Malawi President Fires Senior Officials in Crackdown on Graft
- Chakwera also removes duties from vice president after probe
- Malawi is looking to persuade the IMF to renew funding deal
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera
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Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera fired his head of police and said he won’t delegate duties to Vice President Saulos Chilima after they were named in a corruption probe.
The duo were among more than 50 public officials to be linked to Zuneth Sattar, a Malawian now based in the UK who is alleged to have paid bribes to win state contracts worth more than $150 million, Chakwera said in an address to the nation Tuesday.