Revolver in Mphwiyo shooting tendered in court

March 21, 2015 Nyasa Times Reporter 101 Comments

A revolver which was allegedly supposed to be used in the shooting of former budget director in the Ministry of Finance Paul Mphwiyo was Friday tendered to the High Court in the capital Lilongwe by police investigators.

Mphwiyo: Gun shot survivor in Malawi 'cashgate'
Mphwiyo: Gun shot survivor in Malawi ‘cashgate’

Mphwiyo was shot during the night of September 13, 2013 outside his house in Lilongwe. His shooting opened a can of worms that later led to the busting of cashgate – a syndicate in which public officers, politicians and businesspersons fraudulently plundered over US$100 million from government coffers.

Former justice minister Ralph Kasambara, a Macdonald Kumwembe and the Manondo brothers – Pika and Dauka are the main suspects believed to have been behind Mphwiyo’s attempted murder.

During the Friday hearing, prosecution which is being led Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mary Kachale, paraded Kankhwala Chilinda – a police investigator – to testify as lead investigator.

Kankhwala told the court that he had foiled the initial plan by Kasambara and others to have Mphwiyo shot.

According to Chilinda, the gun tendered to court was supposed to be used by Maxwell Chalunda who had allegedly been hired to shoot Mphwiyo. But Chalunda, Chilinda explained, surrendered the gun when he was later arrested in connection with the shooting.

“Chalunda surrendered the gun and five unused bullets to me,” Chilinda told the court. “He told me that he was part of the team that was hired to assassinate [Mphwiyo].”

He also submitted call logs of the accused – Kasambara, the Manondo brothers and Kumwembe – to show that they were in serious contact on the day prior and after Mphwiyo shooting until two days later.

Also submitted to the court by Chilinda was about K2 million and US$3 000 collected from Kumwembe, and K12 000 from Chalunda.

Kumwembe was identified by Chilinda and eleven other state witnesses as a former Malawi Defence Force employee who had been convicted for robbery in 2005.

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101 replies on “Revolver in Mphwiyo shooting tendered in court”

  1. Can take me ages to believe this. The police will often than not use all the tricks to cheat. The so called Mtumbuka Chilinda might be lying to the court after the police connived with this Chalunda thug for some reward.

  7. Chilinda identified kumwbe as MDF soldier previously convicted of armed theft? How relevant is that to kasambara and present case? Fuke you mary kachale and your chilinda

  8. Kod pali lamulo loletsa anthu kuyimbirana ma phone? Ndiye ukuti cal logs will show serious contact? So what?

  9. 5 unused bullets? Are these the one that destroyed mphwiyo’s face? Are we serious? Where are the pallets for the gun they used in the murder mr chilinda? Come be intelligent. Are you serious these are you investigations or your manufactured evidence? You think we malawians are fools? Pantumbo pako wasting our time basi

  11. Chilinda ndiwe chilindadi. How can you say you foiled firts plan koma ukunenanso wekha kuti mfuti anakupatsa utamumanga kale after shooting of mphwiyo? Iwe ndiye mbuzi ya police basi. Kodi a CID ambiri ndinu mbuzi ngati ti azimayi tapa area 3 mbuzi zokhazokha basi

  12. Bring the real gun please that was used in the shooting. Kodi iwe mary kachale wayesa masanje amenewa? You want government to lose money to kasambara? Supiti zako wamva

  13. Kodi iwe chilinda uli ndi nzeru iweyo? Mfuti idagwedula sagwada za mphwiyo ilikuti? Iyo ndiyako ya ku office. Tikufuna yeniyeni imene idawombedwa ndikugwerura chibwano mphwiyo ibwere mu court osati za chamba zakozo ndi mary kachale wakoyo

  16. Okuba onse azengedwe milandu,mwachilungamo ndimosakondela posatengela kutchuka,maphunziro kaya ndiolemela,Akapezeka olakwa amangidwe basi..

  17. This is wat they’ve decide to tell us thea is more behind the table. The cashgate and shooting case idzatha ngati milandu ya Tcheya. They just make them spend a lot of money, get them in and out of court. In thez cases only the small fish go in.

  18. Please rescue us from paying heavily this Kasambala because what you have tendered as the evidence in that court of law is nothing but just useless motives to finish Ralph off. How can the whole police not advise his fellow officer that that is a clap of its highest order. I thought you brought a gun which was used to deform Mphwiyo. Why bring a gun that was never used? How did you foil the plan to shoot the victim of cashgate. You can not claim to have foiled the plan when infact someone came to you and surrendered the gun himself. Kodi ma call logs akuonesa kasambala akupereka mfuti kwa Chalunda. Malawians at 50 still behaving like headless chickens. Why this embarassment to the nation. Do you mean that Mphwiyo got injured while the gun was not used. Nyamulani chinamupweteka Mphwiyo osati chimene mwalota. Akamakupangani cross examine musamaone ngati ndi wamwano Ralph. He is not my relative but what you tenderd in court will arrest the tax payers money. Mutu wodwala kansire mphini musateme kazizi.

