Month: February 2018 Posts

State capture: Malawi’s Attorney General ‘Lawyers’ private firm

Feb 09, 2018 Thokozani Chenjezi & Collins Mtika 0 &

Malawi’s Attorney-General – the government’s legal adviser and representative in all court cases against the state – improperly acted for a multinational company embroiled in a long-running legal dispute, the Centre for Investigative Journalism Malawi… ...

Mzomera out on bail

Jan 05, 2018 Mwayi Mkandawire 68 &

Just hours after his arrest, DPP lawmaker Christopher Mzomera Ngwira has successfully been granted bail. The Anti Corruption Bureau, in a statement released today indicated that the Mzimba Hora member of Parliament was arrested for… ...

Christopher Mzomera Ngwira arrested: DPP MP nabbed for corruption

Jan 05, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 87 &

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Member of Parliament for Mzimba Hola Constituency, Christopher Mzomera Ngwira, has been arrested. While confirming the arrest, the Malawi AntiCorruption Bureau (ACB) revealed that Mzomera Ngwira had employed cashgate tricks to… ...

APM admits corruption is rife in government

Dec 25, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 37 &

President Peter Mutharika has admitted that corruption remains a big challenge in government. Mutharika made the sentiments during an interview with Zodiak Broadcasting Corporation. Mutharika said there are some government departments like Admarc where corruption… ...

Police Commissioner, two others convicted over theft of millions

Dec 20, 2017 Bright Malenga 3 &

The Magistrates Court in Lilongwe has convicted three people for stealing tax payers millions and has acquitted one in the process. In a statement released by Anti-Corruption Bureau and signed by its Senior Public Relations… ...

Activist Jephter Mwanza dead

Dec 13, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 17 &

Development and human rights activist Jephter Mwanza has died. Mwanza served as Plan Malawi Kalondolondo programe manager for about three years. He has been critical on authorities on matters of good governance, human rights, corruption… ...

JB accused of signing a pact with ‘the Devil’

Dec 02, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 47 &

Africa Confidential, one of Africa's celebrated publications, has described as a 'pact with the devil' the alliance that former Malawi president Joyce Banda is forging with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). According to reports… ...