Court orders seizure of K1.7bn Chisale assets for ‘presevation’

February 27, 2021 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 31 Comments

The High Court in Blantyre allowed the government to seize K1.7 billion worth of property for former security aide to Peter Mutharika, Norman Chisale.

Chisale, a man who spent a good part of his last six years in a presidential palace, usually inches from the most powerful person in Malawi.
Seized: Its in mangochi, the owner is Norman Chisale, Zimatha Lldge

Judge Mike Tembo has permitted the office of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) through the Asset Forfeiture Unit, the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), ACB and Malawi Police Service (MPS) Fiscal and Fraud Department and other law enforcement agencies who jointly applied for the court order to go ahead and seize the assets  for “preservation” until his trial concludes.

FIA legal services manager Dr Jean Philipo Priminta, chief State advocate Edwin Mtonga, FIA legal director Collins Chitsime and senior State advocate Pilirani Masanjala made submissions to court on behalf of the State.

Recently Chisale has been in and out of court answering charges related to attempted murder, abuse of office over his alleged role in the importation of cement using the President’s duty-free status, is accused by State agencies of acquiring billions worth of assets illegally.

Department, and other law enforcement agencies jointly applied for the Court order.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Steven Kayuni confirms the development.

“Through their joint efforts and coordination strategy they have secured a preservation order for property worth 1.7 billion Malawi Kwacha in connection with Mr Chisale. Him alone accumulated all that property of which there is reasonable ground to believe that it is proceeds of a crime and is likely to be seized by government. Justice Mike Tembo has so ordered,” said Kayuni.

Among the assets seized include d a Mercedes Benz with personalised registration NPC1 (initials standing for Norman Paulos Chisale)  which he declared was  “a gift from my friend in London,  a Toyota Landcruiser VX  which he said was  “a gift from my friend in Dubai” and a BMW X5 as a gift from a Mr. Kadango in Lilongwe.

The list also includes a Mercedes Benz registration NPC2 pegged at K8 million, a house in Kanjedza Township in Blantyre valued at K30 million which he said was a “a loan from Mr L. Fazeh”.

Also seized is  Zimatha Executive Lodge in Mangochi and Namauya Investment Distribution Depot in Ntcheu.

The judge ruled that the properties  should be seized “until the conclusion of the forfeiture proceedings or until a contrary order of the court is issued.”

The court will also seize K30 million in account at National Bank of Malawi and K87 million at First Capital Bank under. a freezing order obtained but the Financial Intelligence Authority.

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31 replies on “Court orders seizure of K1.7bn Chisale assets for ‘presevation’”

  3. This stupidity person must face the law chakwera and chilima plz don’t let him to play with our country he must go to jail plz do what you promised us and take everything and lock him up that’s idiot he wanted to kill us indeed fucken men a son of 😈 cadet shit

  4. Ine ndiwa Dpp koma na uyu yekha, munyongeni ndipo mukhiyeni pakhosi, ofunikanso mumange nyakula galu wokuba ameneyu

  6. What a shallow-minded thief in the name of Chisale.Did peter Peter know all this?, was he too sleepy to prevent this nonsense ?

  8. Anatumbwa Kwambiri NP Chisale.He thought he,peter/Dpp will be in power forever.
    Charo nimazgola ichi.The gentleman was worse to the core,mumulandeso mkazi wake please.Send his wife here as her hus will definitely be in the cooler.
    He can’t withstand all the cases he is accused of.
    My fellow Malawians,chisale should give us good example that we must stay well the world.
    I don’t really feel pity with him,he must face it.Akajitemwa chomene,he at one point respond rudely on fon.The Bible you are holding,won’t help you,bible ulikumbuke mwahuno….
    Akumanga basi.Presidential Body Guard,withiout JC,ndiwe Mbuzi chomene.You could be studying during your paradise years at state houses,now you could have degrees.Wawona sono,You behaviors proved,you really didn’t go to school galu iwe….on school,don’t worry,in prisons,mwambusambira sir,chain Sir !!!

