Chilima is angry about the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) probe of his acquisition of 44 brand-new vehicles for the UTM obtained with a loan from businessman Thom Mpinganjira...
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The conviction of businessman Thom Mpinganjira and his sentencing to nine years in prison last September for attempting to bribe Constitutional Court judges was widely welcomed but prosecutions of politicians were conspicuously absent...
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They later transpired to be registered to the convicted businessman Thom Mpinganjira as revealed in Africa Confidential last year (AC Vol 62 No 11 Chakwera loses his lustre)...
He faces another charge in relation to the sale of the state-owned Malawi Savings Bank in 2015 to FDH Bank which was owned by Thom Mpinganjira the wealthy businessman jailed in September for attempting to bribe the judges who ordered the re-run of the 2019 general election (AC Vol 61 No 3 Shock ruling resets poll)...
'Wealthy businessman Thom Mpinganjira was convicted in September receiving a sentence of nine years in prison of attempting to bribe five judges of the constitutional court who were hearing the case which led to the re-run of the 2019 elections and that only took nine months ' said one commentator remarking on the absence of political will in pursuing Cashgate...
The President is also under pressure from businessman Thom Mpinganjira who has been charged with attempting to bribe Constitutional Court judges who were presiding over the challenge to the 2019 elections...
The ACB known for dragging its feet in other cases especially the Cashgate mega-fraud surprised Malawians on 22 January when it arrested Thomson Mpinganjira the CEO of FDH Bank who is seen as close to the DPP (AC Vol 60 No 9 Campaign plumbs the depths)...