The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) says it wants to come to the bottom of the plunder of public funds at Capital Hill, christened Cashgate, by the end of this year.
Currently at least 25 cashgate cases are known to have commenced at both Lilongwe and Zomba Magistrates and High Courts while a lot more cases are yet to come before trial as investigations are still underway.
ACB Senior Public Relations Officer, Egrita Ndala, however, has admitted that the seven-week long strike by the judiciary continues to pose a serious challenge to the realisation of such ambitions.
Ndala said that cases that are already under prosecution have stalled and new cases are yet to commence as a result of the industrial action.
“The Bureau will also work to ensure that the on-going cashgate cases reach their logical conclusions be it in investigations or prosecutions,” Ndala said in a response to an emailed questionnaire.
She further indicated that in 2015 the bureau also plans to intensify corruption prevention programmes in public institutions perceived to be more vulnerable to corruption with an aim of safeguarding the public purse.
