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.
The development comes after Msukwa was expected to be taken to court today after the bureau took a statement from him.
According to Chimwemwe Kalua, lawyer for Msukwa, the stay order is stopping order is stopping the ACB from investigating, arresting and prosecuting Msukwa based on the information for the National Agency Crime – pending an interparty hearing scheduled on 28 June ,2022.
He added that the stay order is also stopping a judgment by High Court Judge Redson Kapindu who dismissed an application by Msukwa and Ashok Nair, who wanted their arrests by the ACB to be annulled.
Earlier, the ACB arrested Msukwa on December 31 2021 for allegedly obtaining bribes in form of K15 million, a Mercedes Benz and K4 million allegedly through Nair, to intervene in a land-related matter in Area 46 in Lilongwe and Chipoka in Salima.
