President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed Reyneck Matemba as new Solicitor General and Secretary to Justice after his three-year contract at Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) as director general expired on December 1 2020. Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) had not announced the appointment by Malawi Talk online publication tweeted the news and posted on its online publication […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is expected to have new director general as the current holder Reyneck Matemba three-year contract at the graft busting body expired on December 1 2020 and wrote government that he would not be seeking a renewal. President Lazarus Chakwera, who is the appointing authority for the bureau’s director general, according to Section […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Reyneck Matemba says the K1.2 trillion figure may go down as the bureau scale up investigations on the 73 cases they reviewed. Matemba clarified to Nyasa Times on Tuesday underlining that the K1.2 trillion represents the monetary value of the 73 cases that they reviewed. “I need to clarify here. The K1.2 […]
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, […]
The country’s graft-busting body Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has released its findings of investigations into the recruitment at the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) following complaints of unfair job offers in the process that were reported in April 2020, saying the process was fraudulent and has asked the tax –collecting body to replace 125 unqualified recruit. […]
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 […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Reyneck Matmeba has said the graft-busting body is understaffed with only 9 prosecutors handling 3 000 dockets thereby affecting the conclusion of cases. Matemba said in an interview with Nyasa Times that he works under immense pressure due to heavy workload at the graft busting body. “We only have 9 […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has not ruled out more arrests in the alleged bribery attempts on five-judges of the High Court who are yet to make a determination as Constitutional Court in landmark presidential election case. ACB director genetral Reyneck Matemba said the bureau was still investigating a complaint from Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda alleging bribes […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Reyneck Matemba has told the Judiciary to take stock of itself over questionable and suspicious court judgments as well as long delays to give out rulings. “I would urge the Judiciary, I am not attacking the Judiciary but this is the time for them to do soul searching. We cannot […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Reyneck Matemba has once again pleaded for patience on the disclosure of names of those who allegedly wanted to bribe Constitutional Court judges tackling a case linked to a controversial election which handed President Peter Mutharika a second term. Matemba has said this following the expiry of the 48 hour […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has given Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director Reyneck Matemba 72 hours to disclose names of those who attempted to bribe the five judges of the High Court of Malawi sitting as the Constitutional Court and currently preparing judgement for the presidential election nullification petition case, arrest and take them to […]
Prominent South Africa-based Malawian law professor Danwood Chirwa has put his weight behind Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) decision to keep under wraps suspects’ names in the alleged judge bribery saga. Chirwa says the ACB director general Reyneck Matemba has been correct in his decision to shield the suspects names as of now. “He has been correct […]
Former ruling People’s Party (PP) has come out strongly censuring Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General Reyneck Matemba over remarks that it is the party’s leader Joyce Banda who appointed him to the office. Matemba made the assertion when he was addressing the media on allegations that. Some people were attempting to bribe the five-judge panel […]
Government is yet to fund the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) prompting staff to use personal money to investigate the infamous Constitutional Court judges bribery allegation saga. ACB director general Recheck Matemba has said the phenomenon is the case with all other government departments and ministries. “Just like any other government department, we are yet to get […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Reyneck Matemba on Tuesday found himself inadvertently hinting that a member of the Judiciary was under investigations in connection with the alleged bribery attempts on five-judges of the High Court who are yet to make a determination as Constitutional Court in landmark presidential election case. He told a news conference […]
The Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Reyneck Matemba, says he will be leaving the bureau as he has decided not to renew his contract when it ends this year. Matemba emotionally told journalists on Tuesday at a news conference in Lilongwe that his decisions are not influenced by politicians. His comments comes after […]
Five High Court judges who were sitting on the landmark election case as the Constitutional Court are now incommunicado as they have gone into hiding to prepare for the ruling. Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Reyneck Matemba said Tuesday at a news conference in Lilongwe that the bureau speeded up the meeting with one of […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general, Reyneck Matemba, on Tuesday went emotional, and flat-outly challenged he would not be making known names of suspects who allegedly attempted to bribe High Court judges presiding over the presidential election nullification petition, insisting it was against the law. Matemba, a practicing lawyer and a career public servant, told a […]