DPP tells court: ‘MCP presidential candidate benefitted from Lutepo’s cashgate proceeds’
Director of Public Prosecution Mary Kachale told High Court in Zomba in Malawi that stolen from government in cashgate scandal was used to fund the then governing People’s Party (PP) election campaign and also a presidential aspirant of Malawi Congress Party [MCP].
Kachale also commended Lutepo for his disclosure in the declaration statement which she said it was good for the country’s governance.
She said Lutepo’s disclosure has shown that the money that cashgate money was used to fund PP election campaign –where he served as recruitment director – and also funded an MCP presidential candidate to the tune of K11 million.
“His [Lutepo’s] declaration statement raises the issues of political party financing, this is a good governance issue,” said Kachale.
“From the evidence provided we have also known that People’s Party gave K11 million to one of the Malawi Congress Party [MCP] presidential candidates to disturb MCP election and convention and influence the outcome,” the DPP added/
She, however, refused to name the MCP presidential candidate, saying that would disturb the investigations.
Germany agreed to fund a new audit of government finances to find out exactly how much money has been lost and who is to blame.
Katrin Pfeiffer, head of development cooperation at the German embassy in Malawi, said the new forensic audit would cover 2009-2013.
Pfeiffer said there were suggestions that the looting actually took place over a longer period, before 2009, when the President Peter Mutharika’s brother, Bingu wa Mutharika, was in power. He died suddenly in 2012.
Britain is understood to want any investigation to start from 2005 to establish the extent of corruption. The audit will be conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
The theft led international donors, which bankroll the country’s budget by up to 40%, to pull the plug on aid worth $150m last year until the government in Lilongwe cleans up the situation.
PP claims that loopholes in the payment system introduced a year after Bingu came into power were to blame for the looting of public funds.
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A Khumutcha apa ndiye mwasonyezeratu kuti simukudxiwa ndale za mcp.. Every one knows that daza fought a single handed battle to revive map. and introduce democracy in the mighty party.it was obvious that he was going to be the next president of the party..With the tenacity and the courage imene anawonetsa. zipani zina zimadziwa kuti akangotenga mpando mcp ibwelera mboma.. so they had to disturb that by funding other candidates weak enough not to beat them pa zisankho za 2014 ..thats why you saw up to 11 candidates who came at the eleventh hour when all along he had fought the battle alone.ndiye inu mukamati ndi Daza amene akunena lutepo mukusonyeza umbuli wanu wonse mundale za congress. ngati mwasowa cholemba tangokhalani chete basi… but leave Daza alone..After all he is not involved in politics not even the pp you are talking about..The man was appointed as a citizen of Malawi to serve in the cabinet of former president…IS THAT A CRIME???
I found this more political for many reasons.Firstly,mentioning official opposition political parties without actually mentioning the peuple involved or finalised investigations have left people thinking wildly causing confusions . I may think this is DPP attempt to plant enemity to divide opposition . What do you think ?
There is no way DPP govt can dip itself into hot soup pertaining to cashgate.Remember the dillydally moves PP was playing while in power.There is a need for us malawians to riseup above politics and take this challenge head on without fear or favour.Our politicians have failed us to fight corruption.Lets give a chance to our military personel and the gurus in the civil service to run the state affairs for a considerable time.These so called politicians should leave the capital hill on a paid leave for atleast 6 months or above to let investigations be carried out without delays and foolish tactics.Malawians lets riseup and demand what we want things to be done.Its us the povo who are feeling the pinch not them.Why do we always like to suffer in silence?Its time the politicians feel our heat before its too late. Dzuka Malawi dzuka!Njoka saweta.Lets dry the pond and see who was sweeming naked.We have tolerated enough of their nuisance and something has to be done now.
