The Nsanje Magistrate’s Court has convicted and sentenced two people to three years imprisonment for abusing money that was meant for a Local Development Fund (LDF) project.<\/p>\n
A statement released by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) showed that the two, Useni Pensulo (Village Headman Alufandika) and Rashid Mamani, chairperson of a Village Development Committee, were arrested on January 26, 2017.<\/p>\n
The bureau\u2019s Senior Public Relations Officer, EgritaNdala, who has signed the statement, disclosed that Pensulo and Mamani connived to include ghost workers on the list of villagers to work on a project to construct a canal from Shire River to Tikondane Irrigation scheme.<\/p>\n
She said the two were later taken to court where they were charged with uttering a false document, theft and misuse of office.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn 20th March 2018, Nsanje Magistrate’s Court convicted the two on all three counts. They were sentenced to 36 months imprisonment for misuse of public office, 18 months for uttering a false document, and twelve months for theft. The sentences are expected to run concurrently,\u201d reads Ndala\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n
The Bureau has in recent years been arresting people suspected to have been involved in abuse of funds under the LDF.<\/p>\n
In January this year, the graft-busting institution also arrested Mzimba Hora MP, Christopher Mzomera Ngwira over allegations that he abused the funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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