Month: July 2019 Posts

Chimunthu Banda speaks tough on abuse of public resources

Jul 04, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Parliamentarian for Nkhotakota North Henry Chimunthu Banda has warned against abuse and theft of public resources in the district. Chimunthu Banda sounded the warning during the first full council meeting after the election of the… ...

Cashgate: Malawi Bureau of Standards buys 49 computers at K80 million

Jun 15, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 2 &

… One computer billed at K1.6million The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has come under fire for buying 49 desktop computers at K80 million. The bureau issued a notice in a local newspaper on June… ...

BP to pay around $10 billion to controversial businessman Frank Timis

Jun 05, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Leaked documents have revealed that BP will pay about $10 billion (about K7.4 trillion) to a businessman who is accused of bribing brother of Senegalese president in a suspicious energy deal. In a world exclusive… ...

Govt tells Chakwera to shut up about K1 trillion allegations

May 04, 2019 Richard Jimu 2 &

... says he is benefiting from proceeds of suspected crime The President Peter Mutharika administration has told Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera to provide proof for his claim that Democratic Progressive Party… ...

HRDC demands ESCOM to suspend K675m contract

Apr 26, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has demanded Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) to suspend the award of a K675million contract for demolishing a building. The development follows a recent announcement made by ESCOM… ...

Salary for 3 thousand Secondary School teachers needed to demolish ESCOM building

Apr 24, 2019 Mike J. Kangwele 0 &

...'non-existent' company awarded contract It does not get any extravagant. The country's electricity supplier ESCOM has shocked the nation after publishing that it has awarded an over half a billion Kwacha tender award to a… ...

ACB warns chiefs on corruption during campaign

Apr 02, 2019 Emmie Banda - MEC Stringer 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has told chiefs to restrain from corruption during the campaign period. Speaking during a meeting with chiefs and their subjects in traditional authority Zulu in Mchinji, ACB public education officer Chifundo… ...

Prophet Bushiri’s private jet seized: Major One running out of time

Feb 17, 2019 Sibu M. Mokoena 2 &

Mene, mene, tekel! The writing is now on the wall for controversial Prophet Shepherd Bushiri who is racing against time in South Africa where his private jet has been seized. The televangelist who is also answering alleged… ...

South Africa’s most expensive lawyer, Barry Roux, to defend Bushiri

Feb 05, 2019 Paul Nthala 2 &

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has acquired the services of top defence advocate Barry Roux whose daily fees is reportedly close to K3 million. Roux gained fame when he defended Paralympian Oscar Pistorius in 2014 who had been… ...

Batatawala wants to steal public resources – Govt

Feb 03, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Government says it will use all its expertise and available legal avenues to stop businessman Abdul Karim Batatawala from stealing K53 billion. Minister of Information Henry Mussa said this in a statement yesterday in reaction… ...

MRA fights Airtel over taxes

Jan 17, 2019 Gregory Gondwe 0 &

The multinational mobile company Airtel is up against efforts from the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) to enforce the collection of non-resident tax, in an emerging court case that may be exposing the company's tax avoidance… ...

Court rejects Jeffrey’s K70 billion compensation claim

Jan 15, 2019 Russell Kondowe 1 &

The High Court in Lilongwe on Monday dismissed a K70 billion compensation claim by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Secretary General Grezelder Jeffrey and three others. The four wanted government to compensate them after they were… ...

K53 billion cashgate: Mutharika, Dausi embroiled in a secret deal

Jan 13, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika and Minister of Homeland Security, Nicholas Dausi, will be direct beneficiaries in a clandestine deal in which some Indian-owned companies are claiming 53 billion Kwacha from government over a non-performing contract… ...

Two companies claim K53bn from govt, activists demand probe

Jan 12, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has called on authorities to investigate the matter in which two companies are demanding K53 billion from government. The two companies are African Commercial Agency and Reliance Trading Company… ...

Ten people found guilty of K210 million cashgate

Jan 10, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has convicted a married couple and eight civil servants of theft and money laundering of K210 million as well as of conspiracy to commit a felony. Judge Charles Mkandawire found… ...