, asking for an acquittal and has called for for submissions form his lawyers and the State on their arguments within 21 days. Namata and his accomplice […]