Month: May 2021 Posts

PAC confirms Chizuma as ACB Director General

May 17, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

President Lazarus Chakwera’s appointee Martha Chizuma has been confirmed as the new Anti-Corruption Bureau ( ACB) Director General. The Public Appointments Committee (PAC) has confirmed Chizuma today,  about a week after the committee rejected her.… ...

Chitsulo defends PAC: ‘We followed necessary procedures’

May 16, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Public Appointments Committee (PAC) chairperson Joyce Chitsulo has defended her committee saying it followed necessary procedures during the hearing last week where the committee rejected the appointment of Martha Chizuma as Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director… ...

Talking Blues: Give us today our Martha Chizuma

May 16, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

“As a country, we are too comfortable with corruption, and my vision is to break that.” - Martha Chizuma Horace, in his ode titled “Ad Romanos” says: “Quid non damnosa dies imminuit? Aetas parentum pejor… ...

Criminals must not be given an inch: Law Professor backs Martha Chizuma

May 14, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Law professor Danwood Chirwa has backed Martha Chizuma, saying she will likely turn the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) into a powerful force against corruption if confirmed as ACB director general. He was reacting to the Public… ...

Chilima, Chakwera, APM received bribes

May 13, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Court evidence shows that Tonse Alliance partners received more than half a billion of what commentators describe as bribes in the greatest corruption scandal to hit Malawi after cashgate. Business magnate Thom Mpinganjira revealed in… ...

Shocker! Supreme Court judges demanded K300m from Mpinganjira

May 12, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Business magnet and bribery suspect Thom Mpinganjira has alleged that Judges on the Presidential Elections case, Justices Mike Tembo and Healy Potani, asked him for K300 million to delay the case. Mpinganjira made the claims… ...

Malawians suspect foul play in Chizuma’s rejection

May 11, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawians have questioned Members of Parliament’s decision to reject the appointment of Martha Chizuma as Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) boss. Chizuma appeared before Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament this morning for confirmation following her appointment… ...