The House of Lords in Britain will debate a Motion on aid to Malawi on Thursday, Nyasa Times learnt in London. Peers will debate the motion to be led by Lord Jack McConnell and Baroness Lindsay Patricia NorthoveR. McConnell, Scotland’s former first minister, was named a future British High Commissioner to Malawi but never got the […]
Former deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Nelson Bophani, who was also chairing the Investigation Committee on the “cashgate” scandal, a systematic looting of public money, has been earmarked for arrest , Nyasa Times understands. Bophani is among suspects targeted for arrests who include top civil servant, politicians Brown Mpinganjira and Hophmally Makande. Anti Corruption Bureau […]
Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is yet to place charges on the country’s former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo and his wife Thandi despite the two spending more than 48 hours in police custody following their arrest last week. The anti-corruption is also yet to charge the newly appointed director of Office of Directorate of […]
The parliament’s Public Appointments Committee (PAC) has rejected claims that it was warned about director of Public Assets Declaration Christopher Tukula’s criminal record before his appointment. Tukula, a lawyer by profession, was arrested on Friday evening for allegedly interfering with investigations into the ongoing cases on Cashgate, the plunder of public resources at Capital Hill. There has […]
Malawi government has said it has switched on computer laboratory which is used for training of Ifmis [the Integrated Financial Management Information System] users after containing a a fire scare that affected the office late on Saturday evening. Spokesman of Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and Develeopment, Nations Msowoya, said the servers were shut […]
“So they want us to think stupid; So they want us to feel stupid; That’s how they want us to be” –Burning Spear I think Reyneck Matemba, the Anti-Corruption Bureau Deputy Director, has a lot of explanation to do for letting ‘Cashgatress’ Theresa Namathanga Senzani get off with a mere slap on the wrist for […]
Malawi’s former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara who is answering charges over the shooting of a former budget director Paul Mphwiyo and another offence of money laundering in connection with the infamous cashgate scandal, has been euphoric with the arrest of Mphwiyo and his wife. Mphwiyo and his wife Thandie were detained by the Anti-Corruption Bureau […]
Malawi former budget director Paul Mphwiyo and his wife Thandie were on Saturday arrested by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) and we’re charged with money laundering and theft offences. ACB deputy director Renwick Matemba said Mphwiyo is also suspected of conspiracy to defeat the course of justice. Matemba said more arrests are looming involving the […]
The newly-appointed Director of Public Officers’ Declarations Christopher Tukula was on Friday 17th October, 2014, arrested by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) . The corruption-busting body’s spokesperson Egrita Ndala said in a statement that Tukula was arrested for allegedly interfering with investigations the on-going ‘cashgate’ cases. “The Bureau had established that Mr. Tukula was interfering with […]
Former Accounts Assistant in government Victor Sithole has become another civil servant to be convicted of stealing millions of public money, dubbed cashgate scandal. Sithole, 27, was charged with being found in possession of unexplained cash suspected to have been stolen amounting to K112 million, $31 800 (about K13.6 million) and R122 400 (about K4.5 million) in […]
The High Court in Zomba has dismissed former President Joyce Banda’s injunction stopping main cashgate suspect Osward Lutepo accessing her call logs. Banda earlier this month Banda obtained injunction preventing the release of her call logs, arguing that producing such information “will be intruding in her privacy.” On Friday Judge Radson Kapindu reinstated the earlier court […]
Malawi former president Joyce Banda has asked High Court in Zomba to withdraw her intention to join the of cashgate suspect Osward Lutepo’s money laundering case as an interested party. Banda made application after obtaining an injunction preventing the release of her call logs to main suspect in the cashgate scandal and business tycoon Lutepo […]
Malawi former president Joyce Banda has applauded her successor Peter Mutharika for continuing with what she started on crackdown into the biggest financial scandal in Malawi’s history called cashgate. Banda, during a lecture at the prestigious London School of Economics and Police Science on Wednesday evening said former EU envoy to Malawi Alexander Baum played a vital role in […]
In the last three weeks or so I have written few articles as well as commentary on social media, mostly on Twitter and Tumblr, on what I consider social, economic and political injustices in Malawi. I believe there is a silent warfare going on in the country, failure in governance, poor service delivery and security […]
It is welcome news that British aid to Malawi has produced a forensic audit of Malawi government accounts by Baker Tilly and that German aid is about to produce another similar audit by Price Waterhouse. Maybe there will be some more arrests. Maybe the reports will be made public. It is certain that Aid-money will […]
Teresa Namathanga Senzani, the first person convicted in a 2013 government scandal involving corruption, looting and the theft of more than $30 million in public funds, who was sentenced to a three-year jail by the Malawi High Court has applied for bail pending her appeal on sentencing. Senzani made the application Monday in Lilongwe through […]
Germany government has funded a comprehensive forensic audit of ministries and departments covering the period between 2009 and 2012 under the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rule in what is being christened as ‘DPP K92bn cashgate’ scandal. Germany has given EUR18 240 000.00 (K 9.76 billion) to conduct an audit into the fraud. “The German-funded audit is to […]
Former finance minister and one of the May 20 flops in the presidential elections, Friday Jumbe has said political leaders who met President Peter Mutharika on Thursday at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre advised the Malawi leader to avoid being extravagant on hard- earned tax payers money. Jumbe said they advised Mutharika to implement fiscal discipline […]