The twin-evil of bribery and corruption in Malawi continue to ravage every fabric of the society that is worrying, Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), an arm of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), has said. Outlining the Commission’s concerns regarding current events in the country in a statement, CCJP national secretary Chris Chisoni said one […]
Constitutional law expert Justine Dzonzi of Justice Link has noted that government in politically influencing the ongoing corruption cashgate scandal investigations and prosecution, saying the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) should tread carefully with the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footages of private meetings between former leader Joyce Banda and suspect Oswald Lutepo. Minister of Information Kondwani Nankhumwa […]
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has denied knowing anything about the purported Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage which Minister of Information, Kondwani Nankhumwa said government has submitted to the graft-busting body showing former president Joyce Banda meetings with cashgate suspect Oswald Lutepo. ACB deputy director Reyneck Matemba said on Thursday the bureau is not aware of the […]
Claims by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government that it has in possession of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage showing former president Joyce Banda meeting chief cashgate suspect, Oswald Lutepo, are only a creation to implicate the former Head of State in the infamous financial scandal, it has been learnt. Information Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa told […]
Minister of Information and government spokesman Kondwani Nankhumwa has told a news conference in the capital Lilongwe that government had assembled 33 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Footage showing a series of meetings Former President Joyce Banda and cashgate suspect Osward Lutepo held at State Residences in Lilongwe, Blantyre, Mzuzu and Mangochi. He said government had […]
Without initiative, says Bo Bennet, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions. This has never been more spot-on for Malawi except that ‘workers occupying leadership positions’ actually ‘work’ to earn their keep. In Malawi, ‘workers in leadership positions’ do nothing except sitting and scheming how to pinch the odd donor buck, if NAC-gate is anything […]
Malawi is among the most corrupt countries in the world, a report released by an anti-graft global watchdog shows. The country has been ranked 110th among 175 countries in terms of the Corruption Perceptions in 2014 Global Corruption Barometer released by Transparency International (TI) on December 3 2014. The Berlin-based group’s table is the most […]
Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) is reorganising the prosecuting team of the Malawi’s cashgate scandal and the special state prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu has been taken out from handling the cases, Nyasa Times understands. Sources at Ministry of Justice told Nyasa Times that Nyasuslu who was handling the cases with another special prosecutor Enock Chibwana, a […]
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs 29:18 It never rains, but it pours! That’s the only way to describe the predicament that has befallen the APM administration barely 6 months into its term of office, with increasing revelations of unethical behavior amidst a national financial catastrophe. It has, over a very short […]
Councillors in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga together with chiefs and Members of Parliament have stop attending government meetings that are being conducted at the council as a way of persuading government to extend its cash gate investigations to the district level. Stakeholders in the district feel Karonga was amongst the district where looting […]
It is now over two months since Malawi’s former President, Joyce Banda, left the country for her international engagements. However, there has recently been no publicity on her activities or her whereabouts triggering rumours, including that she is avoiding a possible arrest over cashgate. Rumour also has it that Banda is seeking to renew her […]
Businessman and chiefcashgate suspect OswaldLutepo has his legs paralysed and in a wheelchair. Lutepo had been at Kamuzu Central Hospital where he has been receiving treatment after his arrest on fresh charges of tax evasion last week. Sources said he had a problem with his nervous system and has a paralysis of his legs. “He […]
Auditor General Stephenson Kamphasa has told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament that his office alongside audit firm PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PwC) has commenced the K92 billion investigations into the forensic audit covering 2009 to 2013. A comprehensive forensic audit of ministries and departments covering the period between 2009 and 2012 under the Democratic Progressive […]
Businessman and cashgate suspect Oswald Lutepo’s has been granted bail on tax evasion charges after he was taken ill at Kamuzu Central Hospital but his cashgate tainted companies appear also in the K92 billion DPP-era cashgate “audit querry.” His lawyer Oswald Mtupila said his client remains unwell as he is “still complaining of some chest […]
Businessman and cashgate suspect Oswald Lutepo’s conscience is apparently bearing down on him. He has been placed on suicide watch at Kamuzu Central Hospital where he’s receiving treatment after his arrest on fresh charges of tax evasion. Police guarding Lutepo said he was depressed and was on suicide watch after he surrended himself to the […]
Forum for National Development (FND) has slammed the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and government for what it termed as selective justice in prosecuting people who are allegedly involved in pilfering of public funds christened as cashgate. In a statement signed by FND chairperson Bright Kampaundi and National Coordinator Fryson Chodzi, the organization said it has noted […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament in Lilongwe on Monday to update Parliament on progress of the pilfering of government money – cashgate -in what officials told legislatures there is no official recorded statement from suspect Oswald Lutepo implicating former president Joyce Banda. Lutepo gave […]
Chief Cashgate suspect Oswald Lutepo was nabbed by Police on Monday for tax evasion charges and became seriously ill after being arrested. He was rushed to Kamuzu Central Hospital in the evening for suspected high blood pressure. Nyasa Times reported Friday that public tax collector, Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) obtained an arrest warrant for Lutepo […]