Month: January 2022 Posts

Buluma: I was offered K410 million bribe

Jan 20, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) acting Chief Executive Officer Helen Buluma has revealed that she was told she would be given US$500,000 (about K410 million) if she corruptly awarded contracts to companies favoured by… ...

Buluma says she was threatened with job loss over NOCMA fuel deals

Jan 20, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Kambala (2nd from R) and Chihana (3rd from R) at the court National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) acting Chief Executive Officer Helen Buluma has told a court in Lilongwe that former Minister of Energy… ...

Sindikudziwa – Chakwera athawa funso la NOCMA

Nov 10, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Mtsogoleri wa dziko lino a Lazarus Chakwera dzulo anathawa funso lokhudza kusakazidwa kwa ndalama ku National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) kudzera mu chitetezo chomwe chikuperekedwa kwa a Hellen Buluma. A Chakwera, omwe NOCMA ili… ...

NOCMA deputy Tsar threatens Malawi Nation journalists  

Oct 28, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) deputy chief executive officer, Hellen Buluma, threatened Malawi Nation journalists over a story which revealed that NOCMA is spending K3.9 million per month on Buluma’s security. The Nation Publications… ...

Chikhosi told to disclose Buluma’s conditions of service amid revelations of K3.9 million security spending

Oct 27, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A Malawi human rights group has demanded Secretary to President and Cabinet Zangazanga Chikhosi to reveal conditions of service for National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) deputy Chief Executive Officer Hellen Buluma following revelations that… ...

Investigate Buluma, demands Malawi activists

Oct 25, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

A grouping of Malawian vocal activists, the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), has asked the office of Ombudsman institute investigations into reports that Deputy Chief Executive Officer for National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) Hellen… ...

Talking Blues: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it

Oct 24, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

According to reports, the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change has proposed sweeping changes to pave the way for the government to have 90 per cent control of fuel imports. If implemented, the… ...

Talking Blues: Who is fooling who?

Oct 17, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.” - Ephesians 5:11 If truth be told, the timing of the resurgence of controversy around the 2021-22 fuel importation contracts issued by… ...

NOCMA seeks to expand storage capacity to 120 million litres

Oct 15, 2021 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) says it has started works to increase fuel storage capacity from the current 60 million litres to 120 million litres by the year 2023. NOCMA deputy chief executive officer… ...

NOCMAGATE: ACB interrogates Chakwera

Sep 01, 2021 Russell Kondowe 1 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) interrogated President Lazarus Chakwera at Kamuzu Palace where the president confirmed meeting representatives of some of the companies which were looking to secure fuel supply contracts at National Oil Company of… ...

Interrogation of Fuelgate suspects continues today

Aug 10, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Minister of Energy Newton Kambala, Aford President Enock Chihana and presidential advisor on Strategy Chris Chaima Banda spent Monday night in police custody and today the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) will continue interrogating them. The three… ...

Malawi Energy Minister, Aford leader arrested

Aug 09, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested Energy Minister Newton Kambala, AFORD President Chakufwa Chihana and presidential advisor Chris Chaima Banda over interference in fuel supply contracts. ACB Principal Public Relations Officer Egritta Ndala has confirmed… ...

NOCMA given go-ahead to award fuel supply contracts

Aug 06, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has given National Oil Company of Malawi Limited (NOCMA) a go-ahead to award fuel supply contracts to successful bidders. In a notice dated 6 August, ACB Director General Martha Chizuma has… ...

Corruption at ACB: K42m paid as oil kickbacks

Jun 12, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Public officers reportedly received K42 million to approve the fuel supply deals. Allegations of corruption over the fuel supply deal have been directed at Officers at the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) This week, the bureau which… ...

ACB launches probe into fuel procurement

Jun 09, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has stopped National Oil Company of Malawi Limited (NOCMA) from dealing with procurement processes towards award of fuel contracts as the bureau is investigating fuel procurement process. ACB Principal public Relations… ...