Month: July 2022 Posts

Malawi claims US$309 billion from US company

Jul 30, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 2 &

Malawi Government is demanding US$309 billion (about K310 trillion) from Columbia Gem House in unpaid revenue on ruby and sapphire which the company's subsidiary Nyala Mines Limited extracted from Chimwadzulu mine in Ntcheu. Attorney General… ...

ACB given mandate to prosecute suspects without seeking DPP’s consent

Jul 28, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Songwe The National Assembly has today passed the Corrupt Practices Amendment Bill which, if assented to by President Lazarus Chakwera, will give the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) authority to prosecute anyone suspected of corruption without seeking… ...

Anti-presidential immunity demos start in Balaka

Jul 28, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

A grouping under the banner 'Action Against Presidential Immunity (AAI)" is holding demonstrations aimed at forcing the President to remove his immunity from prosecution. The day has started normally like usual days as residents flocked… ...

Lumumba urges Malawians to unite in fighting corruption

Jul 26, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba has urged Malawians to join hands in the fight against corruption instead of leaving the battle to graft busting institutions only. Lumumba was speaking on Monday at Mount Soche Hotel… ...

CDEDI demands Accountant General to resign

Jul 25, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Namiwa Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has demanded the resignation of Accountant General Jean Munyenyembe and the Secretary to Treasury MacDonald Mafuta Mwale over the K371 million allowances scam. CDEDI Executive Director… ...

Talking Blues: Malawi’s finest hour indeed

Jul 25, 2022 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

I beg to move that “considering the various challenges encountered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in the prosecution of cases, this House resolves that a Private Member’s Bill be drafted to amend the Corrupt Practices Act… ...

Chizuma ruffles Kayuni’s feathers

Jul 23, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General Martha Chizuma has angered Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Steven Kayuni after the bureau used a different “angle” in investigating the abuse of former president Peter Mutharika’s taxpayer identification number… ...