The Malawi Defense Force (MDF) is scheduled to appear before Justice Redson Kapindu on Thursday next week (October 19) to explain why it cannot release some documents to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) as part of disclosures in a case in which Vice-President Saulos Chilima is alleged to have demanded and recieved an unspecified amount of money to influence award of contracts in favour of Zunneth Sattar’s firms.

According to a notice of adjournment from the court dated October 12, the MDF was supposed to appear before Justice Kapindu on October 17.

Reads the notice: “Take notice that proceedings for the Malawi Defense Force to show cause why an order of disclosure should not be made in favour of the accused person, previously scheduled for 17th October, 2023 has been adjourned to the 19th day of October, 2023 at 10:00 O’clock in the fore noon”.

The ACB told the court that it has not been able to get some documents from MDF even after seeking for those to be submitted to the court as disclosures, prompting justice Kapindu to order MDF to appear in his chamber to explain their side of the story.