Month: April 2021 Posts

Nyekhwe! Zameer Karim re-arrested

Apr 15, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Controversial business mogul, Zameer Karim, who donated several cars and cash of about K145 million to the then Malawi President Peter Mutharika has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on fraud related charges. ACB… ...

Cashgate rears its head: Chakwera advised to nip corruption in the bud

Apr 13, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has been urged to intensify efforts to fight corruption as the leaked National Audit Office (NAO) report on K6.2 billion Covid-19 funds indicates massive plunder of the funds. Chakwera’s administration released K6.2… ...

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… ...

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… ...

Limumba: Cashgate suspect dies in Zimbabwe

Nov 08, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Cashgate suspect Limumba Karim has died today in a road accident in Zimbabwe. Limumba who was a businessman escaped Malawi several years ago in the middle of the K2.4 billion cashgate trial where he was… ...

MERA replaces Magalasi with Cashgate suspect as CEO

Aug 13, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has appointed cashgate suspect Ishmael Chioko as Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Chioko has replaced Collins Magalasi who is answering charges of fraud, money laundering and entering into procurement with… ...

Over K1 trillion stolen during DPP administration

Jul 26, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says corruption under the Peter Mutharika administration was worse than cashgate, with over K1 trilion stolen. Chakwera revealed this in a national address monitored on a local radio station. According to Chakwera,… ...

Mphwiyo, 18 others to stand trial over cashgate

May 26, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has ruled that former budget director Paul Mphiwyo and 18 other people have a case to answer on various charges in connection to the K2.4 billion cashgate. Justice Esmie Chombo… ...

Commentator says justice slow for the rich as Mphwiyo case gets adjourned

May 20, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The case in which former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others are answering charges in relation to the looting of K2.4 billion has been adjourned to Tuesday next week. Today, Judge Esmie Chombo was… ...

We can now easily detect cashgate – Reserve Bank

Jan 04, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) says it has sealed off all the loopholes for siphoning public funds hence cashgate can now be easily detected and dealt with immediately. According to the bank’s governor Dalitso… ...

Reserve Bank of Malawi manager, businessperson arrested for stealing K354m

Jun 18, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) manager, a businessperson and two other RBM employees have been arrested for stealing K354 million at the Central Bank. Police have arrested the bank’s manager for operations Charles Mchakulu,… ...

Cashgate: Malawi Bureau of Standards buys 49 computers at K80 million

Jun 15, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 2 &

… One computer billed at K1.6million The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has come under fire for buying 49 desktop computers at K80 million. The bureau issued a notice in a local newspaper on June… ...

Ex-civil servant arrested over K19 million cashgate

Jun 13, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a former Procurement Officer at the Ministry of Tourism over K19 million cashgate. The man Oddoi Kamange was arrested on Tuesday in Lilongwe. The bureau says Kamange, in 2013,… ...

JB carries Malawi Presidential jet in her handbag – UTM

Apr 26, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

Former Malawi President Joyce Banda carries the Presidential Jet she is accused of dubiously disposing off in her handbag. According to a member of the Vice President Saulos Chilima’s UTM, George Saonda, Banda did not… ...

Salary for 3 thousand Secondary School teachers needed to demolish ESCOM building

Apr 24, 2019 Mike J. Kangwele 0 &

...'non-existent' company awarded contract It does not get any extravagant. The country's electricity supplier ESCOM has shocked the nation after publishing that it has awarded an over half a billion Kwacha tender award to a… ...