Category: Law Enforcement

* But curiously, the Bureau’s report does not include any of the names of those found in the 14 ledgers that contain this information * This, in my view, points to another factor that drives corruption in this country * Namely the selective pursuit of justice by the Bureau in its enforcement of the law By Duncan Mlanjira In his address to the nation this evening, President Lazarus Chakwera reveled that the investigations that the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) found…

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Saulos Chilima under scrutiny  * The Vice-President’s office is unique in that the Constitution does not provide for his suspension or removal from it by the President * And that he holds that office by the will of Malawian voters, which Chakwera respects, this is “the best” he could “do for now” * IG George Kainja, who was found by the ACB to have been recorded through telephone conversations with Sattar * Allegedly discussing procurement deals and kickbacks —…

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* We note with great concern the growing leadership crisis in Malawi and the worsening socio-economic conditions * Which have made life unbearable for ordinary Malawians * We are disappointed that the promise of a new dawn represented remains unfulfilled Maravi Express Malawian academics in diaspora have expressed their alarm that corruption and looting are getting worse and that the scandals have implicated those at the very top of the government, businesspeople, civil servants, police, and military officials. This…

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At the centre of it all, Zuneth Sattar * I am just as frustrated as you are to hear that the British suspect recently visited Malawi * And none of the agencies actively investigating him here noticed * Thus missing a golden opportunity to make progress on the matter * The ACB needs more of our support and I have allocated the ACB more funding than ever before By Duncan Mlanjira President Lazarus Chakwera has said he shares Malawians’…

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