KUTHANDIZIDWA KAPENA AMAPANGA NJIRA ZOBELA TIMASULENI BWINO BWINO PAMENEPA. AMBIRI AMATHANDIZIDWA MOSIYANASIYANA MWACHITSANZO MATCHALITSI AMATHANDIZIDWA AMAKHALA NAWO MUGULU LAKUBA NGATI NDALAMA ATHANDIZIDWAZO ZIRI ZOBEDWA? MUSAPEZE POFUNA KULIMBANA NDI MCP APA
Koma aphawife tatopa ndalama zathu tkuzfuna
Cashgate,greedy,&selfishness are main reasons killing the Malawi nation. Investigations should be done quickly without fear or favour,whether on rulling or opposition members.
mr new generation,osamangobackira zirizonse why leaving out MCP,if they are mentioned let them be investigated zankutu eti umapereka nsonkho iwe, aliyense afufuzidwe makamaka mcp,ikumàyankhula ngati they are innocent let them prove their innocent. zatikwana ife zimenezi. kachale gwirani ntchito without fear or favour exposed them makamaka chakwerayo. was it why he abandoned children of God to start this dirty politics and stealing money repent repent or u will perish very soon coz He z coming very soon
Cashgate started 1964 with kamuzu. he financed a group of companies in the name of press coorparation using gvt money but the company was registered in his name. looting started 2013 with jb
koma shame on u MCP nso ndyeyu ur seat has to declared vacant munabela chifukwa11million yo nzanu mumapikisana nawo adalibe so d ground was not levelled.unfair competion.
Let the Germany auditors Really re-examine the extent of the scandle, even up to the suggested 2005 a year in which I believe the machine that controls the system was introduced. Choona chidziwike and all culprits should be taken to task mosayang’anira ….
Cashgate inayamba 2005 oxat 2013 pliiiz oxamangolimbkila jb nanga bingu ndmamini* ake
Aa jhh
Kachale, Just deal with people involved in stealing our taxes and not the beneficiaries!! MCP is now a changed party so do not waste our time telling us about baseless things. Some DPP&PP officials are those to be dealt with, be fast or you have been given bread also? shitttt!!!
It is clear that this chief prosecutor is favouring one political party and she is working as a national campaign director of another party. She want to dirten strong candidate of 2019. mwina poganizira khobili lomwe anatola wina uja pogamula za chisankho nayenso ali pa cashgate yake. Kadzakupeza.
People,
What the Director of Public Prosecution is saying is what MCP has been knowing all along, that there was a black sheep in the fold in list of Presidential aspirants that lined up at NRC in August 2013. That is why they did not vote for him.
Would it come as a surprise that Chris Daza joined PP afterwards? Does Malawi need to see the report of the Dir of Pub Prosecution as a surprise? That is not a cooked up matter.
The Dir of Public Prosecution is acting in integrity, and I dont think MCP as a party benefited from that MK11m, but that black sheep brought mud to the fold and went out with it.
chris daza should be the one who was given the money to disturb the convention
Im now starting to doubt mama kwakhala. Is she serious or its just one of her Joseph uh! If so is this an issue to joke about? Muzimayi please dont let other people work behind you just to gain their political milleage yours is a professional once people lose trust in you, you will be come useless ask ntaba. Please leave MCP alone concentrate on real issue that the nation is waiting to hear the out come. No body in this world can questions where the giver has taken the gift its not right. There is no case for MCP here even my Great Grand father in his grave knows that
This issue came out before elections and people dismissed it when other party officials spoke that a pastor had collected funds from the then president. It will come out soon and we will know who?
Narutah!
Kkkk MCP Umphawi nthawi inanso MCP candidate anakapempha kwa a chair nkuyalukapo koma inu kkkkk
We know him. Chris Daza, the man of God!
My take on the above subject is that Lutepo used to fund party and aspirant. By then Lutepo was known as the prosperous businessman who knew that his money was siphoned from government, it’s only his colleagues in cash gate. His donations to party and aspirant was his own wish. Did these beneficiaries aware of the sources of the funds. Did they even plan the funding for disturbing others parties or Lutepo himself knew that if I/we fund aspirant will disturb MCP.
Most of us made donations to our political parties or candidates then to promote them.
