Malawi: Why Kawale, Gwenge and Zamba Were Arrested - Inside the Fertiliser and Tobacco Scandal

Malawi: Why Kawale, Gwenge and Zamba Were Arrested - Inside the Fertiliser and Tobacco Scandal

Three senior former government officials - former Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Colleen Zamba, former Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale, and former Minister of Finance Sosten Gwengwe - have been arrested as part of a major corruption investigation involving billions of kwacha in public funds.

Zamba rearrested, Kawale also nabbed

Police yesterday arrested former Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Colleen Zamba on fresh abuse of office allegations and former Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale on charges yet to be disclosed. The duo’s separate arrests came hours after the arrest of former Cabinet minister also in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) administration, Sosten Gwengwe. Surrendered herself: Zamba. | George Singini Zamba handed herself over to National Polic…

Former SPC Colleen Zamba Rearrested on New Abuse of Office Charges

Police have arrested former Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC), Colleen Zamba, on fresh allegations of abuse of office. Zamba’s lawyer, George Kadzipatike, has confirmed the arrest, saying she was apprehended at the National Police Headquarters in Lilongwe, where she voluntarily presented herself to investigators. Kadzipatike explained that the new abuse of office charge is different from the one she faced in December 2025, when she wa…