“Arrests follows a six week long examinations of documents.” Elusive and highly politically-connected Blantyre based business magnet, owner of Mapeto David Whitehead, Faisal Gaffar Latif has been arrested alongside his son, Muhammad, who is the company’s managing director and three other senior officials for defrauding the Malawi Government to the tune of K10.8 billion through […]
April 12, 2021 Collins Mtika - Nyasa Times 2 Comments
A drive to Mzuzu on the 116 km stretch from Mzimba via Chikangawa in 1998 and before would always be an indelible experience kilometre after kilometre of undiluted verdant charm.
Deforestation at Viphya
A panorama of gently undulating hills of forest lushly decorated the roadside beyond the reach of the human eye in Malawi’s northern highlands, just off the grandeur of Lake Malawi.
That was the Viphya Plantation in boastful almost arrogant glory, a man-made green belt whose history stretches back to the rule of the late Hastings Kamuzu Banda.
But all that is no more; what remains are stumps that jut out as sad amputees on an ecological battlefield, thanks to mismanagement, political manipulation, greed and upended priorities.
The four are expected to appear before the Magistrate’s Court in Lilongwe.
The hearing is to inform the accused persons that their matter will be transferred to the High Court.
Last year the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) frozen accounts of former President Peter Mutharika, former First Lady Gertrude Mutharika and Chisale in relation to the case.
The development forced the three to sue ACB on the matter but the case was dismissed.
Mutharika is entangled in the cement saga where his personal bodyguard Chisale, former Chief of Staff for State Residences, Peter Mukhito and Lilongwe based businessman Ahmed Chunara were arrested on allegations that they imported about 1.2 million bags of cement using Mutharikaâs Taxpayer Identification Number (TPIN).