Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested and charged the country’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima over graft allegations, it said on Friday, following months of investigation over his conduct, Reuters agency reported.
In a national address in June, Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera stripped Chilima of his powers when the watchdog first accused him of corruption.
But at the time the president – who has waged a crackdown on corruption – said he had no constitutional authority to suspend or remove the vice president from office.
He however barred Chilima from carrying out his duties.