Lilongwe’s Mkukula Chief Magistrate Court has ordered the arrest of Davie Kaunda, son of former Malawi Lands Minister Vuwa Kaunda, for allegedly obtaining money by trick amounting to MK 40,200,000 (Forty Million and Two Hundred Thousand Kwacha) from a businessperson Mustafa Amidu.

This comes barely weeks after this publication reported that Davie was arrested in South Africa alongside other suspected criminal friends while clubbing, at an exotic Night Club in Soweto on Saturday night, March 12, 2022, on similar charges.

A Warrant of arrest addressed to the law enforcers in our custody dated 17th March said between the years 2020 and 2021, Kaunda in the city of Lilongwe by deceit or other fraudulent means obtained the money from Mustafa Amidu.

“You are hereby directed to arrest Davie Kaunda to produce him before this court in execution of this arrest and HEREIN FAIL NOT,” reads the warrant which is marked Criminal case number 136 of 2022.

The suspect Davie Kaunda hails from Chidagha Village in the area of Traditional Authority Timbiri in Nkhata-Bay district