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Malawians are today waiting for a way forward on the 21-day ultimatum which President Lazarus Chakwera gave the Anti-Corruption Bureau-ACB to furnish his office a report on the probe of a United Kingdom based businessperson Zunneth Sattar.

The Malawi Government has said it will file an application to forfeit property worth MK 5 Billion belonging to Norman Chisale- former security aide of former President Peter Mutharika.

The High Court of Malawi Commercial Division in Blantyre has dismissed with cost an application by Mulli Brothers Limited-MBL to halt a case in which Reserve Bank of Malawi is claiming 1.4 Billion Kwacha from the company.

The Supreme Court of Appeal has granted a stay order to former Minister of Lands Kezzie Msukwa, stopping the Anti-Corruption Bureau – ACB from arresting him.

Analysts have said the assets declared by some public officers are not giving a true reflection of the property they own.

Government has described as misplaced, assertions by some quarters that the Tonse led government has failed to meet expectations of Malawians.

Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Martha Chizuma has expressed optimism that the bureau will meet the deadline given by President Lazarus Chakwera on investigations on the United Kingdom-based businessperson Zunneth Sattar.

Malawi Prison Service has confirmed the arrest of two prison warders at Chichiri Prison over the escape of three inmates at the facility.

High Court Judge Dr Redson Kapindu has dismissed an application by Chris Chaima Banda, former chief advisor on strategy for President Lazarus Chakwera.

The Malawi Human Rights Commission-MHRC has cautioned the Malawi Police Service against jeopardizing the institutional integrity and independence of the ACB.