The graft busting body, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has today re-arrested Asian businessman Zameer Karim of Pioneer Investments after the High Court revoked his bail. ACB spokesperson Egritta Ndala has confirmed the arrest. Karim was supposed to appear before the High Court in Lilongwe on Wednesday but he failed to show up forcing High […]
High Court of Malawi – Commercial Division has ordered businessperson Zameer Karim of Pioneer Investments to pay the Malawi government about K2.3 billion in connection with the infamous Malawi Police Service food rations contract. The office of the Attorney General had sued Karim and his company to claim a refund of the money government paid […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe arrested business tycoon Zameer Karim over K850 million bank fraud charges in connection with the police food rations scandal and has spent four nights in custody since last Thursday before being granted court bail on Monday. Karim of Pioneer Investments was granted bail after state prosecutors charged him with intent to […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has maintained that it cleared former president Peter Mutharika in the Zameer Karim police rations case despite getting K145 million and that accepted five vehicles from the businessperson. Karim, who runs Pioneer Investment—the firm embroiled in the police food rations controversy—deposited K145 million into the then ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) bank […]
Home Affairs Minister Richard Chimwendo has assured the nation that the K2.7 billion Malawi Police Service (MPS) food rations deal case involving businessperson Zameer Karim and two senior police officers will go to court soon. The three—Karim, Commissioner of Police Innocent Bottoman and Senior Superintendent Grant Kachingwe—are accused of conspiring to use public office for […]
Blantyre Magistrate Court has released on bail businessperson Zameer Karim of Pioneer Investments, following his arrest over tax crimes and money laundering. Karim was arrested after Faizal Latif of Mapeto David Whitehead Limited has blown the whistle to Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) over fake issuance of tax clearance certificate with a forged signature of MRA […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Reyneck Matemba has said the K2.7 billion Malawi Police Service (MPS) food rations deal case involving businessperson Zameer Karim and two senior police officers is expected to go for trial in six weeks when the court sets the date. Matemba said the bureau has finished compiling all the disclosures, […]
Opposition legislator Yeremiah Chihana invented himself as new loose cannon among the current cohort of Parliament during the last sitting and will be the MP to watch in general debate of the 2019/20 budget statement. Chihana, who is the only MP for Alliance for Democracy (Aford), is standing to advance transparency and accountability. He is […]
A Western diplomat is shocked that President Peter Mutharika is still President of Malawi and asking for another term even after the contentious K145 million donation he received from Zameer Karim of Pioneer Investment suspected to have been proceeds of crime in much-publicised Malawi Police Service (MPS) food rations scam. Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) investigation report […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has said the case involving businessman Zameer Karim and two senior police officer will commence when the court set the date for hearing. ACB which is prosecurting the infamous K2.7 billion police food rations case says it is set for the matter and only waiting for the court date. Egrita Ndala, ACB […]
Businessperson Zameer Karim of Pioneer Investments (PI) who is facing charges together with two senior police officers in connection with the K2.7 billion Malawi Police Service (MPS) food rations procurement contract will have his case committed to the High Court from Lilongwe Magistrate Court, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has said. Karim, police commissioner Innocent […]
Businessman Zameer Karim and his lawyers on Thursday turned up at Lilongwe magistrates court at the start of the hearing of the infamous K2.7 billion police food rations case only to be told the hearing could not take place because the presiding magistrate was away for a workshop. The magistrate was supposed to commit the […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)has dismissed claims that businessperson Zameer Karim and two senior police officers about six months after revelations of suspected dubious transactions in the K2.7 billion Malawi Police Service (MPS) food rations dealwas nothing more than a glitzy publicity stunt. Karim, police commissioner Innocent Bottoman and senior superintendent Grant Kachingwe were arrested on […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has charged a businessman Zameer Karim in connection to K2.7 billion contract to supply rations to the police force. Karim, the head of Pioneer Investments which won the tender in 2015 and is an ally of Mutharika, and a leaked investigative report alleged he paid K145 million ( $200 000 ) into […]
The central region police commissioner Innocent Botomani has been formally charged together with another police officer Grant Kachingwe in connection to K2.7 billion contract to supply rations to the police force. The two were picked by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on questioning on Wednesday together with controversial businessman Zameer Karim , the head of Pioneer Investments […]
Zameer Karim, whose Pioneer Investments donated K145 million to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) through a Standard Bank account which President Peter Mutharika is the sole signatory and also five vehicles to DPP, has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in relation to the Malawi Police Service (MPS) food rations scam, Nyasa Times understands. ACB has also arrested […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) boss Reyneck Matemba has said it was prepared to investigate that an unscrupulous Indian businessman Zameer Karim of Pioneer Investments made a dubious donation of five vehicles worth K85 million to President Peter Mutharika for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Karim, whose Pioneer Investments also donated K145 million to the DPP […]