Month: August 2022 Posts

Zameer Karim charged with money laundering, theft

Aug 02, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Businessperson Zameer Karim and a police officer identified as Grant Kachingwe have been charged over the K2.7 billion food rations contract which Malawi Police awarded to Karim. The two appeared before the High Court in… ...

Nyekhwe! Zameer Karim re-arrested

Apr 15, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Controversial business mogul, Zameer Karim, who donated several cars and cash of about K145 million to the then Malawi President Peter Mutharika has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on fraud related charges. ACB… ...

Court orders Zameer Karim to pay K2.3 billion to Malawi Govt

Nov 18, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Malawi Government has won a case in which it sued businessperson Zameer Karim for K2.3 billion over the police food rations contract. Malawi High Court Commercial Division Judge Annabel Mtalimanja delivered the ruling on… ...

JB tells police to first arrest Mutharika

Apr 09, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former President Joyce Banda has demanded the arrest of President Peter Mutharika and Zameer Karim over the Malawi police food rations scandal. Banda said police should arrest the two instead of hunting her for her… ...

Zameer Karim’s ‘staged’ arrest is doom for Mutharika

Dec 06, 2018 Alex Chikanga 0 &

Activists believe the arrest of business magnet, Zameer Karim, who gave Malawi President Peter Mutharika a K145 million "bribe", has been staged "to save the president's face" so he could be seen as fighting corruption with… ...

Breaking: Zameer Karim arrested

Dec 05, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested businessman Zameer Karim over the Malawi Police Service (MPS) food rations scandal. The bureau has also arrested Central Region Commissioner of Police Innocent Bottoman and Senior Superintendent Grant Kachingwe.… ...

Fresh call: CSOs demand APM’s impeachment

Oct 24, 2018 Luke Bisani 3 &

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Malawi have demanded the impeachment of President Peter Mutharika following a donation of five vehicles made by controversial businessman Zameer Karim. The CSOs under the banner Human Rights Defenders Coalition… ...