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Malawi: Civil Society Demand "Corruption Riddled" Lands Minister Msukwa Resignation
Nyasa Times, 19 January 2022
President Lazarus Chakwera inability to sack or suspend Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Kezzie Msukwa has forced a civil society organisation, Youth and Society… Read more »
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Malawi: Escom Loses Over U.S.$17 Million to Mis-Procurements and Corruption
Nyasa Times, 19 January 2022
The Parliamentary Committee Chairperson for Natural Resources and Climate Change, Werani Chilenga, has disclosed that Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) lost K14… Read more »
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Malawi: 'Staff of the Anti-Corruption Bureau Must Be Protected' - Bishops
Agenzia Fides, 21 January 2022
"No one should be pressurized, intimidated or influenced by threats or any other means in the carrying out of their work for the good of the country. We plead, in the interest of… Read more »
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Malawi: Local Bishops Call for Fight Against Cancer of Corruption Which is Rampant in the Country
Agenzia Fides, 22 January 2022
"Call for a relentless fight against corruption", is the title of the statement issued by the Episcopal Conference of the country (CEM) on January 19, 2022, on the spread of the… Read more »
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Malawi: President Fires Entire Cabinet Over Corruption Charges Against Three Ministers
DW, 24 January 2022
Lazarus Chakwera dissolved his Cabinet due to graft charges against three ministers. The president is facing a revolt over perceived inaction on corruption within the government. Read more »
Malawi's President Fires Cabinet Over Corruption Charges
President Lazarus Chakwera has dissolved his cabinet due to graft charges against three ministers.
In a televised address he said "all the functions of cabinet revert to my office until I announce a reconfigured cabinet in two days." And added that he would "confront all forms of lawless conduct by public officials."
Chakwera came into power on the back of a strong anti-corruption message. Members of the ruling Tonse Alliance accused the president's Malawi Congress Party of nepotism and corruption and worsening the country's economic crisis.
The move comes after Attorney General, Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda, had earlier issued a 60 day amnesty to companies and individuals who have had illegally acquired wealth through procurement fraud and corruption to voluntarily pay back the funds or face the law.
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Malawi's former president, Peter Mutharika, has accused President Lazarus Chakwera's government of political persecution in arresting former officials linked to the former le Read more »
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Malawi is doing worse on reducing poverty, hunger, and unemployment and other indicators, according to a recent Afrobarometer Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Scorecard for the ... Read more »
President Lazarus Mccarthy Chakwera, delivering his acceptance speech after being sworn in as president of Malawi (file photo).