    1. You talking no sense you need to understand before you talk we don’t care wither you are a relative to Ralph your brother he’s the one organised this guy to shot mphwiyo and your brother Ralph must just wait 1 million yrs behind bars that’s all there is no where to hide

  20. Ok so this is what mary kachale thought to be credible evidence? Poti nzeru kusiyana

  21. Koma umboniwu amayenera kupereka ndani? Chalunda kapena chilinda? Airtel kapena chilinda?

  25. Kodi iwe chilinda nanga mfuti yeniyeniyo ili kuti yomwe idamuzula sagwada mphwiyo? Ukapereka mfuti ya zii yopanda ntchito. Mfuti imeneyo udangotenga ku offesi kwako basi zabodza zimenezo

  26. Komadi a chilinda mulibe nzeru. Suspect being hard core criminal angadzadzipereke yekha kwa inu? Mukunamatu inuyo.

  27. Ralph and wife are dangerous killers on the loose. Everybody knows that. Look at the people he called friends- that hang around him- then you will know what type of person you are dealing with. Everytime I look at this guy, am always reminded of late Kwacha Ghambi and Duke Mashoshola Madukulira. But every fool has his day- thanks we have a Jehova who never lies!

  28. Ralph, there is always the 40th day. It is in sight . That’s when your master , the Devil shows his true colors- he will abandon you!!!

  33. Please conclude these cashgate cases mwatitopesa nazo za ma court anthu inu.All becauseof coruption and incopetence. Panya panu

    1. Brother there is nothing to celebrate here. We are paying these people heavily at the end of it all. Mfuti anapitisa ku khoti akuti amafuna kuyigwiritsa ntchito meaning kuti si imene inamuombera Mphwiyo. Ndiye ngati si imene inamuombela Mphwiyo wopangidwa accuse mukumuuza chani. Basitu ndiye kuti siiye koma iye naye analinawo malingaliro wofuna kumuombera.

  36. Suspect anapita yekha kukazipereka kwa Police Invesigator very interesting & on top of that, that suspect being an ex- soldier? Very interesting indeed.

  37. Koma yes umbonidi wa boma umenewo? Does government have lawyers with critical thinking skills? Mary is that the evidence to bring before a court of law? Even kwa a mfumu ungapititse umboni wake umenewo? Be sensible please you are wasting our taxes please. If you have no evidence just say so. Don’t look like an idiot on some of these things

  38. Koma yes umbonidi wa boma umenewo? Does government have lawyers with critical thinking skills? Mary is that the evidence to bring before a court of law? Even kwa a mfumu ungapititse umboni wake umenewo? Be sensible please you are wasting our taxes please. If you have no evidence jyst say so.

  44. Tikufuna Mayi wakuba uja abwere azayakhe zonse anachita monga : ndege gate , maize gate, cashgate ,election gate ndi zina zonse . Iwe mbava, bwerako kunjako

  45. Were you at the scene of shooting when mphwiyo was shot? Did you witness the shooting? If not who witnessed it?

  46. Was in court. Chilinda goofed big time. He lied so much that even dpp and judge were admonishing him. State can’t win this case. Wait for his cross examination

  47. Did you arrest ralph and others on initial plan or after shooting hard happened? So you knew in advance that mphwiyo was on hit list yet you decided to wait until shooting was done without alerting mphwiyo? If we say you were part of the conspiracy what do you say?

  49. Chilinda after foiling initial plan to shoot mphwiyo what steps did you take to protect mphwiyo? Why were they not arrested after you initially discovered the conspiracy to murder mphwiyo? Or were you part of the initial plan thats why you concealed it? Did you have any reason for concealing Ralph plans to murder mphwiyo which you foiled?

  50. Chilinda kodi mfuti imeneyi mwini wake ndani? Kasambara? Iweyo kapena chalunda? Ngati ili ya chalunda ipezeka ndiweyo bwanji?

  52. Mphwiyo atanena chilungamo kuti anali ndi k120 million on the day of his shooting ndipo ndizime adathyolera sagwada zimveka. Koma akubisa then these will be freed

  55. Money from chalunda? Isnt this government own money just used for that purpose? Who else was there when chalunda surrendered that cash? Where did chalunda get this money? From Ralph? Who witnessed the transfer of the said money from Ralph to chalunda? Isnt this money from DPP herself? Mary be guided with Holy Ghost. You are a Living Waters BA. Jehovah is watching you.

  56. Very unclear evidence. I know people are after Ralph but the evidence so far coming out is complete trash. Ralph will come out clean. Cal logs? If Ralph was on speaking terms with mphwiyo is that evidence enough that they intended to murder him? Do we know what the conversation was all about? Has mphwiyo explained what these conversations were in nature? Heated arguments? For what? That’s the missing link. Mphwiyo should explained these cal logs. I believe these are not the only people who spike to mphwiyo on that day. Were others who also spoke to mphwiyo after his life? Why only select Ralph and others?

