Former Cabinet minister Symon Vuwa Kaunda has been granted bail by Lilongwe’s principal resident magistrate Viva Nyimba. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is accusing Kaunda, who is Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)legislator for Nkhata Bay Central and served as minister of Lands during the Peter Mutharika administration, of abuse office when he allegedly influenced the sale of […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regional governor (South) Charles Mchacha has been formally charged with corruption offences when he appeared before Principal Resident Magistrate Viva Nyimba in Lilongwe and has since been released on bail waiting for consent from Director of Public Prosecution to proceed with the trial. Mchacha appeared at the court together with Ministry of […]
Former minister Charles Mchacha and ministry of defense principal secretary Bright Kumwembe appearance in court might delay as the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) wants to effect four more arrests, according to Nyasa Times sources. Mchacha was arrested on Sunday while the ACB pounced on Kumwembe on Monday. Nyasa Times sources say four more arrests are expected […]
Natural Resources Justice Network has opposed renewal of operating licence for Ilomba Mining Company which is mining granite in Chitipa district following allegations of corruption amid reports that the transaction is mired in allegations of bribes in excess of $300 000 to renew the licence for the foreign owned company to continue operating at the […]
Of one of the witnesses in the alleged bribery case against business mogul Thomson Mpinganjira., High Court Judge Mike Tembo has detailed the involvement of former president Peter Mutharika’s lead lawyer Frank Mbeta and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesperson Brown Mpinganjira in the bribery case. Tembo, who was among five judges who presided over the […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has said the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) should carry out an investigation into the procurement process that led to the awarding of a contract to Jiangsu Suzhong Construction Group Company Limited by the Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) that s K1.6 billion higher than the lowest […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is turning businessperson Shafee Ahmed Chunara—arrested in connection with the cement importation saga— to become prosecution witness against former president Peter Mutharika’s security aide Norman Chisale on charges linked to alleged abuse of duty-free status of a sitting president. The 26-year-old entrepreneur was arrested and charged with fraud in which he was accused […]
Uladi Mussa, a former president Peter Mutharika’s adviser, has said he is a victim of “miscarriage of justice” for his conviction alongside a former senior immigration officer and said he will file an appeal. He was sentenced by High Court in Lilongwe to six years in prison after he was found guilty of corruption linked […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has said it would be imperative for government to blacklist companies and individuals who have been defrauding Malawians, in all sorts of manners, so that would-be offenders can be deterred. In a statement issued Thursday, and signed by national coordinator, Gift Trapance, and regional chairpersons, HRDC said it was appalled […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has sentenced former cabinet minister Uladi Mussa to six years in jail after he was found guilty in a corruption trial linked to the passport case. Mussa, who served as Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security during the two-year tenure of president Joyce Banda between April 2012 and May […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Reyneck Matemba has said that the bureau will investigate suspicious payment by State House for its four foreign guests allegedly for inflating figures for business at Crossroads Hotel at its Lilongwe unit. Crossroads Hotel earlier issued a statement dismissing an earlier Nyasa Times report, saying the hotel has had […]
Malawi has lost more than K1 trillion to corruption in just four months this year from July, according to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) update into progress on allegations of plunder at the heart of the country’s government. The graft-busting body has revealed that since July this year they have received about 181 cases but it has, […]
Home Affairs Minister Richard Chimwendo has assured the nation that the K2.7 billion Malawi Police Service (MPS) food rations deal case involving businessperson Zameer Karim and two senior police officers will go to court soon. The three—Karim, Commissioner of Police Innocent Bottoman and Senior Superintendent Grant Kachingwe—are accused of conspiring to use public office for […]
“We want to destroy everything, not rebuild on the same rubble. We have different ideas. It is like any work. You must start with a clean slate. Then, you have a programme, a new way of thinking. It is a way of thinking. Not a restoration. Political parties out; and citizens not politicians, in.” Sounds […]
Uladi Mussa is not the first, among his average, to suffer a court conviction after a thorough prosecution of having abused office during time he was entrusted with leadership. The list is long. However, Mussa’s predicament comes hot on the heels corruption fight in the current Tonse Alliance government led by President Lazarus Chakwera. Just few […]
Livingstonia Synod of Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) has implored on President Lazarus Chakwera match the anti-corruption rhetoric with action to ensure speedy prosecution of cases and recover the ill-gotten wealth. The synod’s outgoing general secretary Levi Nyondo speaking on Sunday at Mpherembe congregation in Mzimba where the church graduated 16 clerics in marriage issues, […]
Frustrated with Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and Malawi Police Service zero-pace in prosecuting corruption cases, Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has written Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mary Kachale to jack up the system. In a letter dated 8 October 11, 2020, HRDC says since around July 2020, there have been a large number of high […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers – mostly those belonging to the faction of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Kondwani Nankhumwa on Thursday took turns confessions sins of their regime that it institutionalised corruption in favour of Malawians of Asian origin to buy land and be favoured in procurement. They were contributing to a private member’s motion […]