Cashgate Archives

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… ...