Bineth Trust won’t be declared public, Malawi govt drops case
The legal attempt to declare public the Bineth Trust of former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika to become a replica of Press Trust, which was initially established as a public trust but operated and was used as a personal entity of Malawi’s founding president, the late Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda, has been foiled after government has dropped the case .
The Bineth Trust in now run by the family of Mutharika including the Head of State, Professor Peter Mutharika, the late Bingu’s brother, who is on record of accusing previous Joyce Banda administration of engaging into “property grabbing” of his deceased brother’s property.
Government though the Attorney General chambers commenced proceedings at the Commercial Division of the High Court in the capital, Lilongwe for a declaration that the Bineth Trust is a charitable trust and for restoration of money that was withdrawn from the Bineth Trust accounts for purposes not in line with aims and objectives of the trust.
The State argued that the trustees are in breach of trust.
But now government has disposed of the case, Ministry of Justice Spokesperson Apoche Itimu confirmed.
“The case on Bineth Trust was disposed of,” said Itimu, as quoted in the press.
Aims and objectives of the trust, according to the title deed which the former president signed, is to administer the Bingu Academy of Sciences, now Malawi University of Science and Technology (Must), whose main objective is to enable Malawi to make a quantum leap in high-level research in natural and medical sciences specifically based on Malawi’s needs for technological, economic, industrial, manufacturing and agriculture development.
Government, through Estate Commissioner, froze all but one bank accounts belonging to the former president Mutharika over unpaid K5 billion (about $12.5m) estate duty from an estate estimated at K61 billion (about $152m) according to a government-hired valuer Yeremia Chihana.
But all the bank accounts were unlocked.
Bingu wa Mutharika died of cardiac arrest while serving as president on April 5 2012.
So MUST is a private university? Something is wrong here somewhere!!
Nothing is new here. These corrupt people will always continue to plunder our hard earned resources. Did any one really expect a different outcome from this case now that DPP are in power? The same thing will happen to Chasowa murder case. Those responsible for this young man’s death are walking the streets and eventually nothing will ever come out of the investigations. For both of these cases I blame JB for being absorbed with cash gating instead of making sure those responsible are held accountable. Its a shame that in this country justice is driven by politics.
Wina atsatira mbale wake soon, tiona.
tapepela bwanji?pitala akuona ngati wamuyaya iyeyi?press inatengedwa why nt bineth?kwatsala pang’ono umulondola mbale wako tilanda.
Chinyengo basi, kulowa m’boma ndi cholinga chobwezeletsa katundu wa achimwene, hahahahahah Malawi walelo. I don’t understand law, or it is selective and influenced.
What belong Malawians shall always be for Malawians if u cling to it u will die too soo and shamelessly,
ITS REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT MALAWI UNIVERISTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MUST) WAS BUILT AT PRIVATE OWNED LAND , NDATA. THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT HIS DREAM OF HAVING BINGU SCIENCE ACADAMY WAS TO TURN THE GOVERNMENT TO HIS PRIVATE. A MALAWI HOW CAN WE DEVELOP THEN, ITS UNFORTUNATE. ALL RESOURCES FOR NDATA AND BINETH WAS GOVERNMENT MONEY YET NOW ALL CASES ARE DROPPED BECAUSE THIS SO CALLED PETER IS IN CONTROL. WHERE IS OUR 61 BILLION? EEEEEEEEEEEEE KAYA, MA DONORS , CONTINUE USING THE NGOS IN FUNDING MALAWI.
Strangely enough is the that the injustice minister has not we given us tangible reasons for the discontinuity of the case. And if justice can not be accessed through the courts and all relevant institutions them one day we’ll access it through a barrel of the gun.
Mudzalangidwa ndi woweluza wolungama,Mulungu apeza njila yopelekela chuma chobedwa kwa eni a Malawi,monga momwe anachitila pa 5 April 2012 pamene Bingu ankaona ngati wafikapo,Ali ndi aphingu ambiri komanso nduna za chilomwe zokha-zokha koma anadzimuka. Kuti Ali chabe moyo ukumukana.
So, ndata university is a Bineth trust property?