Madam DPP our interest are not who benefitted from cash gate. If so please follow every expenditure of cash gate money( shops, filling station, market, mmabaramu mahule, enenso adandigulilapo mows etc) cause all these were made out of the cash gaters will but we did not know where de money from. Deal with the cashgaters and only their accomplices. unless the beneficiary is an accomplice othrwise beneficiaries alibe ntchito
Some where you sound like you are working behind somebody. Lutepo and his new Master a kufuna kungotichedwetsapo. Shupit
Please Madam Kachale I know your credibility but don’t wash your linen on the public. Please tell the reporter of this presidential political aspirant who was given 11 Million. Sizikumveka chomwe mukunenatu apa is it Chakwera, because to my understanding the presidential aspirant for MCP in 2014 was Chakwera, now you mean Chakwera got this dirty money from JB? or some those previous aspirants? Timasureni mayi Kachale.
I understand why some people are being misled into beleiving that the story is about Chakwera. Look at the heading carefully….it is very misleading and if you don’t read the story and understand, you will think Kachale has mentioned Chakwera since he is the one we all know as presidential candidate for MCP. This aside, I now start to doubt Mary Kachale’s credibility. Why put your reputation into disrepute because of Lutepo? Are you sane Madam Kachale? Even a child knows how Lutepo has been hallucinating about this and that! He has been changing statements now and then. What if tomorrow he says this was not true but he was only told to say it? How will you feel Madam Kachale? You will want to resign so becareful. Lastly reporters learn to cross-check your headings before printing your stories. Yoour reporting is disgusting and misleading!!!!!
I think we malawians have problem in understanding english.We need to hire british people kuti azapange revision ya english coz apo sentence ya mary kachale sinatchulemo Chakwela koma ena mwayamba kale kulila.Mwina there z something u r hiding him kuti he z involve in cashgate.Ku defender kwinaku nkozigwilitsa nakotu ngati mene amapangila mama muja pliz understand the sentence before comenting.
Zoonadi tiyeni tiziwelenga bwino kenako mpanga comment bwino, ine ndikumva kuti pali munthu yemwe adapatsidwa ndalama ndi PP kuti akasokoneze convention komanso zisankho zaupuledent wa MCP osati mcp is involved in cashgate ayi.
For crying out loud, where did some of you people go to school!? PP had an insider who was to contest for the MCP presdidentia; candidacy, al part of a plan to bring confusion and instability in the party. In short to ensure that te party could be divided. Stop assuming she is saying Chakwera is the one who was given money. I think nyasa times muyambe kulemba zinthuzi m’chichewa, kuti ma master enawa aziyika ma commenti ogwila. lol
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I have serious reservations on the credibility and intelligence of DPP Kachale, lawyer by profession I presume, in this whole story, if at all what has been written, is to go by let alone the evidence given by one Lutepo. Lutepo has changed tune so many times and to believe what he is saying now is very dangerous. I will wait and see for now how this whole saga unfolds…
many poor malawians benefited from cashgate moneys. the issue here is arrest those involved not who benefited.
Chakwera has not been mentioned anywhere, I wonder where the name Chakwera is taken from. May be I need to go back to school.
Shaaaa! This DPP is not sensitive.
kikiki ife kudabwatu khopw mpaka kuda magazi kuundna ati mavoti awerengedwenso koma joisi
Koma nde ziliko. All this hunt! Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Leave MCP alone. This carhgate is for DPP & PP.
DPP Mary Kachale is a true DPP in party clour as well.
I know it wasnt Chakwela. I know Apm camp seeks to disgrace Chakwela but this wont work
Its John Tembo who wanted to stand and win then support JB musavutike but he knew that he will cheat Joyce Banda at last
MILOMO YOKHOTAYO, UNYA LUTEPO AKAKUPATSA ZAKA ZOCHEPA MOB JUSTICE WIL FOLLOW
Zopusabasi,all this you are trying to cover up the 92 billion
MCP yayamba kunjenjemera
Panya pake mai’yu!!
