Category: Law Enforcement

A document that’s supposed to be issued through MalTIS * Concerns already on radar of Attorney General and Parliamentary Committee on Transport * The private garage operators raised many challenges that include being barred from accessing the supposedly government system * The creation of MalTIS was granted to Movesa and South Africa-based firm, Fischer Consulting * With an agreement to handover to the Malawi Government way back in 2017 * But five years after the agreed initial handover, the…

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Consumers asked to make sure prices on shelf match that at the till * To identify habitual offenders for stiffer punishments currently under review * The fine of K500,000 and 5 year jail term was enacted in 2013 when CFTA * It was established and was stiff enough then but some big corporate businesses can just opt to pay the meager fine * And continue carrying out unfair trading practices By Duncan Mlanjira Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC)…

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Chakwera and Chilima at a charity golf tournament last month * The President removed Chilima claiming the investigations on corruption against him were concluded and compelling * The ACB disowned claims that Chilima was under investigations * The Bureau declared that the investigations were still ongoing and not conclusive enough to trigger any action then * What is his charge and why has it taken this long to convict the Vice-President? By Duncan Mlanjira Consumer Association of Malawi (CAMA)…

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Chiwambo, Director of Energy in the Department of Energy * They demanded US$15,000 and received US$5,000 plus K500,000 cash to facilitate the process * The country’s mining industry is embroiled with many irregularities * Just in July, the Government demanded US$309.6 billion from Columbia Gem House of Vancouver, USA * As claim for unpaid tax revenue in respect of ruby and sapphire minerals * Extracted from Chimwadzulu Mine in Ntcheu District by the US company’s subsidiary, Nyala Mines Limited…

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