Month: November 2020 Posts

Viola considering legal action against NFRA

Nov 24, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Gerald Viola, who has been fired as Deputy Chief Executive Officer at National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA), has said that he is considering taking legal action against the NFRA. His lawyer Yusuf Nthenda has confirmed… ...

Greedy Phalombe chiefs warned

Nov 23, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Chiefs in Phalombe have been warned that they risk losing their positions if they continue swindling money from beneficiaries of cash for work programmes in the district. The caution comes after it was revealed that… ...

Chakwera says corrupt people frustrating AIP

Nov 22, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says there are corrupt people who are deliberately frustrating the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) and he has warned that his administration will not tolerate any malpractices. Speaking during the weekly ‘Malawi Wa… ...

MRA officers arrested over K12.5 million bribe

Nov 20, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested three Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) Tax Investigations Officers for receiving a K12.5 million bribe from a taxpayer. ACB Principal Public Relations Officer Egrita Ndala has identified the three as… ...

Former NEEF boss accused of awarding loans to relatives, friends

Nov 16, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has accused former National Economic Empowerment Fund (NEEF) boss Mervis Mangulenje of awarding about K80 million in loans to friends and relatives. In a letter to the Anti-Corruption Bureau,… ...

Paulo ndi Sila? Wabanduka Bushiri pa Joweni

Nov 14, 2020 Mike J. Kangwele 1 &

Kusiyana kwake sanapemphele, zitseko zandende sizinatseguke zokha, koma pamapeto pake moyo wake naye wasangalala. Amene amazitcha kuti mneneri ndipo ali ndi luso lodziwa za mtsogolo, Shepherd Bushiri, wathawa mu dziko la South Africa kumene amayankha… ...

Mpinganjira claimed to have been lending money to MCP, DPP

Nov 12, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

State witness in the Thom Mpinganjira bribery case Justice Michael Tembo says the suspect told him that he had been lending money to various political parties in the country including Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and… ...

Viola’s corruption case adjourned to 2021

Nov 06, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

A court in Lilongwe has adjourned to next year a case in which former deputy chief executive officer of National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA), Gerald Viola, is accused of demanding a K330 million bribe. Viola… ...

DPP MP Masamba arrested for demanding K2 million from job candidate

Nov 05, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Francesca Masamba for demanding K2 million from a candidate for the position of Director of the Office of the Directorate of Public Officers Declarations… ...

Viola demanded K330 million kickback to award contract to businessperson – ACB

Nov 04, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Anti- Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested businessperson Chrispin Chingola for conspiring with Gerald Viola over a K3.3 billion contract from which Viola demanded 10 percent of the money. According to a statement from the… ...

ACB and Ministry of Civic Education sign MoU

Nov 04, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Ministry of Civic Education and National Unity and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) have agreed to work together in raising awareness about the evils of corruption. The two signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday… ...

Chakwera urges Judges to reject corruption

Oct 29, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has urged Judges to refrain from corruption and to resist forces that work to frustrate justice. He was speaking during the swearing in ceremony for four new Supreme Court Justices of Appeal… ...

Talking Blues: Team Chakwera debuts in insalubrious corruption-tinged headlines

Oct 25, 2020 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

If rhetoric was all we needed to beat corruption, once we clear the backlog of cases Reyneck Matemba is reeling under, we would have had no reason to keep the Anti-corruption Bureau and the Corrupt… ...

Bushiri racing against time as he faces new fraud accusations

Oct 25, 2020 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

It never rains but pours for Prophet Shepherd Bushiri in South Africa where the Department of Home Affairs says the couple's permanent resident permits are fraudulent. The Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church founder who prophesied… ...

Nankhumwa tells Chakwera to take action against corrupt officials in Tonse

Oct 23, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has urged President Lazarus Chakwera to ensure that action is taken against corrupt officials in the Tonse Administration. He was speaking in Parliament today at the end of the first… ...