Month: January 2022 Posts

ACB says integrity is key to corruption prevention

Jan 21, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Sopani Ng'ambi The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) through its Principal Public Relations Officer, Egrita Ndala, has called on Malawian to embrace integrity, saying it is one of the best ways Malawi can prevent corruption. Ndala… ...

Buluma says she was threatened with job loss over NOCMA fuel deals

Jan 20, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Kambala (2nd from R) and Chihana (3rd from R) at the court National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) acting Chief Executive Officer Helen Buluma has told a court in Lilongwe that former Minister of Energy… ...

Chizuma faulted over UK agency ‘capture

Jan 10, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director Martha Chizuma has been faulted for flouting procedures and laws in what diplomats describe as “recruitment” of a British security agency that has led to Malawi’s highly sensitive information being… ...

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… ...

Corruption suspect Chiwambo granted bail

Dec 16, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Director of Energy in the Malawi Ministry of Energy Cassius Chiwambo who was arrested yesterday over corruption related offences has been granted and his case will be back in court in March next year. Chiwambo… ...

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… ...

Malawi Energy Director arrested over corruption

Dec 15, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Director of Energy in the Malawi Ministry of Energy Cassius Chiwambo has been arrested over corruption in the procurement of materials for electrification programme. Chiwambo has been arrested today by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). ACB… ...

Chilima urges ACB to deal with corrupt people without fear

Dec 10, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima has called upon the Anti-Corruption Bureau and other law enforcement agencies to deal with all the perpetrators of corruption and fraud in Malawi without fear or favour. He made the remarks… ...

U.S names Chizuma as anti-corruption champion

Dec 08, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The U.S Department of State has named Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director Martha Chizuma as one of 12 new Anticorruption Champions. Chizuma has been awarded for demonstrating leadership, courage, and impact in preventing, exposing and… ...

ACB says Mota Engil was awarded 48 billion Malawi Kwacha contract without solid basis

Dec 04, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says the Ministry of Transport Public Works awarded a 48 billion Malawi Kwacha contract for upgrading of Marka-Bangula railway to Mota Engil without any solid basis. The bureau has ordered the ministry… ...

CDEDI wants fresh probe into Malawi State House’s payment to Crossroads Hotel

Nov 23, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Rights group, Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI), says it will soon write the Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Martha Chizuma to propose a fresh probe into the K12.5 million Crossroads… ...

Immigration officer arrested over corruption

Nov 19, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Immigration Officer Paul Lada for demanding and receiving K1 million from a Cameroonian national who was convicted by a court in Malawi after trying to obtain a Malawian passport. ACB… ...

Constituents report MCP MP to ACB over theft of quarry stones

Nov 16, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

People in Mzimba South Constituency have reported Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament Emmanuel Chambulanyina Jere to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) over allegations that the legislator stole a truckload of quarry stones meant for the… ...

CDEDI faults ACB over probe into Crossroads payment saga

Nov 04, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) says the Anti-Corruption Bureau’s  investigation into State House’s K12.5 million payment to Crossroads Hotel is a rushed and incomplete job which CDEDI suspects was done just… ...

ACB clears State House over K12.5m payment to Crossroads

Nov 02, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says it has not found any evidence to suggest that  State House inflated figures when making payments for the accommodation of four foreign guests who were booked at Crossroads Hotel in… ...