ACB arrests 3 ward councillors in Karonga for duping vendors K2.4 million


By Staff Reporter

The Anti-Corruption Bureau ( ACB) has today Tuesday September 13,2022 arrested three ward councillors in Karonga on allegations that they illegally and unprocedurally sold public land to the vendors at the boma.

In a 247 Malawi News has in possession, ACB Principal Public Relations Officer Egrita Ndala has confirmed the arrest of the trio saying the bureau received a complaint in 2020 alleging that the suspects pocketed K2.4 million kwacha from market vendors to allocate them spaces within the central business district.

ACB , Ndala



The three are Steve Simsokwe, Smart Mwakaira and Ngasalayumo Mwangonde.

According to Ndala the suspects will soon be taken to court after interrogations process are done.