LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi Police have arrested former National Economic Empowerment Fund (Neef) chief executive officer (CEO) Humphreys Mdyetseni and Anderson Mbozi, an engineer in the Department of Irrigation.
National Police spokesperson Lael Chimtembo has confirmed the arrests, saying the two are facing charges linked to abuse of office.
“I can confirm that Mr. Humphrey Austin Mdyetseni from Sangambe Village, T/A Kabudula, (former Chief Executive Officer of the National Economic Empowerment Fund) and Mr. Anderson Mbozi of Chaluma Village, T/A Kalumbu, Lilongwe (an Engineer in the Department of Irrigation) have been arrested. They are being charged with abuse of office. Further details will be provided once the formal charge process is completed,” said Chimtembo.
Chimtembo did not provide further details on the circumstances surrounding the arrests.
Mdyetseni served as Neef CEO from 2020, when the institution was rebranded from Malawi Enterprise Development Fund to its current name.
NEEF is believed to have a centre of fraud inputs loans to former President Lazarus Chakwera’s Malawi Congress Party (MCP) regime sympathisers.
