Over two years after his appointment as Malawi’s first-ever Director of Assets Declarations, Christopher Tukula faces prosecution for his alleged witness interference in Cashgate cases.
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) instituted a probe on Tukula and was subsequently arrested on the same charges in 2014.
In a written response to our inquiry on Thursday, the bureau’s Senior Public Relations Officer Egrita Ndala disclosed that investigations of the matter have been finalised.
“The Anti-Corruption Bureau was investigating Mr. Christopher Tukula for interfering with investigations in the ongoing Cashgate cases.
“The Bureau had established that Mr. Tukula was interfering with potential witnesses. This happened when he was in private law practice,” said Ndala.
Asked on the way forward, Ndala said the ant-graft body is waiting for directions on how to proceed with the matter.
“The investigation was concluded and the case is awaiting consent from the Director of Public Prosecutions,” Ndala said.
Tukula in 2014 was allegedly feeding the witnesses information on how to respond to some of the probing questions.
The ACB had to move the Mzuzu Magistrate’s Court to vacate an injunction Tukula obtained through his lawyer, Raphael Kasambara, to make an arrest in September 2014.
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