  57. Kasambara is not a lawyer but a thug. He should be stripped off his papers. He should never practice law in Malawi. Where is the Law Commission? He has killed many people. Pliz he must be dealt with accordingly together with with his disciple Wapona Kita. Give him life sentence.

  59. Bwana Kasambala muikananso pamenepa? Kukhala ngati chilungamo is showing as a big mountain would look like. Take that one old boss!

  60. Eee komatu a Kasambala ndi anzanu? Why was there so much communication between you and the fellow accused in the days before and after the shooting? Utsi sufuka popanda moto man..

  62. Inu mustipusitse a Malawi, sinthawi yotipanga ngati timadya manyi ifeyo, adaombela Mphwiyo tonse tikuwadsiwa ndiye dont Cheat us, a Court panya panu mwanva? Mulandu oti kupatsa enafe tsiku lomwe lija watha kalekale, ndiye ifeyo simbuli ayi, muuzane nthawi ina yake tikutukwanani kuti Pantu!!!? panu nonse,,,,.

  63. Cal logs show that they were in speaking terms. Do they show any hostility between ralph and mphwiyo? Ralph hasnt denied that he was on speaking terms with mphwiyo. So are logs evidence of shooting?

  64. I know Chilinda. He is a seasoned investigator. And if anything the state must thank him in a special way because he is the one who spilled the cash gate we are talking today. Chilinde is a professional police officer I will live to remember. JB was boasting she made an effort to put cash gate into light, she was talking of Chilinda. May God bless you abundantly munthu was mkulu Chilinda.

  65. Hearsay evidence. Was chilinda together with chalunda when ralph surrendered the gun to chalunda?

  66. Bwanji umboni umenewu sadapereke yekha chalunda? Is not hearsay evidence pipeza chilinda adachita kuwuzidwa ndi chalunda?

  69. Down with selfishness and thefty!its time we stopped hearing about these issues and concentrate on the future but these people(suspected thieves)should be punished

  70. What is about K92 billion scum, tell us way forward. Do not stick one side. ACB watch out ur style.

  72. Why should a simple case like this one cant be concluded. Firearm (found with the culprit), cartridges, a bullet or bullets at crime scene. What else do yoy need?

  75. Koma Kasambara nde wayalukatu . A supposedly learned person turning into a dangerous killer like this? Regardless of which way the case is gonna go, akuluwa ulemu wonse watha ndithu . He is no different from the Macholowes of this world .

  77. Kasambara is in deep trouble here coz it looks the state has overwhelming evidence against him and his colleagues, especially with those call logs he won’t easily escape. He had a very thick line to maneuver through if possible otherwise the probability of going to jail weighs more than staying out here.

  79. This Kumwembe has been involved in armed robberies even in 2005? This is what we have been telling Malawi government, soldier and police personel have been doing armed robberies since Bakili came to power. Bakili liberalised stealing When DPP came to power, it became worse, especially with Lhomwes

  82. This story is clearly a manufactured one. Why tender a gun that wasn’t used in the shooting?

  85. Give us more stories please on these thugs. We enjoy them thanks Nyasatimes. You are great

  87. Any firearm has unique cartilages if fired and ballistics experts can identify the date and corresponding time of the time of incident. The said firearm recovered should match the bullet found on MPhwiyo’s body

  88. Guys do we have president in this country. I very much doubt. Joyce Banda better than Peter Mutharika. Bingu wa Mutharika better than Bakili Muluzi, Joyce Banda. This Peter is a clueless president.

  92. Uyo ndiye galu wa munthu. Mfuti imeneyo idagwira ntchito? Iwe mary kachale ndimayesa wanzeru

  93. Mbuzi ya police. This is not the gun that was used? How relevant is it to present case if it wasn’t used?

  94. Garbage evidence. Who owns the gun? Why are tendering it on behalf of chalunda? You want to stereotype chalunda when he finally appears in court? Rubbish

  95. But the gun wasnt used? Iwe chilinda does this make any sense? The gun belongs to who? Who surrendered it to chalunda? Useless evidence. Cal logs? Do they show what was being discussed? Are these the only ones that are apoearing on the call logs? Why is this being tendered by police and not by airtel and TNM?

  96. Malizani khani imeneyi tatopanayo.Kodi ODI UKO ALIKUTI?Abwere nayeso adzayakhe mafuso aMalawi.Kusonyeza kuti adaba bwanji osakhala ku Malawi komkuno.

    1. Inu a Phwetulani, up to now you don’t even konw that she is engaged by UN? She is blessed and she is getting MK 2,000,000.00 per day more than 100 times, the president of the poorest country in the world gets in a month. So what? You are just waisting your time. Shut up your stinky mouth!

    2. Zoona tatopa Nazo nkhani za Mphiyo just write us the final court Judgement. Give us new cashgate stories amene akuba pakali pano. Maleave grants, unremitted insurance money, loans etc,

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