A whistle blower who tipped graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on UTM dubious purchase of 44 vehicles some months ago says he is now living in fear.
Gosten Chimseu says UTM cadres are now after him as he is receiving threats following his complaint to the ACB that UTM might have acquired the new vehicles corruptly.
This week the ACB announced that it has opened full investigations on the purchase of the vehicles.
The ACB move has led to party president Saulos Chilima receiving fresh calls to step aside as State Vice President following these fresh allegations of corruption.
This is a third allegations of corruption in just months involving Chilima who is also on National Crime Agency (NCA) of UK and ACB radars as suspected to have received huge sums of money and other gifts from corruption kingpin Zuneth Sattar.
This allegation already prompted calls from civil society groups and some section of society to mount their pressure for the Vice President to resign.
Meanwhile, the United Nations and Government of Malawi on Wednesday held a whistle- blowers workshop in Lilongwe to enhance protection of people who give tips about corruption.
The workshop was aimed at coming up with a legislation to help protect whistle-blowers.
ACB director general Martha Chizuma said most people do not report corruption for fear of retaliation.
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