Month: March 2022 Posts

Court refuses to discharge Batatawala from corruption case

Mar 01, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Blantyre yesterday refused to discharge businessperson Karim Batatawala and three other accused persons from the K1.5 billion fraud and money laundering case. The four had asked the court to… ...

ACB accused of not complying with court order in Batatawala case

Feb 24, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Lawyer for businessperson Abdul Karim Batatawala in the K1.5 billion corruption case says the Anti-Corruption Bureau’s failure to comply with a court order is an indication that the bureau is not ready to prosecute the… ...

Corruption suspect Batatawala granted bail

Dec 21, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Businessman Abdul Karim Batatawala, who is accused of defrauding Malawi Government of about K1.5 billion and laundering K2.5 billion, has been granted bail. Senior Resident Magistrate Martin Chipofya has granted bail to the businessman and… ...

ACB fears Batatawala could evade trial

Dec 20, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) wants a court in Blantyre to deny bail to corruption suspect Abdul Karim Batatawala over concerns that he could evade trial. Batatawala was arrested on Wednesday last week after the ACB… ...

Talking Blues: Now is the time to take back what’s ours

Dec 19, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 1 &

Imagine selling one ream of papers to a government ministry at MK100. The ministry pays you. You had bought it at MK40, and so you made MK60. Later, you connive with the minister and invoice… ...

Thodi, Chawinga arrested over Immigration’s contract with Batatawala

Dec 16, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested former Chief Immigration Officer at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services Elvis Thodi and the department’s deputy director Limbani Chawinga for their role in the awarding of contract… ...

Karim Batatawala arrested

Dec 15, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested businessperson Abdul Karim Batatawala over corruption. Batatawala owns Reliance Trading Company and Africa Commercial Agency which were awarded six multi-bilion contracts by the Department of Immigration in 2009, 2010… ...