WIRE — Former Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Simplex Chithyola Banda is due to appear before the Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrates Court to take plea in a corruption case linked to the alleged abuse of office over K29.5 billion earmarked for the rehabilitation of the Lweya Irrigation Scheme. The court has issued summons requiring Banda to
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