DATE : 10 MARCH 2026
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) wishes to inform the public that on 9 March 2026 it arrested Mr. Lawrent Kagona for suspected involvement in a corruption offence.
The Bureau received a complaint on 20 January 2026, alleging that some officers at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services in Lilongwe were demanding and receiving money from passport applicants in order to fast track the production of passports.
Investigations conducted by the Bureau established that Mr. Kagona corruptly solicited and received MK300,000 from a passport applicant in order to facilitate the fast tracking of the production of her passport. Of this amount, MK150,000 was paid in cash while the other MK150,000 was transferred to Mr. Kagona through Airtel Money.
The Bureau further established that the passport applied for was a normal passport with an official processing fee of MK50,000.
Mr. Kagona’s conduct is contrary to section 24(1) of the Corrupt Practices Act.
He will be interviewed under caution and thereafter taken to court where he will be formally charged.
JACQUELINE NGONGONDA
SENIOR PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
Phone : 0886829492
