Malawi leader Chakwera appoints Matemba as new Solicitor General, ACB to have new Czar

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)—Maravi Post has it on authority that President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed Reyneck Matemba as the new Solicitor general and secretary for justice.

 Matemba whose three year contract at Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) expired on December 1, 2020 confirmed to Nation Online that he has received the letter of appointment.

He is reported to have rejected an offer to renew his contract which expired on 1 December 2020.

Matemba was promoted to the position of ACB’s Director General by erstwhile President Peter Mutharika in 2017.

Until his appointment as ACB’s Director General, Matemba served as Deputy Director General, mainly responsible for prosecutions and had played a leading role in the prosecution of several cashgate cases.

Before moving to the graft busting body, Matemba also worked at Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs where he served as assistant chief legislative counsel, as General and in the Legal Aid Department.

Matemba is going while handling a high-level corruption case involving FDH Bank owner Thom Mpinganjira who was arrested by ACB on January 22, 2020 in connection to allegations of attempts to bribe five Constitutional Court judges presiding over the Presidential Elections Case.

Maneno Chimulala

I am a journalist, educator, and activist with passion for telling stories about social justice, sports and political issues. I graduated from Mzuzu University. I started my career at the Maravi Post online publication in 2012 as an intern while in college. Upon graduating from Mzuzu University I was offered a job as Sports Reporter because of my background as a goalkeeper and rose to the position of sub editor. I also had a short stint with Nyasatimes, Malawi Punch and Malawi Digest. Over the past seven years, I have worked intimately with rural organizations and communities in Malawi on human rights, girl child education and grassroots development projects. With an academic background in education, I also volunteer as male champion for girls’ education under Girls Empowerment Networks (GENET) in Malawi’s South West Education Division (SWED).