On Friday evening we incorrectly reported Leonard Kalonga, a convicted criminal in the cashgate scandal had passed away.
Malawi24 would like to apologise for publishing the incorrect story.
Kalonga, who served as Assistant Director of Tourism, was convicted soon after pleading guilty in August 2015 for stealing close to K4 billion of public funds.
He is yet to be sentenced and is being remanded at Zomba maximum prison awaiting his sentence.
He once named and implicated Malawi former president Joyce Banda as cashgate’s big fish, saying the loot was intended to fuel Mrs. Banda’s presidential campaign.
Besides implicating Joyce Banda who he said was pocketing 60 percent of the loot, Kalonga also named former budget director Paul Mphwiyo whose shooting led to the unravelling of Cashgate scandal.
He claimed the former budget director was promoted to the position by President Banda as a token of appreciation for his ‘good work’ in sourcing funds for People’s Party (PP).
Kalonga was then listed a key witness in a case in which Mr. Mphwiyo is answering K2.4 billion cashgate charges.
He will be appearing before the court on 6th February 2017 for cross examination from Mphwiyo’s lawyers.
Senzani had also named the former President as a key player in the scandal that saw close to 600 billion disappearing from the public coffer.
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Malawi 24 always point of collection’,point of collection, we tied with collection better to close ur page mukasake zina zicita
News verification is very vital as it does away misinformation,at the same time adding credibility to your reporting.
That’s the problem with this paper, you use unprofessional reporters, Rubbish
Lol
Fuck u !!!! Remove this stupiy forrum
Mbuzi izi komabe mkhani ya cash gate scandal yi ndiye tichedwepo…. mwati mayiyi anaba zingati?
Chifukwa choti mulibe ma office thats wy mumapanga report nkhani zopanda umboni. Mbuzi za anthu inu. koma akadakhala ena kuti apanga report nkhani imeneyo bwenzi inuyo muli # 1 kunyoza….
Kkkkk Malawi journalism.
Ask also those who were accusing DPP to have murdered him to apologise
wen he will die we will never say rest in peace we have already done it
Mukuyenera ku kumangidwa for tarnish the leptation
Thats why aboma amati atolankhani ambiri akuMalawali mmafuna kusokoneza anthu,ndiye boma lizisekelera zopusazi?Kalonga take these guys to court please
Leah Oranga Mwanva tu
Mwalengeska nadi. Munazelu ngati?
#STORYGATERS. Muchichewa kathyali
Its pure stupidity of Malawi24. Just gud at spreading death stories of which are false. Ur retraction lacks substance.
You have to put down that nosense story from your archive, people shouldn’t be to access that evil staff again, muli ndwiii!
media , media is good sometime causes even s war
inu ndiwolephera , mnazindikira kuti page ino ndi mbwelera mutakakamila kulemba zoti peter muthalika wamwalira ife mpaka kukhulupiliradi
The problem with this so called Malawi news24 they try to be ontop of reporting news..they try to be the best..they try to be the first to report anything before anyone does..this is the reason why i dont like and dont want to read any of their reports..You guys lack professionalism and ethics..you are very pathetic in your news collection. How can you publish something you dont kno anythin about? Mukapilitizia zimenezi u will soon be heavy slapped with legal litigation