Prominent lawyers in Malawi fight on forum over corruption, politics: ‘Judge shopping’ allegations raised
Two prominent lawyers have taken it on Malawi Law Society WhatsApp forum to fight each other over corruption and politics with David Kanyenda accusing Gift Mwakhwawa of bribing judges to win cases.
In a lengthy leaked conversion, Kanyenda is daring Mwakhwawa to declare his political allegiance so that they could engage openly.
In response, Mwakhwawa responds: “I am yet to be sure. One thing I know is that (the ruling Democratic Progressive Party) DPP is thieving. Because if they were okay why fix it when it is not broken?”
But Kanyenda suggests that even other parties, including the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) have been thieving too.
Things started getting out when Mwakhwawa said: “The president of the DPP and the party are being accused of thieving, you are not a thief but have been arrested twice on kindled allegations …”
Mwakhwawa said if lawyers had proper peer discipline, Kanyenda’s practising licence would have been revoked.
“David, you stole from clients, you are a thief, that’s a fact. You he belongs to jail. You only are safe because the justice system broken. You only have your licence because the disciplinary process is broken,” said Mwakhwawa.
Kanyenda then hit back, accusing Mwakhwawa of offering money to lawyers, whilst he was at Malawi Law Society, to settle cases after bribing judges.
“You may not have been arrested but that doesn’t make you clean,” said Kanyenda.
The conversation went personal as the two lawyers revealed each others children born out of wedlock.
Former Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale’s request for a ceasefire was not adhered to.
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How can we have a professional legal system if the whole governing team is rotten?
Malawi Law Society has asked parliament to have in place the impeachment procedures for president, can the Law Society also put in place procedures to have these corrupt lawyers and others disbarred. Judges should be put in jail too.
Mongokumbutsana, K145 million ikukambidwayi inapita kwa APM yemweso ndi lawyer. Komaso tisaiwale kuti Dr Chaponda otchuka ajaso ndi lawyer. Kaliwo amasokoneza ku Kongelesi ujaso ndi lawyer
Zikomo
Yes whatever kanyenda may say he’s a broken reed he must not parade as the DPP spokesman in order to gain camouflage he is in the ranks of common criminals DPP might be a rotten onion in terms of corruption I don’t think DPP would dine with kanyenda on the same table the DPP diners would use the longest spoon just to make kanyenda doesn’t stain the rotten apple. Kanyenda is a dismal failure he is corrupt he inspires corruin all those around him
If Malawians had any doubt that the justice and criminal systems have collapsed…..here is the evidence. In fact, have we ever wondered why no wealthy people are in prison right now despite the fact that they commit the most hideous crimes in Malawi. Have we ever wondered why lawyers, prosecutors and the legal minds, within political parties, all act as imbeciles…….here we are. Two prominent lawyers revealing their true colours. This is indicative of the quality of lawyers we have in Malawi. If indeed we had a disciplined Law Society of Malawi; it would suspend these two lawyers for putting the profession into disrepute. Who in their right mind would ever respect Malawi lawyers.
Why fixing when it is not broken……stupid
Kabwenzeni ndalama zama clients …full stop
Nanga ngati anthu aza malamulo ali busy ndi katangale, ndiye anthu osauka ofuna chilungamo alowera kuti? Dziko lomvetsa chisoni kwambiri. All systems completely rotten. Road Traffic, Police, Public hospitals, Courts of law, etc.
The truth is Malawi has no legal system that can be relied upon. Our lawyers are a bunch of satanic agents who suck blood even when the last drop has dried. This goes for the judges who turn a blind eye on justice. You will all pay a price for exposing and subjecting the vulnerable to extreme poverty by thieving to enrich yourselves. In fact most of them can never make it as practising attorneys in the first world because they simply lack ethics for the profession. You are conmen in gowns. I have no respect for Malawian lawyers, most of them can’t converse I wonder how they passed their exams. They wake up to stealing not many are clean either
Malawi Law Society is CORRUPT.
Our judges are corrupt and lawyers are the worst thieves and CROOKS. The entire Malawi Law Society is corrupt. And yet they put out statement about impeachment procedures.
Zimadabwitsa milandu kutenga zaka zambiri isanagamulidwe ndi ma judge, ma magistrate koma anthu mwezi ndi mwezi akulandira malipiro from the same taxpayers’ money. Ndiye chonchi tiziti: Maizegate inayenda mwachilungamo, Dr Chaponda alibedi mlandu woti ayankhe, Foster Mlumbe, Zameer Karima among others?
Anthunu mukulakwa kwambiri
Malawi is in a sorry state!! I feel ashamed to be a Malawian. Lawyers for that matter fighting on social media. Kanyenda you must bring in MCP and UDF into corruption issues which are clearly DPP’s. Dpp is corrupt to the core, basi!
Mwankhwawa is corrupt – he used to shop for judges. All lawyers are corrupt.
Bring the evidence!
That’s the problem of being a thief. You then think everyone steals like. Kanyenda is a well-documented thief and conman like his DPP counterparts.
Most Malawian lawyers are criminals!
Kanyenda stay away from trouble if you can. Zinazi ukumaziputa dala mdala iwe. You ain’t growing younger at all, sober up . You want to hide yourself in DPP armpits, pay back the clients money. Ulithawatu dzikoli!
shameless lawyers knowing the truth but promoting injustice… Mulungu wathu tipulumutseni kumbava zosawopa inu
Shame, real, shame on our so called learned men. I have always wondered why cases drag on and on. Its because learned men are busy castigating each other.
Zinali zocheza chabe
There are no lawyers in Malawi. These are mercenaries!
LAWYERS ARE THE BIGGEST CRIMINALS. THEY STEAL FROM POOR PEOPLE (PETER MUTHARIKA WHO STOLE MK145MILLION IS A LAWYER, THEY STEAL FROM CLIENTS, THEY BRIBE JUDGES, THEY BRIBE COURT CLERKS, MOST OF THEM ARE ON DRUGS AND CHAMBA, MOST OF THEM CHEAT THEIR WIVES AND ARE ON ARVs.
JUDGES ALSO PRETEND TWO MUCH. ITS ONLY WHEN A CASE IS AGAINST GOVT THAT THEY EXERCISE OBJECTIVITY, TWO MUCH ‘WAKWITHU’ SYNDROME, GENERALLY, THEY ARE CROOKS!
THE LAWYERS AND JUDGES ARE THE SCAM OF EARTH! THEY DESERVE TO BE BURNT ALIVE!
It is common knowledge that all Malawi lawyers are liars and thieves!
If Law Society of Malawi was as disciplined as SOCAM more than half of these lawyers could have been disbarred!