| Office: | Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau |
| Appointer: | Lazarus Chakwera |
| Country: | Malawi |
| Parliament: | Parliament of Malawi |
| President: | Lazarus Chakwera |
| Nationality: | Malawian |
| Alma Mater: | University of Malawi, Chancellor College, University of East London |
| Predecessor: | Reyneck Matemba |
Martha Chizuma is Malawi's Anti-Corruption Bureau Director. Martha Chizuma was appointed director of the anti-corruption bureau on 29 April 2021 after serving as Malawi's first woman Ombudsman since 2015.[1] Prior to that, she served as the Senior Resident Magistrate in the courts of Malawi.
Martha Chizuma holds a Masters of Laws in International Economic Law from the University of East London and Bachelor of Laws with Honors (LLB) from University of Malawi, Chancellor College.
In January 2022, a phone call recording between Chizuma and an unidentified man was leaked.[2] In the phone call, she alleged that judges and magistrates were part of a corruption syndicate. She was accused of being unprofessional for the alleged discussion.[3]
Also in January 2022, members of Malawi's diplomatic missions faulted Martha Chizuma for recruiting a United Kingdom agency to do investigations on behalf of the anti-corruption bureau.[4]
On 6 December 2022, Chizuma was arrested in connection to a leaked audio clip in which she spoke with another person about the fight against corruption in the country.[5] She was released on bail the same day of her arrest.[6]