corruption Archives

Mphwiyo has last ‘Ralph’ as Bushiri fails to save his servant

Jul 21, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 308 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has found guilty former Malawi attorney general and justice minister Ralph Kasambara guilty of conspiring to murder the country's former budget director Paul Mphwiyo. In a televised ruling, Judge Micheal… ...

No Holds Barred! Issa Njauju: No justice, one year on

Jul 17, 2016 José Safarao 19 &

On 2 July last year, Issa Njauju left his office at the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to head home. He never reached his destination. His body was discovered two days later behind Presidential Villas in Lilongwe.… ...

BREAKING: Lionel Messi sentenced to 21 months in jail

Jul 06, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 93 &

Barcelona football icon , Lionel Messi, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud amounting to €4.1 million (MK3.2 billion). He has been jailed along with his father, Jorge Messi. Prosecutors said… ...

No Holds Barred! Corruption in police recruitment must be investigated, punished

Jun 12, 2016 José Safarao 44 &

Malawi Police Service (MPS) officials this week seemed proud of their efforts in identifying and dismissing from police training schools a total of 442 bogus recruits. “We have managed to send back 361 people from… ...

Lutepo wants K1 Billion for sex report

Jun 06, 2016 Aubrey Makina 214 &

...I am not having sex Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo is ready to knock on the doors of the courts again, in demand of a staggering one billion Malawi Kwacha. According to information that Malawi24 has, Lutepo… ...

No holds barred! A reflection on Gondwe’s K1.1 trillion budget

May 29, 2016 José Safarao 24 &

In his remarks at the beginning of his 77-page budget statement, Malawi's Finance Minister, Goodall Gondwe, decried what he described as “Western-style bonuses to top executives in the private sector,” and called them a major… ...

No Holds Barred! What is the truth on China money?

May 22, 2016 José Safarao 19 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika said in his State of the Nation Address on Friday that the much-touted $600 million Kam’mwamba Coal Fired Power Project will be funded by a loan from a Chinese Bank called… ...