Month: May 2023 Posts

Malawi VP Saulos Chilima’s corruption case committed to High Court

May 19, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima appeared before the Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate's Court where the court committed his corruption case to the High Court’s financial and economic crimes division. Chilima went to court today together with… ...

Opinion: Chakwera and Mutharika must stand for 2025 presidential elections

May 17, 2023 Rick Dzida 0 &

It is imperative that President Chakwera and former President Peter Mutharika must contest head on during the forthcoming 2025 General elections. Firstly, as bonafide Malawian Citizens, the Malawi Constitution permits them to stand again as… ...

Mussa wants conviction erased

May 16, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Former minister Uladi Mussa has asked the Supreme Court of Appeal to clarify the implication of his pardon by President Lazarus Chakwera, saying he believes that presidential pardon erases his conviction and sentence. A nine-member… ...

Opinion: Martha Chizuma should speed up corruption cases

May 14, 2023 Rick Dzida 0 &

Malawians’ hopes and aspirations of cracking down corruption were astronomically raised when Ms. Martha Chizuma was appointed to the post of Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on 29 April 2021 after serving as… ...

Zamba’s interdiction of Chizuma illegal — Court

May 12, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The High Court in Blantyre says Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Colleen Zamba has no powers to interdict Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Martha Chizuma. The court has made the ruling in a… ...

Ex-transport secretary accused of fraudulently awarding railway tender to Mota Engil

May 10, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Former Secretary for Transport, Patrick Zimpita was arrested on Tuesday by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly instructing a fellow officer to fraudulently declare Mota Engil the successful bidder of Marka-Bangula railway. According to a statement… ...

CDEDI to conduct protest against Chakaka Nyirenda

May 09, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) and other concerned citizens are planning to hold a vigil at Capital Hill in an effort to force country's Attorney General (AG) Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda to… ...