Information reaching this publication indicates that the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested two sales clerks at the Masasa selling point in Ntcheu on allegations of soliciting extra money from beneficiaries of the Affordable Farm Inputs Programme.

ACB Public Relations Officer, Egrita Ndala, identified the suspects as Tshepiso Tembo and Patrick Chisoni. The two have since been released on court bail after being charged with corrupt practices by public officers.

In a separate incident, the Bureau has also arrested Dester Mathewe, an acting court clerk in Chiradzulu, for allegedly collecting money from court users in exchange for facilitating the distribution of matrimonial property in a civil case.

Ndala emphasized that the ACB remains committed to tackling corruption in public service delivery.