ACB arrests two Mzuzu High Court officers over alleged bribery and fraud

• Assistant Sheriff Victor Nyirenda and Court Marshal Raniger Simbeye face separate charges, with Nyirenda re-arrested over a seized vehicle sale

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested two officers of the Mzuzu High Court, accusing them of corruption and fraud in separate cases.

Assistant Sheriff Officer Victor Thumbiko Nyirenda faces three counts: misuse of public office, soliciting a bribe and theft by a public servant.

The ACB alleges he failed to account for K1.1 million received from a judgment debtor and asked for a K30,000 bribe to influence a magistrate.

Court Marshal Raniger Simbeye faces two counts of giving false information to an ACB officer and producing a false receipt.

He is accused of falsely claiming he handed K500,000 to a judgment creditor, and of forging a receipt to back up the claim.

ACB Senior Public Relations Officer Gift Chisusu Mhone confirmed the charges in a statement.

Both men appeared before court on October 28, 2026, and pleaded not guilty.

Their trial begins on November 23, 2026.

In a separate matter, Nyirenda was re-arrested on October 28, 2026, for allegedly abusing his office to benefit Magistrate Godfrey Nyirenda by helping to unlawfully sell a motor vehicle seized by the Sheriff’s Office.

That trial is set for November 12, 2026.