Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested lawyer Ishmael Chioko in relation to the “cashgate” scandal, a systematic looting of public money, Nyasa Times has learnt. ACB confirmed the arrest of Chioko, saying he was nabbed following leads after the arrest of the country’s former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo and his wife Thandi Chioko arrests comes […]
Former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo on Tuesday was spending another in police custody over 48 hours after his bail application was adjourned on Wednesday but his wife Thandie was granted bail after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) formally charge her. ACB recorded statement s from Mrs Mphwiyo and appeared before Lilongwe Chief Resident […]
Former ruling People’s Party (PP) spokesman Hophmally Makande has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Tuesday morning after he turned himself in. According to ACB spokesman Egritta Ndala, Makande handed himself over to the bureau after he heard that the body was looking for him in Blantyre. Nyasa Times had earlier reported that Makande, Brown […]
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 […]
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 main victim and casualty of Malawi’s ‘cashgate’ scandal the country’s former Budget Director PaulMphwiyo is under investigation by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to establish whether he was involved and benefitted from the plunder of billions of the public funds. Mphwiyo survived a shooting incident right at his house which reportedly aimed as silencing the […]
Former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, at the centre of massive looting of billions of kwachas of government money, surprised revelers at DBR Gaming Casino in the affluent suburbs of Lilongwe’s area 10 when he gambled the machines a cool K1 million in cash last Thursday. Mphwiyo, whose shooting on September 13, 2013 revealed the massive […]
The Lilongwe High Court has adjourned the case in which lawyer Ralph Kasambara, Pika Manondo, Dauka Manondo and others are answering charges of attempted murder and conspiracy to murder former budget director Paul Mphwiyo to November 12. The case will run for three days up to November 14. One of the defence team lawyers Wapona Kita […]
The State has added businessman Oswald Lutepo, the chief suspect in the systematic plunder of government money, dubbed ‘cashgate’, as one of the accused persons in an attempted murder case of former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo. Lutepo now joins lawyer Ralph Kasambara, Pika Manondo, Dauka Manondo and others answering to the same charges. Director of Public […]
Glens Waterways Limited (GWL) has described a news article that appeared in The Nation of August 8, 2014, headlined ‘Kasambara takes on Mphwiyo’ as “malicious and false”. The company also says there was “gross mispresentation” of facts concerning alleged payments made to GWL. In the said article, the paper reported accused person Ralph Kasambara (in […]
“The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort”–Confucius The temptation was fever high to ‘muckrake’ what was happening between Area 3 and Area 43 in Lilongwe during the past week. The Paul Mphwiyo-Ralph Kasambara duel is stuff for the movies. But they say we may not substantially comment on on-going […]
The High Court in Lilongwe on Friday adjourned the case o f the attempted murder of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo in which lawyer Ralph Kasambara, businessperson Pika Manondo, Dauka Manondo, Robert Kadzuwa and Macdonald Kumwembe are charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The suspects have pleaded not guilty to charges. […]
The High Court in Lilongwe on Thursday afternoon ordered gun-shot survivor former budget director Paul Mphwiyo to help the state to trace a Toyota Fortuner registration ZA 7171 . The vehicle was the center of the cross-examination the whole day since it was the one Mphwiyo used the night he was shot, and was damaged in the […]
Former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo on Thursday politician-cum –lawyer Henry Phoya to the list of some ministers who were pressurising him to approve payments to some companies, among them Glens Waterways and Deco/Terrastone which was claiming K9 billion. During his first day of testifying as a witness in his shooting case at the High […]
The defence lawyers on Wednesday night tried to poke holes in the highly emotional testimony of gun-shot survivor former Malawi Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo in his shooting case. The High Court in Lilongwe Wednesday close to midnight moved to the residence of Mphwiyo in Area 43 the scene of his shooting. The […]
Two top Peoples Party (PP) strongmen gave gunshot survivor and former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo 10 days to authorise payments or risk his life. The two big shots are party’s Vice-President for the South Brown Mpinganjira and former party spokesperson Hophmally Makande. Mphwiyo was testifying in court on Wednesday in a case in which car […]