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K40 million missing at Malawi Sugarcane Association

Feb 01, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Members of the association during their annual general meeting The Sugarcane Growers Association of Malawi (SUGAM) is failing to account for over 40 million kwacha allegedly lost due to maladministration. This was revealed during the… ...

Driver earns 3 years for stealing money from boss’ bank account

Jan 12, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A 42-year-old man identified as Rex Impossible has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for transferring K620,000 from his boss' National Bank of Malawi account into his Mobile Airtel Money account in Blanytre. This… ...

Zamkutu! Gwengwe wati a Malawi ayiwale za K7 thililiyoni ya Bridgin

Jan 11, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Pomwe anthu anali ndichiyembekezo kuti zinthu zambiri zitha kuyamba kuyenda bwino kaamba ka ndalama yokwana K7 thililiyoni yomwe bungwe lakunja la Bridgin Foundation limayenera kupeleka ku dziko lino, nduna ya zachuma a Sosten Gwengwe athira… ...

Tnm employee, agent arrested for stealing over K3 million from customers’ bank accounts

Dec 17, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Police have arrested a Tnm employee and a Tnm Mpamba agent in Zomba for fraudulently swapping customers' SIM cards and using the SIM cards to empty bank accounts belonging to the customers. Two ex-convicts involved… ...

Malawi’s K176 billion deal with UK company raises suspicions

Nov 24, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Government signed a sovereign guarantee for Auzano Capital Management Ltd, a United Kingdom based which is 10 months old, to provide US$170 million (about K176 billion) for procurement of 350,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer.… ...

Tisiyileni Buluma timuthyole khosi – achinyamata a MCP

Nov 23, 2022 Aubrey Makina 0 &

Mdima umene a Malawi ena anauona mu utsogoleri wa chipani cha MCP wayandikanso pamene a chinyamata a chipanichi ati akufuna kupha Helen Buluma. Malinga ndi mchezo wa pa makina a Intaneti a WhatsApp umene wafala… ...

Parliament to investigate Alliance Capital fallout

Nov 16, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Parliament of Malawi has instituted an inquiry to investigate Alliance Capital Limited, a company in which people invested and lost billions of Kwachas. This was disclosed in Parliament yesterday after a member of Parliament for… ...

2022 AIP to be launched this weekend

Nov 15, 2022 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

The Government of Malawi will launch the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) in Dedza district on 19th November, weeks after K750 million was lost in the procurement of fertilizer for the program. Secretary for Agriculture Medrina… ...

Fraud Alert: Chimwendo Banda threatens to sue Gaming Board finance Director in relation to K0.6 billion scandal

Nov 12, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Chimwendo Minister of Sports and Youth Richard Chimwendo Banda has threatened to sue Malawi Gaming Board (MGB) Finance Director Henry Bakuwa over the K600 million scandal. The threat follows Bakuwa’s claim that the Minister received… ...

Parliamentary Committee probes disappearance of NFRA maize worth K112.5 million

Nov 07, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Kalekeni The Joint Parliamentary Committee has today questioned National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) board over the disappearance of 7,500 bags of maize worth K112.5 million. The maize was taken in 13 trucks by businessperson Smollett… ...

Fraudsters selling fake fertilizer in Malawi

Nov 07, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale says authorities are investigating reports that some people are selling fake fertilizer in Malawi. The minister has said this in a statement today after a video circulated on social media… ...

Immigration warns against fraudsters

Oct 27, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The country's Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services has warned the general public against fraudsters who are collecting money from job seekers saying they are recruiting officers for the department. This is according to a… ...

Chakwera asked to fire government officials in fertilizer scandal

Oct 26, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has been asked to fire government officials such as controlling officers involved in the payment of K750 million to a London butchery for the procurement of fertilizer. Yesterday, Chakwera fired Minister of… ...

Chakwera fires Agriculture Minister Lowe and his deputy

Oct 25, 2022 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has fired his Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe and his deputy Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima following a serious fertilizer procurement scandal which saw Malawi Government being duped out of USD725,000 (about K750 million).… ...

Transglobe, EDF officials arrested over K6.8 billion theft

Oct 25, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Tayub, one of the directors of Transglobe Four Transglobe directors identified as Farvez Tayub, Rashid Tayub, Hamuza Tayub and Nasser Sattar and two Export Development Fund (EDF) officers identified as Thandizo Shaba and Chifuniro Kaimapanjira… ...