Cashgate Archives

Police fatally shoot thief at Budget Director’s house

Feb 26, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 188 &

A thug has been shot dead by police at the house of Budget Director in the Ministry of Finance Chauncy Simwaka, Malawi24 has learnt. According to reports reaching Malawi24, the thief together with other thugs… ...

The idiocy of MCP: An opposition party with no principle

Feb 25, 2017 Chinsinsi Muchitanji 102 &

Yesterday I was watching the Parliamentary proceedings as they were discussing the issue of inviting Scotland Yard to investigate the death of Issa Njauju and other related matters that unsurprisingly remain unresolved in this country.… ...

Breaking: Police and ACB move in on Chaponda

Feb 21, 2017 Alex Chikanga 93 &

The noose might be tightening on the neck of estranged minister of agriculture, George Chaponda. Media reports indicate that officers from the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Police have descended on the houses and offices of… ...

Retraction of the Leonard Kalonga death story

Jan 27, 2017 Richard Jimu 412 &

On Friday evening we incorrectly reported Leonard Kalonga, a convicted criminal in the cashgate scandal had passed away. Malawi24 would like to apologise for publishing the incorrect story. Kalonga, who served as Assistant Director of… ...

The Courts have overstepped mandate on Chaponda

Jan 12, 2017 Pearson Nkhoma 73 &

The news that Malawi High Court sitting in Mzuzu has ruled that Minister of Agriculture, Mr. George Chaponda, should be suspended pending outcome of the investigation into the maizegate scandal has been welcomed with jubilation.… ...

Joyce Banda’s PP main beneficiary of cashgate – convict

Jan 11, 2017 Richard Jimu 75 &

…Mphwiyo named as ‘architect’ Malawi’s former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo was the one who enticed other civil servants and businesspersons to be involved in the plunder of resources in the era of Joyce Banda whose… ...

Somehow, I agree with Joyce Banda

Dec 03, 2016 Pearson Nkhoma 199 &

After over 2 years in a self imposed exile, former President Joyce Banda peeped out of her hiding place. In an interview with Voice of America’s (VOA) Straight Talk, the dethroned president promised, as she… ...

ACB condemned over selective investigation of corruption cases

Nov 13, 2016 Luke Bisani 13 &

The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) has expressed dismay over the Anti-Corruption Bureau’s (ACB) selective approach to prosecution of graft cases in Malawi. The development comes at a time when the investigation of… ...

Former Army chief Henry Odillo in court today

Nov 11, 2016 Luke Bisani 63 &

The Lilongwe high court is today expected to hear the cashgate case for former Malawi Defense Force (MDF) Commander Henry Odillo who is suspected to have swindled K5 billion. Odillo and five other suspects are… ...

Rumphi Chief named in house project scam

Oct 08, 2016 Luke Bisani 14 &

Traditional leader Mwahenga of Rumphi district has been mentioned in a bogus house project that saw his subjects being defrauded of K788,000 for its implementation. According to reports, the chief is reported to have connived… ...

Malawi Cashgate Scandal: Henry Odillo to appear in court today

Oct 06, 2016 Bright Malenga 31 &

Former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) commander Henry Odillo will today appear in court in Lilongwe on accusations of misusing taxpayer’s money. Odillo who was arrested in 2015 together with his former Deputy Lt Colonel Clement… ...

‘Corruption holding Malawi back’

Sep 30, 2016 Patience Mandala 27 &

...Chisi, Hellen Singh want to meet APM Corruption has been described as the major cause of the economic challenges Malawi is experiencing it has been claimed. According to Director of Institute for Policy Interaction Rafiq… ...

Malawi Cashgate: Senzani to be set free from prison for showing ‘good bevahiour’

Sep 27, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 374 &

Former Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Treza Namathanga Senzani who was supposed to compelete her three year jail term next year is set to be let free for showing a 'good character' at… ...

Wait for another Cashgate to get your bus – Malawi Education Minister tells CoM students

Sep 11, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Malawi’s Education Minister Emmanuel Fabiano openly told College of Medicine (CoM) students that they have to wait for another public plunder of resources to get their own bus, days after other public universities received buses… ...

Luanar, MUST benefit from cashgate

Sep 08, 2016 Bright Malenga 0 &

Government on Wednesday named Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) and Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) beneficiaries of the cashgate scandal. The two institutions were given two remaining buses which were… ...