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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Malawi\u2019s President Lazarus Chakwera has stripped his Vice-President Saulos Chilima of all his delegated powers. The decision was taken by the President after Chilima was named in a $150m corruption scandal involving government contracts.<\/p>\n

According to a report by the country\u2019s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the vice president and other 52 current and former officials had received money from British-Malawian businessman Zuneth Sattar between 2017 and 2021.<\/p>\n

The president made public details of the report in announcing his decision but his vice-president has not yet responded to the allegations. Mr Chakwera joined forces with Mr Chilima to defeat incumbent Peter Mutharika in 2020 presidential elections. The pair had promised to fight corruption in government.<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u2013 But the report detailed 16 contracts that the Malawi Police Service and the Malawi Defence Force awarded to five companies belonging to Mr Sattar.<\/p>\n

The officials named in the report include the vice-president and the head of police \u2013 who has been sacked. Because Malawi\u2019s law does not allow the president to sack or suspend his vice-president, the president decided to strip him off his powers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best I can do for now, which is what I have decided to do, is to withhold from his office any delegated duties while waiting for the bureau to substantiate its allegations against him,\u201d the president said in a national address on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. Malawi\u2019s President Lazarus Chakwera has stripped his Vice-President Saulos Chilima of all his delegated powers. The decision was taken by the President after Chilima was named in a $150m corruption scandal involving government contracts. 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