Minister of Finance, Ecoomic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has reassured the National Assembly that government will release the names of suspects in what is known as Malawi’s Cashgate—a K13 billion public finance scandal that rocked the country last year. Gondwe told parliament on Monday after Malawi Congress Party (MCP) MP for Lilongwe Msodzi South, Dzoole Mwale asked to […]
As expected, Heatherwick Ntaba, the party’s supreme propagandist, led the team.uring the campaign period, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) capitalised every moment to spin the Cashgate scandal as capital punishment meant to confuse Joyce Banda, presidential bid. At every rally he spoke, Ntaba’s job stopped at creating an apparent ‘thief’ of JB. He could show-not […]
Former ruling People’s Party (PP) has backed the call by the leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera for government to prosecute individuals who looted public resources in the previous Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration while continuing with investigations into the 2012/13 Cashgate under PP rule. In PP’s contribution to the responses to the nation address, Ralph […]
Malawi’s opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi has persuaded President Peter Mutharika to walk the talk on his pledge to deal with Cashgate corruption scandal with no selective justice, saying a government can only prove its seriousness by dealing with issues like cashgate. In a well-articulated response to President Peter Mutharika’s State of […]
Leader of Opposition, Rev Dr Lazarous Chakwera on Thursday told Parliament the crackdown on corruption should not be selective, saying the Cashgate scandal started during the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) era through to former Peoples Party (PP) and that full course of justice should take its course. Chakwera was responding to President Peter Mutharika’s Tuesday’s […]
Six Marco Pollo buses suspected to have been bought using Capital Hill cashgate money siphoned through the Ministry of Tourism remain parked at the National Police Headquarters at Area 30 in Lilongwe. Nyasa Times found the buses still parked at Police after other alleged the buses have been released and that they are currently plying […]
Government has commissioned the Auditors General to institute comprehensive audit on Malawi Defence Force (MDF), Malawi Police Service and State residences. The auditing exercise is coming on the background of rampant abuse of office and massive looting of public exercises in several government ministries, departments, the State residences and security institutions during Peoples Party (PP) […]
After former Malawian President Joyce Banda has indicated that she will not quit politics as she will be leading People’s Party (PP) in rebuilding process for 2019 elections, the government is rolling its wheels that she should face an arrest for alleged offenses signalled by the new President Peter Mutharika. Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) boss Justice […]
Businessperson Pika Manondo who is one of the suspects in former Malawi budget director shooting has been allowed to go home on bail after Supreme Court Judge Jane Ansah gave bail conditions on Tuesday. Justice Ansah imposed a K200, 000 cash bail bond on Manondo and that he should provide two sureties each bonded K500, […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika will not have sacred cows in its bid to combat corruption in the country. Mutharika in his address during the opening of Parliament in the capital Lilongwe on Tuesday said a successful fight against corruption will inevitably ensure accountability, responsibility, transparency and good corporate governance both in public and private sectors. […]
Some Members of Parliament, civil society leaders and party representatives are calling on the National Assembly to act responsibly and objectively in dealing with the issues of cashgate corruption scandal starting with audits from 2005 and the 2010 audit which revealed K92 billion was abused. An audit revealed that in 2010 at least 92 billion […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s vice-president (Central Region) Hetherwick Ntaba, has said the Peter Mutharika administration will pursue the corruption Cashgate and Jetgate scandals to their logical conclusion and should be construed as political vendetta. Speaking to national broadcaster MBC, Ntaba said President Mutharika offered a political olive branch to his opponents, including his […]
President Peter Mutharika is to make appointments of new head of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to be confirmed by Parliament and Allan Z. Ntata has come out as hot favourite for the top job of the country’s graft bursting body to replace Justice Renzine Mzikamanda, Nyasa Times understands. Ntata, a law barrister who had previously worked […]
Group Chief Executive Officer of conglomerate Press Corporation Limited, Matthews Chikaonda has tipped the Peter Mutharika government to conduct a complete overhaul of financial management systems in government. Chikaonda, a former Malawi minister of Finance and Economic Planning and Development, speaking at the two day Association of Business Journalists (ABJ )Annual General Meeting held in […]
Press Officer during Joyce Banda’s tenure as President, Tusekele Mwanyongo, has said the indication by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) that it is ready to pounce on Banda on corruption charges if there will be claims against her, smack of fast-track political witch-hunting. Banda’s administration was hit by K61 billion corruption scandal, dubbed ‘Cashgate’, after large amounts […]
British High Commissioner to Malawi, Michael Nevin, has said the UK government looks forward to working with new Malawi President Prof. Peter Mutharika and his government in ensuring public sector reforms and crackdown on Cashgate corruption scandal where billions were looted at Capital Hill. The previous DPP government of Bingu wa Mutharika, Peter’s brother, expelled […]
Malawi’s development partners under the Common Approach to Budgetary Support (CABS) say they will make a position when to resume funding after they appreciate the commitment of the new administration of Peter Mutharika in addressing the concerns they raised over the country’ public finance management. The CABS chairperson Alexander Baum told a local radio that […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has vowed to prosecute corrupt people regardless of their status and pledged to pursues the Capital Hill cash-gate scandal and bring justice without shielding any “master”. Mutharika in his inauguration speech bat Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on Monday said his government would fight corruption in all its forms with commitment and […]