Month: September 2021 Posts

Goat supply contracts awarded to expensive suppliers, says MP

Sep 24, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Member of Parliament for Nsanje Lalanje Gladys Ganda has faulted Government for awarding goat supply contracts to expensive suppliers, saying the move is an insult to Malawians and the deals smell of corruption. The Department… ...

Audit reports to name errant Govt officers

Sep 24, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Secretary to the President and Cabinet Zangazanga Chikhosi says audit reports from the Auditor General’s Office will now be naming officers failing to comply with Government regulations and procedures. Chikhosi has announced this in a… ...

ACB arrests five over K33.5 million payroll fraud

Sep 23, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested five people over a K33.5 million payroll fraud in which health workers who had resigned at Salima District Hospital were not removed from the Government payroll. ACB Principal Public… ...

Malawi police using fake receipts to pocket public funds

Sep 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Police Service (MPS) has arrested two police officers in Lilongwe for stealing K14.7 million in public funds using fake receipts and for failing to account for K51.5 million. The two officers have been identified… ...

State Capture? Chakwera meets controversial Pakistani business mogul Chaudhry

Sep 21, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has met businessperson Karamat Chaudhry Ullah who in the past was accused of using the name of the Malawi President at the time to intimidate investigators of a corruption case. A picture… ...

Magistrate’s court suspends hearing of case following High Court order

Sep 20, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Defence lawyer Mwakhwawa (L) at the court The Chief Resident Magistrate’s today stopped hearing of a K10 billion tax evasion case while a witness was testifying after the High Court in Blantyre granted the defence… ...

Thom Mpinganjira in hospital

Sep 20, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Convicted business mogul, Thom Mpinganjira, was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital on Sunday for medical examination. Mpinganjira who was convicted of corruption related offence had been at Chichiri Prison for about ten days when… ...

K20 billion theft: Suspects granted bail

Sep 16, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

K20 billion theft: Suspects granted bail Four suspects accused of stealing K20 billion at Malawi Leaf Company have been granted bail in Lilongwe. The four appeared before Chief Resident Magistrate Patrick Chirwa of Lilongwe registry… ...

Former AHL CEO Matabwa arrested over theft of K20 billion

Sep 15, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Police have arrested former chief executive officer of Auction Holdings Limited (AHL), Evans Matabwa, and three others in connection to theft of K20 billion at Malawi Leaf Company which is a subsidiary of AHL. The… ...

It never rains for Thom Mpinganjira: New investigation to be instituted

Sep 14, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

A new probe is expected to be instituted into businessperson Thom Mpinganjira’s TFM Trust over alleged illegal donations. The High Court last week convicted Mpinganjira of attempting to offer a K100 million bribe to judges… ...

CDEDI demands further probe into fuel deals

Sep 14, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A rights group has demanded the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to conduct a further probe into the fuel deals at National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA), saying the initial probe ignored allegations that NOCMA’s preferred suppliers… ...

Mpinganjira wants suspended sentence

Sep 10, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Businessperson Thom Mpinganjira has asked the High Court to hand him a suspended sentence which would see him being spared from going to jail. Mpinganjira made the request through his lawyer, Patrice Nkhono, who was… ...

Mpinganjira found guilty

Sep 10, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawian businessperson Thom Mpinganjira attempted to bribe Constitutional Court Judges in order to secure a judgement in favour of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the High Court has ruled. Judge Dorothy DeGabrielle has delivered the… ...

Mota draws in another corruption controversy

Sep 09, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Mota Engil is at the centre of another corruption controversy as a rights group has asked the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to investigate the company and Roads Authority (RA) over the cost of the Area 18… ...

Mpinganjira bribery case: Judgement to be delivered Friday

Sep 08, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Businessperson Thom Mpinganjira will know his fate on Friday when High Court Judge Dorothy DeGabrielle is expected to deliver judgement in the case in which he is accused of attempting to bribe five Judges. Following… ...