Month: January 2016 Posts

Manondo ‘cornered’ on Paul Mphwiyo shooting

Jan 29, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 16 &

An expert has patched holes into attempts by Pika Manondo, one of the suspects in the shooting of Paul Mphwiyo who was then serving as National Budget Director in Ministry of Finance to discredit call… ...

Bisnowaty in K1.1 billion corruption scandal

Jan 10, 2016 Mike J. Kangwele 91 &

Malawi Health Minister Peter Kumpalume and Member of Parliament for Lilongwe City Central Constituency David Bisnowaty have been named key players in a K1.1 billion corruption scandal. A report published by one local paper says… ...

Joyce Banda’s television hits airwaves

Jan 07, 2016 Mike J. Kangwele 128 &

Days after reports emerged that former Malawi president Joyce Banda was the chief architect of the infamous Cashgate scandal, a television station linked to her has started airing. The television station which comes after her… ...

Malawi’s weak laws fueling public looting

Jan 05, 2016 Thula Chisamba 16 &

Investigations this publication has conducted indicate that Malawian public servants are the ones fueling the county’s downfall with their enduring habit of swindling taxpayers’ money as there are no serious laws and regulations that may… ...

My brother Bingu stole billions – APM

Dec 08, 2015 Aubrey Makina 141 &

...There will always be corruption in every society Malawi President Peter Mutharika revealed in an interview with BBC Hard Talk that his brother Bingu wa Mutharika stole over 30% of public funds during the 7… ...

Mutharika slams donors

Dec 03, 2015 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 42 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has slammed the country’s donors under the Common Approach to Budget Support (CABS) for employing tactics that has alienated government to monitor their programmes. Speaking in London while courting investors, Mutharika… ...

‘The age of donor aid is over’ – Mutharika

Nov 07, 2015 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 77 &

…'Aid deepened neocolonialism and Malawi's mental slavery' says APM President Peter Mutharika has said it is time for Malawi to divorce donors  to ensure political and economic sovereignty much as "the country is currently passing through… ...