Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has said it has concluded investigation with the K2.7 billion Malawi Police Service (MPS) food rations scam in which Pioneer Investments made an abortive interest claim of K466 million and deposited K145 million into the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) bank account at Standard Bank whose sole signatory is President Peter Mutharika. “We concluded […]
Malawi’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Pioneer Investments—a firm suspected to have fraudulently supplied food rations at Malawi Police — on Monday submitted to the High Court in Blantyre to dismiss the K145 million case because the petitioner, Youth and Society (YAS) has no locus standi [sufficient interest]. The K145 million issue came to […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will return the K145 million donation is received from Pioneer Investments suspected to have been proceeds of crime in Malawi Police Service (MPS) food rations scam, party spokesperson Nicholas Dausi has said. Briefing the press in Lilongwe on Saturday, Dausi said the party has decided to return the money […]
The High Court in Blantyre on Friday condemned the Youth and Society (YAS) to costs for causing an adjournment in a high profile case of K2.7 billion policegate case and will have to pay the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Pioneer Investments (PI) and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). When the case – which also involves President […]
The High Court in Blantyre has ordered Nation Bank of Malawi to freeze the account held by Piooner Investment (PI) Limited linked to K2.7 million Malawi Police food ration scam following an application by the Youth and Society (YAS)—on behalf of Malawians—that the company has a corruption case to answer. The order has the governing […]
A Malawian private practice lawyer says it would be difficult to convict Pioneer Investments on the Malawi Police Service (MPS) food ration scam based on the evidence that the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has compiled on the case. Speaking exclusively to Nyasa Times, the lawyer, who refused to be named due to the sensitivity of the […]
Civil society organisations (CSOs) are pressing for an emergency Parliament meeting so that President Peter Mutharika can be summoned to answer impeachment charges over allegations that he may have benefitted from K145 million that a supplier involved in the K2.7 billion Malawi Police food rations scam deposited in a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) account for which he […]
Mzuzu-based Youth and Society (YAS) has again written another letter through Ritz Attorneys-at-Law to Attorney General Charles Mhango querying him why his office committed government to pay CDH Investment Bank , on behalf of a private contractor – Pioneer Investments (PI) Limited in the k2.7 billion Malawi Police Service (MPS) food rations deal. A leaked […]
President Peter Mutharika returns home from a high level Comesa summit held in Zambia just to find demands from rights activists to refund to government K145 million that was deposited into a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) account by Pioneer Investments (PI) Limited for which he is the sole signatory, or risk a civil lawsuit. The […]
Practising lawyer and People’s Transformation Party (Petra) president Kamuzu Chibambo has called for an independent probe on whether all the 500 000 food rations were delivered to the Malawi police or not in a K1.7 billion public money plunder that has shocked the nation. Chibambo said there was need to find out if all the […]
Quasi religious body, the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has added its voice to calls for President Peter Mutharika to step aside following reports that his party has benefitted from public money loot through a dubious police contract of food supply. PAC spokesperson Reverend Father Peter Mulomole was referring to a K145 million deposited in the […]
A leaked document from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) which suggests President Peter Mutharika may have benefitted from K145 million that a supplier deposited in a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) account at Standard Bank for which he is the sole signatory has dominated Malawi media on Saturday. “Police mess snares DPP” was the headline in Weekend […]
In a twist of events, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has distanced itself from a document purportedly a detailed a report on corruption involving the Malawi Police Service and businessman Zameer Karim trading as Pioneer Investments which has gone viral. A statement released by the bureau on Friday apparently in reaction to the social media […]
A leaked “secret” Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Investigations Report into company owned by filthy rich Asians, Pioneer Investment, which is now at the heart of a lucrative forged documents of senior government officials on supplier deals recommends prosecution of its director Zameer Karim who donated a total amount of MK145 million to ruling Democratic Progressive Party […]
Auditor General Stephenson Kamphasa has told Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that he has withdrawn his earlier endorsement over a K567 million interest payout controversy involving Pioneer Investment and with Malawi Police Service (MPS) over food rations. Kamphasa, who was appearing to the committee on the matter for the second time, said on Wednesday that he […]
Auditor General Stepheson Kamphasa has been summoned to appear again before the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to explain his endorsement over a K567 million interest payout controversy involving Pioneer Investment and with Malawi Police Service (MPS). Pioneer Investment is a company linked to Zahir Karim, whose family is accused of corrupting state contracts. According to documents […]
It never rains but it pours for a company owned by filthy rich Asians, Pioneer Investment, which is now at the heart of a lucrative forged documents of senior government officials on supplier deals as Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is currently investigating a a K567 million interest payout controversy with Malawi Police Service (MPS). Nyasa Times understands […]
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) suspects “clear collusion” between Malawi Police officials and some top ranking government officers with food supplier Pioneer Investment over a K567 million interest payout controversy which has been branded as grand fraud to siphon public funds. PAC chairperson Alekeni Menyani observed this after his committee quizzed s Inspector General (IG) of the […]