{"id":3821,"date":"2021-08-10T11:03:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T11:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-energy-minister-aford-leader-arrested"},"modified":"2021-08-10T11:03:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T11:03:51","slug":"malawi-energy-minister-aford-leader-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-energy-minister-aford-leader-arrested","title":{"rendered":"Malawi Energy Minister, Aford leader arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>ACB Principal Public Relations Officer Egritta Ndala has confirmed the arrests. Ndala said the bureau received a complaint alleging corruption in the way National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) conducted the process to award contracts to supply fuel.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the bureau also received another complaint alleging interference and meddling into NOCMA\u2019s contracts to supply fuel for the year 2020\/2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Anti-Corruption Bureau instituted investigations and restricted the contract. On 6th August, 2021, the Bureau lifted the restriction as the investigation in the first complaint did not establish any offence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the second complaint, the investigation established that Hon. Newton Kambala, Minister of Energy, attempted to influence NOCMA to award contracts of 2020\/2021 fuel supply for the advantage of Orxy, Finergy and Trifugira Fuel companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d Mr. Enock Chihana, President of Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) and Mr. Chris Chaima Banda, Presidential Adviser on Strategy aided and abetted Hon. Newton Kambala when he attempted to influence the award of the contract to supply 40000 metric tons of fuel to a company known as Finergy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three are expected to appear before court after the bureau interviews them. Meanwhile, President Lazarus Chakwera\u2019s executive assistant Sean Kampondeni says the president has been informed about the arrest of the Minister and he will take actions after conducting an inquiry. Chakwera \u2018interfering\u2019 in fuel supply tender, leaked memo to ACB reveals NOCMA Saga: Chakwera\u2019s aide wants to \u2018eliminate\u2019 whistleblower<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. ACB Principal Public Relations Officer Egritta Ndala has confirmed the arrests. Ndala said the bureau received a complaint alleging corruption in the way National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) conducted the process to award contracts to supply fuel. 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