The officials named in the charges against Sattar and by the US State Department as recipients of the bribes include: Chilima President Lazarus Chakwera's chief of staff Prince Harvey Kapondamgaga (still serving) the Inspector-General of Police George Kainja lawyer for the Malawi police Mwambi Kaluba Chizuma's predecessor at the ACB Reyneck Matemba public procurement boss John Suzi Banda Dan Kuwali head of legal at the Malawi Defence Force (still serving) and three others...
The other officials banned by the US were former Solicitor General and Secretary for Justice Reyneck Matemba former Director of Public Procurement John Suzi Banda and former Malawi Police Service legal head Mwabi Kaluwa...
It said the recordings 'demonstrate[s] Sattar's influence over and corruption of a number of senior public figures in Malawi including the Malawian Vice-President Saulos Chilima the Chief of Staff Prince Harvey Kapondamgaga the Malawian Solicitor General Reyneck Matemba the Inspector General of Malawi Police Service George Kainja a Malawi Police Service Lawyer: Mwambi Kaluba and the Chairperson of the PPDA [Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Authority] John Suzi Banda...
The President of the Malawi Law Society John Suzi Banda said the ACB's 'operational independence has been fatally compromised'...