Malawi Police Services (MPS) Fiscal and Fraud Section is set to make more arrests in connection with a $7 million cement import scandal using former president Peter Mutharika’s duty free status as Mutharika’s security aide Norman Paulosi Chisale has been slapped with fraud and money laundering charges . Chisale was informed of his charges when he […]
The terrific tale with Malawi is that it’s a nation always on the fast lane, pulling a 280 km/hour, cruising fast and dangerous towards where it has always been. This country always gives an impression of progressing but, let’s face facts, there is hardly anything to that regards. This country, just like its borders, is […]
Former minister Yunus Mussa has observed that the spate of arrests in cement import scandal and others defrauding government in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regime is giving the impression that it is only indigenous Malawians who can be kept in police cells while Malawians of Asian origin on the list of suspects are only […]
Entrepreneur and socialist Dorothy Shonga, who owns D.C Brand Cloud, a local branding and marketing company, popularly known as ‘Cash-Madam’ is on the spotlight after being implicated in bootleg deals at Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA). Shonga took to social media to confirm that her residence was raided by Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and Malawi […]
Minister of Information Gospel Kazako has said the spate of arrest on suspected people to have looted public resources or were involved in criminal activities during in the immediate past Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regime are not politically motivated. The DPP spokesperson Nicholous Dausi has claimed that the Tonse Alliance administration were concentrating their efforts […]
The Anti-corruption bureau (ACB) has said people who plundered public funds will be arrested without mercy, saying the graft-busting body is not involved in any witch-hunting and they will not do selective prosecution as looters in the immediate past Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regime will face the law as well as those who do so […]
Known for her passion, dedication, transparency, accountability and hard work in whatever she does, newly sworn-in Deputy Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Abida Sidik Mia, has fired a warning shot, charging that corruption, which is synonymous with land transactions at the ministry, will be dealt with without fear or favor. Abida, herself a […]
A new cabinet in Malawi was sworn-in on Friday with President Lazarus Chakwera warning 31 of his newly hired ministers and their deputies against corruption, saying he would not spare anyone found abusing their positions. Chakwera said at Bingu International Convention Centre during the swearing in of new ministers in what he called ‘Transition Cabinet’ that they should […]
Citizen for Transformation Movement (CFT) leader Timothy Mtambo has urged government to probe cases which stalled during former president Peter Mutharika’s regime to be in tune with President Lazarus Chakwera’s mantra of clearing the rubble to fix the ruins of the nation. Mtambo said this at a news conference he held in Lilongwe on Wednesday. […]
Tanzania’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan says Malawi has set an exemplary maturity of democracy for Africa and that President Lazarus Chakwera’s resolve to root out corruption is admirable. Speaking to journalists after attending President Chakwera’s inauguration ceremony at Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe, Suluhu Hassan hailed Chakwera’s resolve to fight corruption and submission to following […]
The former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara has advised the Lazarus Chakwera government to act, swiftly, against everyone who looted public money during the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regime. Writing on his Facebook account on Monday afternoon, Kasambala said since Malawi has a new Minister of Finance, Minister of Homeland Security and Attorney […]
The Blantyre Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday committed to the High Court the corruption-related case against business tycoon Thom Mpinganjira. The committal came after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director Reyneck Matemba asked the court to commit the case to the High Court, saying the bureau is ready for trial. Chief Resident Magistrate Simeon Mdeza has since […]
The Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) has advised the new President Lazarus Chakwera that his administration should ensure that it tackles corruption. Ecama president Lauryn Nyasulu said: “Curbing corruption is crucial now more than ever.” Former president Peter Mutharika lost the elections partly for failing the country on fighting corruption. Mutharika administration’s failed to arrest […]
Malawi’s new President Lazarus Chakwera, a Pentecostal pastor-turned-politician, who was sworn in on Sunday in the capital Lilongwe after winning the first opposition victory in a court-sanctioned fresh elections has vowed to fight corruption as the country struggles against joblessness and a flagging economy. Chakwera said he wants to provide leadership that makes everybody prosper, […]
The Joint Civil Society Observer Mission has urged a new government to be formed after the fresh presidential elections to bolster the fight against corruption amid the many scandals that have erupted involving public officials. The grouping which included Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), Women’s Legal Resources Centre (WOLREC), Youth Net and Counseling (YONECO), Church […]
Tonse Alliance torchbearer in the forthcoming fresh Lazarus Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader, has said he is ready to usher in the change Malawi needs among others to genuinely fight corruption, end nepotism and impunity – which he accused the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government of perpetuating the vices. Chakwera […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, who is leading nine opposition political parties in an electoral ticket branded Tonse Alliance, has said Parliament which starts meeting in Lilongwe from Friday has a big responsibility of ensuring that legislators represents the interest of Malawi first, than their party’s and personal interests. Chakwera in his address […]
Vice President Salous Chilima has assured Malawians that Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarous Chakwera and the Tonse Alliance will mount a vigorous fight against corruption and nepotism in the country and at Capital Hill once voted into power. Speaking at a rally at Mtakataka in Dedza on Saturday, Chilima said rampant corruption and […]