Malawi: Mutharika Acts on Corruption Promise

Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika's administration has made its first arrest for fraud and corruption since coming to office in May of this year. The deputy research director of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF), Humphreys Mvula, was arrested on Friday in Blantyre. Mvula, chief executive of the state-run Shire Bus Lone, Malawi's biggest bus company, is being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Bureau after allegations of dubious purchases of a new fleet of buses and spare parts.