    To his lawyer,Chance Gondwe,lutizga kumubakira,iwe ukukhumba mchere but nakayika wee,chance,munyako uyo,will be jailed….
    You will believe me.
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  9. Kamuzu used to own everything.#Azimai onse, a Kamuzu Banda# Njinga zonse za Kamuzu Banda# Mitengo yonse, ya Kamuzu Banda# Nyumba zonse, za Kamuzu Banda# So bodyguard Chisale thought he could own everything?? No No No ! The world is so unfair 🤣🤣🤣 #Dziko lonse, la Kamuzu Banda#…

  10. I suspect that even the Bible in his hands might have been stolen from one of the government offices.
    Munthu oyipa ameneyu

  11. zikumusata,munthu oyipa uyu.komaso the guy is bulutu,kuba kopanda nako manyazi.i dont know what so of defence he is going to bring up.

  13. Zinthuzi mwalanda zili condition ya bho, question is will government keep the maintenance schedule so the value doesn’t go down? Soon these properties will be dilapidated just like gemini House and all other buildings where government is involved.

  14. Mcp will never change,. This is the same party which in 1966 passed the forfeiture act where alot of people lost property to the government due to baseless allegations.

    What happened to innocent until proven guilty?

    Oh shame!

    2. It was the repealing of the Forfeiture Act that brought in this plunder of public resources. Nthawi ya Kamuzu, it was literally unheard of. The act was repealed to open up the public pulse to plunder by unpatriotic politicians. That act has to come back!

    4. just help your friend to win the court battle.
      Mind its not MCP arresting him, its the laws.
      Kodi amakugayirani eti?
      Munya chaka chake ndi chino.
      No APM to defend you coz tidamuchotsa pa mpando mopanda mantha kuti tithane ndi mbava zonse.

  16. How can a bodyguard manage to buy 78 cars? He picks all the high value cars and claim they were gifts. He must be so lucky to be given those gift. Still you will find Malawians saying this is political witch hunt.

    1. Good question. Looking at some of the cars registered in his name, one wonders whether it was really worthy owning them. This is where some sources say that he was just a middle man for ordering the cars for amwenye on duty free in the name of APM. How he changed ownership into his name is where begs more questions. It seems many of these cars were being used by those people he ordered for pending on future ownership change.

    2. Nkaka, Chimwendo and Kapondeni are also doing the sAME. Within six months of being in government these threehave become very rich but they are lucky we dont have investigative journalist to expose them.

    3. ” Escape goat ” kaya ndiye kuti chiyani ?
      Ilwe ndiye mbuzi yeni yeni .
      Za covid pamenepa zikuchokera kuti ? Just never seen a dull and useless person on this forum like you

      1. Nawenso “Ilwe” kaya ndiye kuti chani? Bola ukudziwa chomwe akunena.
        Palibe za “escape” goat koma, anaba basi

  19. should have been already in the system and by now we would miles away sorting this out. why this late????? sad shit.
    just act timce zothaitha. stop lip service .pleeeeease

  21. I don’t understand why people fool themselves under the guise of the word of God. Holding the Bible as your defence when you know you’re of earthly enrichment. That’s the worst mistake one can make in life.
    More over, at least it is now clear that every action that one may want to do, including thievery, requires minimum education which helps to instill a minimum/required logic. An educated thief cannot target stealing a big plasma screen these days or else he will be caught. Billionaires keep on donating some of their worth for charity. A bullshit thug like Chisale with idiocy full to the brim of his skull could not see beyond his nostril that he did not need all such wealth. He doesn’t even know what happiness is all about. I think education is key to success in many areas even for thieves like Chisale. If it were not so, he wouldn’t be stealing and trying to buy God…..why donate stollen money to God….build churches out of stollen money? Churches why accept unexplained or questionable gifts. You mean you could not guage by his looks? How can a smart billionaire shave that way? You must demolish those buildings for they are not churches.

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