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High court resumes the case of DPP Central Vice President, Uladi Mussa

Patience Mandowa

High court resumes the case of DPP Central Vice President, Uladi Mussa

By Alick u Sichali

The High court in Lilongwe on Wednesday resumed the case of former minister of Home affairs and internal security, Uladi Mussa, on the case he is answering for helping foreigners illegally obtained the countries citizenship.

Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), Spokesperson, Egrita Ndala, confirmed this in a Whatsapp convention when she was responding to a questionnaire we sent her.

Ndala said Mussa answering the case of aiding at least 55 foreigners to illegally obtain citizenship while he was a cabinet Minister.

“The case will be back in Lilongwe High Court on 16 and 17 August this month,” Ndala responded to the questionnaire.

This follows reports in the social media that the case stalled because the former minister joined the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and that the party is shielding him.

ACB arrested the former minister of Home affairs and Internal Security in March 2017 on charges of negligence and abuse of office but at the time Mussa said the arrest was made because of political reasons.

He handed himself to the ACB after reports surfaced that ACB department wanted to arrest him relation to the granting of citizenship and passports to people when he was in office.

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Malawi to host first National Anti-Corruption Youth Forum

Malawi News Agency (MANA)

Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has organized National Ant-Corruption Youth Forum to be held on May 30-31, 2018 at Linde Motel in Mponela, aimed to engage the youth in the fight against corruption.

The forum which is first of its kind to be hosted in the country will be carried out under the theme ‘Integrating the Youth in the fight against corruption’.

ACB Director General Senior Public Relations Officer Egrita Ndala said in an interview on Monday saying that the Summit is scheduled to allow youth across the country to share their understanding on corruption cases.

“The main objective of the forum is to provide an environment where the youth can provide their experiences on corruption issues,” she said.

According to Ndala the forum will bring together 50 youth from all the 28 districts of the country.

She said the forum would give the youth a challenge to play their role in the fight against corruption by building up networks with fellow youth in their areas in the fight against corruption.

Titha Youth Movement (TYM) Director, Damson Ntokoma said youth are impressed with the forum saying that it would help to open minds of fellow youth on how to curb the issues corruption which is happening in the country.

“ As a youth organization we are deeply happy for the forum as it will bring a lot of issues on the table regarding to corruption cases, and this will give us a room as youths to know how we can address some issues concerning corruption cases,” he stated.

Ntokoma added that the forum will also give an opportunity to his youth organization to know the status of corruption cases in the country and also to know how to raise awareness to the fellow youth on how to fight against corruption.

The forum has been organized with the funding from the Malawi government.

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ACB stops change of vehicle ownership vetting

Maravi Post Reporter

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The country’s fraud monitoring body Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) this week stopped screening applications for change of motor vehicle ownership.

ACB publicist Egrita Ndala said they have discontinued the process because a lot of cashgate cases have been concluded.

The bureau began examining all applications regarding change of motor vehicle ownership after the discovery of the plunder of public resources which came to be known as cashgate at the end of 2013.

ACB launched the vetting to curb concealment of proceeds of crime through change of ownership.

Ndala added that four years after process began, the Bureau has observed that the exercise has served its purpose since investigations and prosecutions of most of the cashgate cases have been concluded.

“The Bureau is therefore informing members of the public and all stakeholders about the discontinuance of the vetting process. We call upon all Malawians to desist from corruption in the change of motor vehicles ownership processes and report any suspected corrupt practices to the Bureau,” said Ndala.

She therefore said that the Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services will from now on wards proceed to deal with the applications without referring them to the Bureau.

Ndala however warned that the Bureau might resuscitate the screening process should a need arise in future.

This comes as the general public were seeking to change ownership of vehicles at the Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services were complaining that the process was taking a lot of time due to the vetting by the Bureau.