A 60-year-old man has died in a fierce clash over land in Ntchisi, now Police are reportedly keeping in custody a 40-year-old man on murder. However, police in the district also says enquiries are in progress to establish full details of the incident. According to Sergeant Gladson M’bumpha, Ntchisi Police Public Relations Officer, the deceased […]
High Court Judge Michael Mtambo has rejected an application by suspected shooter of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, Macdonald Kumwembe, to remove himself from the case. Kumwembe, a former soldier of Malawi Defence Force, asked the judge recuse himself claiming his decisions in the high-profile case could be seen as biased. The suspect, who […]
A 32-year-old man, Francis Kamoto is under police custody Police in Phalombe district for allegedly killing his brother, removed his private parts and offered them for sale. Kamoto is alleged to have killed his brother, Enock Waheya, 28, on 21 August, 2015 and removed his private parts. He was arrested on Wednesday this week. Phalombe […]
High Court Judge Redson Kapindu from Zomba Registry has sentenced up to 11 years imprisonment chief cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo. Lutepo, who was convicted on his own plea of guilty to two counts of conspiracy to defraud government and money laundering, looked grumpy after the sentence was handed down to him. The convict, who has […]
A 32-year-old police officer in central region border district of Mchinji on Thursday committed suicide while on duty as he shot himself dead leaving a suicide note. Confirming the development, Mchinji police public relations officer Sub- Inspector Moses Kajawa Nyirenda, identified the deceased as Constable Allan Chione, who was on duty on that particular day […]
Cases of attacking or abducting albinos have now resurfaced in Malawi with a 11 year old albino boy battling for his life at Karonga District hospital, after two men kidnapped him and tried to cut his throat and right arm at Ipyana, in the district and albino body parts which were found at Pazani village in […]
Police in Salima district have arrested a 41-year-old man, Anthony Mphatso for allegedly attempting to bribe a court magistrate. Mphatso, still in police custody, has been charged with Official Corruption contrary to Section 90 (b) of the Penal Code. He is alleged to have wanted to bribe Alex Kamtiki, First Grade Magistrate at Salima Magistrates […]
Suspected shooter of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, Macdonald Kumwembe, has asked High Court judge Michael Mtambo to recuse himself from continuing with the case, alleging bias and that has demonstrated to have a personal vendetta against his co-accused person, former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara. In court affidavit […]
Malawi Police are investigating the cause of fire that gutted down a shop belonging to Josiah Soda, aged 30 and hails from Kalanga Village Sub Traditional Authority Govati in Mwanza District. The owner of the shop, who was seriously injured by the fire, breathed his last at Mwanza District Hospital on Tuesday 1st September, 2015. […]
The Head of International Development for Caritas Australia, Jamie Davies has expressed satisfaction over the way Catholic Development Commission in Malawi (CADECOM) has been implementing a five year Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES) project. Davies was speaking when she visited several pro-poor interventions including Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Agriculture, Nutrition and Food Security and Small […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has said the country will go to a national vote for ‘yes or no’ in a referendum to decide whether same-sex relations should be legal and the issue of legalising abortion. Calls for legalising same-sex marriage have received resistance in conservative southern African nation. But speaking in a special programme on […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale has maintained her stand that the State is dealing with mafia-like operations in the case of the shooting of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo and has asked the High Court to revoke the bail of former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier Macdonald Kumwembe , claiming […]
Former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier Macdonald Kumwembe defending himself on all charges of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder on former budget director Paul Mphwiyo has named his list of witnesses to take stand including former president Joyce Banda. Other witnesses are politicians Hophmally Makande and Friday Jumbe, Chifundo Chikaphupha, Eric Mambucha, Robert […]
President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday held talks with a group of prospective British investors who are in the country on a five-day scheduled trade and investment mission. During the meeting held at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe, the investors committed to bring foreign direct investment into Malawi especially in energy, engineering, irrigation, water development and infrastructure development. These […]
The Balaka First Grade Magistrate Court in eastern Malawi has sentenced a 23 year old-man to seven years imprisonment with hard labour for raping his biological mother. The convict Macdonald Kusala was arrested after he was caught red-handed raping his 42-year-old mother in her matrimonial house. Police Prosecutor Inspector Isaac Mponela told the court that […]
Standard Bank of Malawi has been ordered by High Court to produce cheque images that show transactions carried on the accounts of companies owned by cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo between April and October 2013 identifying those that benefited from the infamous cashgate scandal. The principal beneficiaries Lutepo, whose companies accounted for K4.2 billion (($7.5 million)of […]
Prosecutors in the cashgate case involving convicted businessman Oswald Lutepo has appealed to Judge Redson Kapindu to infuse stiff sentence to the convict dismissing mitigation factors by his defence lawyer seeking a lenient one year jail but suspended. Lutepo’s lawyer, Oswald Mtupila, on Monday pleaded for leniency, before Judge Kapindu at High Court registry in Zomba. […]
Forum for the Development of Youth with Disability (FDYD) has urged government and various players to involve the youth with disabilities in policy and decision making processes to ensure their inclusion and participation in various development activities in the country. According to FDYD Executive Director, Rex Tikondane Kalima, young people with disabilities are being looked […]