Sattar Appears in UK Court on Bribery Case Number 00NS5051220 as the Cat is Out of the Bag in Malawi

The cat is finally out of the bag and the safety gates at the Malawi State House can no be closed as officials connected to Chakwera’s Administration get exposed in the Sattar bribery Case.

The Malawi State house is now haunted as the UK’s case against businessman Zuneth Sattar is now opening a can of worms that have been covered for along time. Prince Harvey Kampondamgaga, the Chief of Staff to President Lazarus Chakwera’s name appears four times on the charge sheets laid before a British foreign courtroom.

The court session, R v. Sattar, case number 00NS5051220, in Westminster Magistrates’ Court, began at 14:00 hrs British local time on 30th May, 2025. There are recorded voices to be played by the jury in court that will send shivers into the nervous Chakwera’s inner circle where it is believed that even family members will be exposed.

Chakwera has a tendency of shielding his government officials on corruption cases, spinning stories by his media zealots but we are yet to hear how he is going to shift blame to others for his own mess.

Shockingly the late Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima who died in a mysterious plane crash in Chikangawa last year will be haunted in death as he also appears on the charge sheet in the UK courtroom. He was one of the few who were charged in Malawi on this bribery case but his case was dropped under very strange circumstances days before his death.

Chakwera can no longer use his ‘Man of God’ status to distance himself from the mess because he has to know that he is equally responsible for fighting corruption as he is the head of government. His Administration is at the centre of serious corruption cases involving senior members of his government even in the state house and party.

MCP government has been shielding corrupt officials ever since Chakwera came to power in 2020 resorting to arresting opposition party officials on tramped up charges leaving all people connected to MCP.

As justice is pursued in UK, it is murdered in Malawi. This case has to be revived in Malawi because Malawians cannot depend of the UK for justice. All those implicated have to face the long arm of the law.

Chakwera and his government must be prepared to face the nation and explain what his government will do to address this issue and about all Malawian officials appearing on the charge sheet in UK court room. Silence will no longer help matters in this case.

The Ministry of Finance authorized a payment of $4.98 million (about K8.8 billion) to International Armored Group for 32 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs)—a deal originally signed with Malachite FZE, a company linked to Sattar in November 2023.

Chakwera once publicly confessed to the nation that he might have received money from people like Sattar as a gift without knowing, which means he received huge sums of money without asking why he was given such gifts. The cat is out of the bag.