Month: September 2020 Posts

We will not tolerate corruption – Chakwera

Sep 04, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says his administration will not tolerate corruption and will ensure that the Anti-Corruption Bureau has adequate funding. The Malawi leader made the remarks in Lilongwe on Friday in his first State of… ...

Anti-Corruption alliance demands adequate funding for ACB

Sep 03, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The National Anti -Corruption Alliance has urged the Lazarus Chakwera administration to allocate adequate funds to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and other institutions involved in the fight against corruption in the country. The call was… ...

Former Macra Director General Itaye spends night in cooler

Sep 02, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Former Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) Director General Godfrey Itaye spent Tuesday night in Police custody in Blantyre. Itaye who is the current Lilongwe Water Board Chief Executive Officer was arrested after he travelled to… ...

ESCOM CEO Chiwaya arrested

Aug 29, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police have arrested Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Chief Executive Officer Allexon Chiwaya. According to reports, Chiwaya was arrested on Friday, a day after the arrest of Director of Human Resources at ESCOM Dafter… ...

Companies awarded fatty ESCOM, Water Board contracts without following procedures

Aug 29, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A pro-DPP company is one of the two companies that have been awarded multi-million kwacha contracts by the Tonse Alliance-led government allegedly without following procedures, a whistle-blower has revealed. The whistle-blower, Yamikani Kachingwe, alleges on… ...

Police arrest ESCOM worker who went missing in June

Aug 28, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police have arrested Director of Human Resources at ESCOM, Dafter Namandwa, who went missing for three days in June. National police spokesperson James Kadadzera said Namandwa was arrested on Thursday in Blantyre. Namandwa aged 58… ...

K0.5b bridge shocks Malawi: ACB opens corruption docket

Aug 23, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is investigating how a substandard bridge constructed in April in the commercial city of Blantyre cost the taxpayer close to half a billion Kwacha. Whistle-blower and Journalist Idriss Ali Nassah… ...