The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has come out of the cocoon to clarify on alleged reports that some files are missing on the investigation on the source funds of the newly procured 44 vehicles belonging to the United Transformation Movement (UTM).
Last week media reports indicated that files on the alleged purchase 44 vehicles of UTM are missing and the graft busting body was not able to continue with the case.
A concerned citizen, Gosten Chinseu initially moved the bureau to probe the procurement of the vehicles and the party’s accumulated wealth.
Chinseu claims in the media that last month the bureau called him to make a fresh application as the previous one had gone missing.
But ACB has trashed the reports.
“The story carried by the Nation newspaper could not have been more far from the truth as to the state of the Bureau ‘s investigations on the allegations involving UTM 44 cars. The investigations are actually progressing well. It is very unfortunate that the Nation newspaper did not get the Bureau’s side of the story on the matter.
They only proceeded to write the story based on what the complainant allegedly told them,” claims Jacqueline Ngongonda, the Bureau’s Senior Public Relations Officer in a written response.
But Ngongonda is yet to comment on whether the bureau indeed communicated to the complainant that his previous statement had gone missing or not.
Meanwhile, Centre for Social Accountability Trust Executive Director Willy Kambwandira has said Malawians expect justice to prevail on the matter.
UTM is yet to comment on the matter.
