Month: April 2021 Posts

Chizuma set to become ACB Director General

Apr 16, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Ombudsman Martha Chizuma is set to become the new Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Malawi24 understands that President Lazarus Chakwera has named Chizuma as the new chief of the graft-busting body. She came… ...

MRA yet to discipline officers implicated in recruitment scam

Mar 31, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) management is non-committal on when it will implement the Anti-Corruption Bureau's (ACB) directive to discipline its senior officers involved in a fraudulent recruitment of Revenue and Custom officers. The ACB… ...

Businessperson sentenced to 11 years in prison over K20 million cashgate

Mar 19, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Businessperson Mainala Reuben Mwale has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for stealing K20 million from the Government. The Magistrate’s Court in Lilongwe handed out the sentence to Mwale on March 16, weeks after… ...

Public panel wants ombudsman Chizuma to head ACB

Mar 19, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

A public panel on the social media has proposed that the Judicial Service Committee should hire ombudsman Martha Chizuma as director for the Anti-corruption bureau, given her impressive track record. Chizuma who was crowned, recently,… ...

ACB says corruption remains one of greatest impediments to development in Malawi

Mar 13, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Benjamin Chisale The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has called for support in the battle against corruption, saying the vice remains one of the greatest impediments to development in Malawi. ACB Director of Corruption Prevention Mary… ...

Chandra More: Indian deported fraudster threatens Malawian activists for exposing him

Feb 28, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Deported Indian fraudster Chandra More has been sending threats to leaders of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) for exposing him. More was deported from in 2017 for using racial slurs against Malawian police officers… ...

ACB pleads for patience on corruption cases

Feb 27, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Malawi's anti-graft body, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), has urged the public to refrain from pressurizing the body on some corruption cases, claiming most of such cases need a lot of time for investigations. This is according… ...

Suspect found guilty in K20 million Cashgate

Feb 24, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A court in Lilongwe on Tuesday found businessperson Mainala Reuben Mwale guilty of stealing K20 million from Government. The Magistrate’s Court in Lilongwe found that Mwale trading as Vhaima General Dealers acquired the sum of… ...

ACB urges Journalists to help fight corruption

Feb 23, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has urged journalists to help the bureau in the fight against corruption in the country. The call was made on Friday by Egrita Ndala during a one-day training in Rumphi for about… ...

Stay away from football, FAM tells ACB

Feb 20, 2021 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 1 &

In a dramatic turn of events, Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has told the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to stay away from football related issues, saying all association football-related matters in Malawi are within the purview… ...

ACB to monitor use of K1 billion funds for masks

Feb 11, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Corruption Bureau (ACB) has warned district and city councils that it will monitor use of K1 billion funds for masks to prevent corruption. This is according to a letter which ACB deputy director… ...

Malawi exams: 772 MDF soldiers and 997 police officers deployed, ACB involved

Jan 04, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has deployed 772 soldiers across the country to escort examination papers to storage facilities and provide security at the storage facilities. The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) said this at… ...

Pa ntchito 1 miliyoni paja, ziwiri atenga Matemba

Dec 31, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Inu mumatonza boma la Tonse kuti linanama pa lonjezo lawo la ntchito 1 miliyoni, gwetsani nkhope yanu mwamanyazi. Inu mukudikila kuti mupezepo pa ntchito zija, kwezani chikhulupililo chifukwa zayamba kutheka. Amene anali mkulu wa bungwe… ...

Matemba appointed Solicitor General

Dec 30, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed Reyneck Matemba as the new Solicitor General at the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. Matemba who will also serve as Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional… ...

Mutharika’s lawyer Tembenu irked by high level of crookedness in ACB

Dec 23, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Samuel Tembenu who is lawyer for former Malawi president Peter Mutharika has expressed dismay over "high levels of crookedness" at the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Tembenu made the remarks on Tuesday after realizing that the ACB… ...