Ex-government officials banned from entering US

Four former senior Malawi officials have been banned from entering the US over corruption allegations. They include former police chief George Kainja, former Solicitor-General Reyneck Matemba, former director of public procurement John Suzi-Banda and former police service attorney Mwabi Kaluba. BBC News reports that they were designated by the State Department as being ‘generally ineligible for entry into the US, due to their involvement in significant corruption’. It said they ‘abused their public positions by accepting bribes and other articles of value from a private businessperson in exchange for awarding a government procurement contract for the Malawi Police Service’. They are also facing charges in Malawi after they were linked to corrupt dealings with UK businessman Zuneth Sattar.