Zomba third grade magistrate Maxford Gandali has been suspended for soliciting bribes from court users in exchange for favoured justice, Judiciary spokesman Mlenga Mvula has confirmed. Mvula said Gandali is still reporting for work “but not handling any court cases.” He confirmed that Gandali has received several warnings, verbal and written over official complaints lodged against […]
Malawi government officials are flying to South Africa to meet their Pretoria counterparts on Wednesday to chart the way forward following the discovery and subsequent rescue of 57 children two weeks ago. Sources at Capital Hill, the seat of government in Lilongwe said the two governments are likely to dwell on efforts to bring back […]
Presidential advisor on National unity and Parliamentary affairs, Symon Vuwa Kaunda has dispelled hunger fears in Mzimba and other districts in the north saying government is in full control by ensuring that maize is available in the Admarc depots. Kaunda made the remarks recently after touring Mzimba Admarc depot together with other stakeholders. He said […]
A Texas man who managed an orphanage in Malawi was sentenced on Tuesday in federal court to 25 years in prison for sexually abusing children in his care, U.S. prosecutors said. Gerald Campbell, 66, of Odessa, who pleaded guilty in May, could have faced up to life in prison, according to papers filed in federal […]
Britain has called for better sharing of information on who is planning to do what and when to the humanitarian response for Malawi as it is is facing its worst food crisis in more than a decade. Malawi hunger crisis is, the result of a combination of factors, including drought, floodsendemic poverty and the effects […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have rearrested a whistle blower who has risked his life to unearth corruption activities at Bwaila Hospital, a key factor that has sunk public services at the healthy facility. Ramsy Mushani, spokesperson for Lilongwe police station confirmed the arrest on Monday of Donnex Banda, the executive director of Youth Health Network. […]
Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda has referred back to the High Court a discontinued case where politician Ken Msonda was dragged to court for inciting violence. Writing on his Facebook page on January 2 2016, Msonda, who is spokesperson of opposition Peoples’s Party (PP), declared that the best way to deal with homosexuals was to kill […]
Malawi g overnment is battling to raise US$280 million for relief food for its starving six million people as response from donors has been poor on relief food. Disaster Department Communications Officer Jeremiah Mphande said so far the government has raised just US$116 million out of the projected US$395 million. “Out of the US$395 million, […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has said he is ready to take action on his cronies implicated in the mismanagement of the public funds. The Mutharika- led government has of late come under heavy criticism that it has now pressed on the overdrive looting gear as if things have fallen apart; as if the ship has […]
People of Makanjira in Mangochi are expressing concern in the manner chief Makanjira was installed at a ceremony disguised as a Ndamo sya Ayao cultural event to beat a rival family which was fighting for the chieftaincy. Ajibu Ali was installed last Sunday by minister of Local Government Kondwani Nankhumwa at a brief ceremony the […]
Malawi Police in Mzuzu recently confiscated different kinds of beer being sold in undesignated places in the city during one of their night sweeping exercises. The security exercise led to the arrest of over ten individuals including some beer custodians. After the accused individuals were charged, convicted and committed to community service, the Magistrate Court […]
Unidentified tricksters, who pretended to be officials from the High Court, ripped a man of K20, 000 in Ntchisi after promising to facilitate the pardoning of his son during this years’ independence celebration. Mariko Hussein, the father to Fred Hussein who is serving a five year jail term at Ntchisi Prison, said the tricksters called […]
Auditor General Stevenson Kumphasa says his office has not sent auditors to Malawi foreign missions because of lack of money. Finance minister Goodall Gondwe and Foreign Affairs minister Francis Kasaira said in May the government would send auditors in all foreign missions following reports of massive loot of public financial resources in Ethiopia, Japan and […]
Senior managers of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), including chief elections officer Willie Kalonga, remain in officie despite being sent on one –month forced leave to pave the way for investigations into allegations of financial abuse at the electoral body. A resolution was passed in May by the Malawi Electoral Cycle Support (Mecs) Project Steering […]
Government has given Blantyre City Council a go ahead to turn Njamba Freedom Park into a recreation centre. Local Government minister Kondwani Nankhumwa said this after a protracted war between the council and Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) who said owned the park. The park is situated just metres away from MBCtv studios and MHC and […]
More and more prominent names are coming into prosecutors’ sights but their political masters are applying the brakes. The conviction on 21 July of former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara for conspiracy to murder is not just a victory for Malawian justice but a major morale boost for those prosecuting the Cashgate defendants. Prosecutors and Anti-Corruption […]
Gun shot survivor former budget director Paul Mphwiyo is still facing charges in connection to the cashgate scandal. Mphwiyo was arrested in 2014 on charges of money laundering, theft and conspiracy to defeat course of justice. His wife, Thandie Mphwiyo, was also charged with money laundering and theft. Commentators believe Mphwiyo masterminded the looting of […]
The World Heritage Center has asked Malawi government to withdraw oil exploration in Lake Malawi, protesting the decision to grant an exploration concession at a world heritage site, the Lake Malawi National Park. In a letter dated July 29, 2016 sent through Malawi Charge de affairs in Brussles, Belgium Joseph Chiteyeye, the Director of World […]