The High Court in Lilongwe has set October 10, 2016 to continue hearing of a K200 million cashgate case involving Cornelius Kaphamtengo and 13 others. Judge Charles Mkandawire adjourned the case on Friday after deputy director of the graft busting body, the Anti Corruption Bureau Reyneck Matemba said out of the 14 other suspects in […]
Malawi’s graft-busting body has vowed to make a fresh wave of arrests involving civil servants and individuals after new evidence emerged in their wide-ranging investigation into the systematic looting of millions of government money dubbed ‘cashgate’. Deputy Director of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Reyneck Matemba, who is also the prosecutor of Cashgate cases, disclosed that a new […]
Graft busting body, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) top two bosses are clearly divided in what commentators say is as a result of high level political interference. Deputy director of ACB, Reyneck Matemba recently refuted remarks by his boss, Lucas Kondowe, that the deputy director gave a legal advice to Malawi Regulatory Authority (MRA) contract. […]
The murder of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director of Corporate Affairs, Issa Njauju still gaunt the graft-busting body as there has been mass resignation of staff from investigations, prosecution, corruption prevention and public education sections. Workers in accounts, audit and human resource departments have also been tendering their resignations which highlights something is terribly wrong at […]
Former President Bakili Muluzi should have his fingers crossed as the fate of his case -which the state claimed he had corruptly acquired K1.7 billion (about $11 million ) from donors in his account – will be known on May 12. Judge Maclean Kamwambe set the date after defense lawyer Tamanda Chokotho applied to […]
The first accused in the Paul Mphwiyo shooting case, MacDonald Kumwembe, has asked three top government officials including deputy director of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Reyneck Matemba to testfy as his witnesses. Kumwembe also wants as witnesses former Secretary to Treasury during the time Mphwiyo was Budget Director, Newby Kumwembe. He has also lined up former […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) will commemorate this year’s International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9 in Mulunje district under the theme ‘Patriotism: Key to fighting Corruption’. The Bureau used to commemorate the national anti-corruption day on February 5, but they have changed to December 9 to move and match with the World Corruption Day, according to […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director of corporate affairs Issa Njauju may have been killed in a case of mistaken identity. Njaunju was found dead on July 4 2015 with his body half-buried near Lilongwe River and his Toyota Hilux double-cabin vehicle burnt to ashes behind the presidential villas in Lilongwe. Sources at the bureau say ACB […]
Anti Corruption Bureau(ACB) Deputy Director General, Reyneck Matemba, on Thursday sent strong warning to all implementing partners for HIV and Aids projects that ACB will unleash a whip unsparingly in order to completely root out all forms of corruption and wrongful self-enrichment happening in the sector. Matemba issued a stern warning on during the signingceremony […]
The Anti Corruption Bureau(ACB) has said it probing Malawi Defence Force (MDF) on its cashgate link, saying the investigations were stalled because they were denied access to Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe after MDF claimed they could not allow a public audit due to security reasons. ACB deputy director Reyneck Matemba told the Legal Affairs committee […]
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has denied knowing anything about the purported Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage which Minister of Information, Kondwani Nankhumwa said government has submitted to the graft-busting body showing former president Joyce Banda meetings with cashgate suspect Oswald Lutepo. ACB deputy director Reyneck Matemba said on Thursday the bureau is not aware of the […]
Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) is reorganising the prosecuting team of the Malawi’s cashgate scandal and the special state prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu has been taken out from handling the cases, Nyasa Times understands. Sources at Ministry of Justice told Nyasa Times that Nyasuslu who was handling the cases with another special prosecutor Enock Chibwana, a […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament in Lilongwe on Monday to update Parliament on progress of the pilfering of government money – cashgate -in what officials told legislatures there is no official recorded statement from suspect Oswald Lutepo implicating former president Joyce Banda. Lutepo gave […]
Malawi’s graft-busting body deputy director and prosecutor Reyneck Matemba has said he is a victim of death threats related to the cashgate crackdown, saying other two officials are also living dangerously. The other two officials receiving death threats are Kondwani Zulu and Vilera Liwonde who are Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) investigators. “Yes I have been […]
Malawian professor of law, Danwood Chirwa, has faulted Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale over alleged undue interference with the work of the investigative and prosecutorial agencies in relation to cashgate cases. Kaphale has been facing criticism in some sections of the media and social media on allegations that he was interfering with Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) in […]
Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday summoned Ms Manganaye Kambauwa, a socialite and prominent business lady in Lilongwe, to interrogate her in the ongoing cashgate probe. ACB sources said they questioned Kambauwa following a tip off and that she was not charged. “She was questions on allegations of extortion but no charges have been pressed,” […]
Starting with the live coverage of the Dr Conrad Murray [Michael Jackson murder] trial to the Oscar Pistorius trial, we have witnessed a ‘mediasation’ of the law. By the end of the ‘OP’ trial, almost anyone who cared could venture in a legal opinion of how the state and the defence had performed and how […]
Reyneck Matemba who was the Administrator General has been appointed by Malawi President Joyce Banda to be deputy director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Matemba’s appointment will have to be approved by Parliament’s Public Appointments and Declaration of Assets Committee. According to Section 5 (1) of the Corrupt Practices Act (CPA), after being appointed by […]