Malawi: Karim Batatawala in 'Smear Campaign' Against Mutharika, DPP - Wants K53bn From Govt Without Supplying for 5 Years

11 January 2019

Controversial Blantyre-based business mogul Abdul Karim Batatawala has been exposed to have been behind circulating in social media a malicious document implicating President Peter Mutharika to be the beneficiary of a duly awarded food rations contracts at Police.

According to documents seen by Nyasa Times, Batatawala had been instructing people on WhatsApp platform to circulate the documents widely - containing malicious and distorted information - with intent to injure the reputation of the President and the suppliers.

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