{"id":3022,"date":"2023-04-11T13:49:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T13:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/?p=3022"},"modified":"2023-04-11T13:49:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T13:49:34","slug":"ex-minister-in-malawi-gets-jail-pardon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/11\/ex-minister-in-malawi-gets-jail-pardon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Minister in Malawi gets jail pardon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has pardoned a former cabinet minister who was serving a five-year sentence after being convicted for abuse of office.<\/p><div class=\"afric-content\" id=\"afric-700401\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/hello?utm_source=ecm-digital&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=lac-dex-2026&#038;utm_content=french\" aria-label=\"French&#8212;300&#215;250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/French-300x250-1.gif?fit=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Uladi Mussa was sentenced in 2020 to six years in prison over corruption linked to the illegal issuing of passports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His release was an act of mercy in the Easter season, Homeland Security Minister Ken Zikhale Ng\u2019oma said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mussa remains an influential politician in the country after serving as minister under four different presidents between 1994 and 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His involvement in the passport scam took place during the tenure of former President Joyce Banda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, the US government imposed a travel ban on him and his spouse over his role in the scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mussa was released together with 199 other convicts, who \u201ccommitted minor offences and have demonstrated good behaviour during their stay in prison\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They include a driver who was arrested and charged last year after refusing to give way to President Chakwera\u2019s convoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has pardoned a former cabinet minister who was serving a five-year sentence after being convicted for abuse of office. 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