PAKAMWA POPINDIKAPO
A Malawi why are we wasting time with corrupt people like Kachale? It is a matter of fact that this woman is just as corrupt as APM. She does not address facts. She has become political by bringing up issues that have not been proven in a court of law. If she is a professional prosecutor she needs to bring up charges against those involved instead of tainting MCP and PP. If there are rotten fish in MCP just like her boss then lay charges instead of talking nonsense and rubbish!! Politicizing cash gate cases will not yield anything. Kachale may get a pat on her ass but it will not yield anything. I think concerned citizens needs to take care of these corrupt idiots. Its about time we took the law in our own hands and deal with these thieves accordingly!!
Hahaha no wonder mayi an a thawa pa Malawi I,we want money for the jet and maize,
Kachale gone off rail
1)An aspirant presidential candidate for MCP is not MCP.
2)Funded to disrupt the MCP election does not mean funding MCP convention.
3)NONE OF THE ABOVE SUGGESTS MCP BENEFITTED FROM THE MONEY.
4)Both 1 & 2 above suggests MCP, was a victim of cashgate. Cashgate money was used by PP to disrupt the mcp preparations for campaign.
5)I do not see any confusion from the dpp’s statement. The clarity is clearly clear. Why do u chose to not understand her? Where in the above is the dpp, drugging MCP into cashgate?
A Malawi, choose to understand over misunderstanding!kkkk
Some comments are from people who have not understood the story, MBULI, or people who just hate MCP. The money was meant to disrupt the convention and influence the outcome. The likely candidate should be 1. Chris Daza, 2. Lovemore Munlo, 3. Felix Jumbe.
Leave MCP alone, leave Chakwera alone
Sometimes I tend to question Nyasatimes journalism ethics.
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We need to inspire
My comment has nothing to do with everyday talk in our Country-politics, maybe you haven’t noticed if one could monitor our contribution to the social media as Malawians, 90% of this major contribution to the World is TALKING POLITICS, we have the best educated people in my motherland, we have professors from this rich soil of beautiful smiles despite our day to day problems; we have Economists, we have scientists in the Country I mean the best minds!!, but, the inflation as of today is almost 22%, what have we done people? We need to punish people who steals from the government coffers because when they do that they pull this beautiful country of ours behind. We need to be serious with ourselves lets do little with politicking lets develop our country let’s stop corruption lets help others who live below the poverty line; yes lets help them because I know that we can make it work, together I know this country is not poor, yes lets stop tribalism, nepotism everywhere I mean. Private sector and in the government, yes lets do the RIGHT THING.
My contribution is off the topic but what prompted me to write is the picture of Adv. Kachale, I idid not go to School that much but the picture of Adv Kachale teaches our women of Africa that we have to be who we are Black people with Black hair and we have to believe in ourselves. Our daughters are now afraid to show their hair, hiding it with weaves; okay, some will say that wearing a Weave is not wrong its stylish yes, it is, but only if you do that to show your style or sense of it. If not, then we are in a big trouble and we call upon the government to budget for it. We need to teach our girls that its beautiful to be black and have black hair!!!
The way things are going, I feel the Kachale lady has an uphill to climb with the cashgate cases. She has punched a lot of holes in her statements. She is not herself, there is some people influencing her but this will not easy to prove. I feel sorry.
Any average intelligent citizen would know that judge kachale is not being neutral in this issue,the way she is linking pp and mcp to the 11 million campaign “aid” sounds suspicious,ladies and gentlemen,if there is a party whose huge sums of funds’ source for campaign surprised me is that of dpp,does that concerned kachale aswel? These cashgate cases need intelligent judges,who are honest,God fearing,otherwise Malawi is helpless.
***I ALSO THEREFORE CAN SPECULATE THAT MARY KACHALE BEBEFITTED AND IS STILL BENEFITTING FROM CASHGATE MONEY*****
Koma zilipo eeh
Lutepo abweze ndalama za Boma apo bii ndiye kuti Malawi wathera pomwepa. Chigumula chivwere basi tife tose.
AKachale ofunika kungokunyengani mukupusa kwambiri .mukusowa zonena eti ….lutepo akupusisani mumulimila munda akakuwuzani kuti ndinakwilira zina ku farm kwanga agalu .mukagalaudza munda onse kufuna ndalama..no direction …ichi mwanena ichi mwanena idiots
Don’t dent MCP . I feel this is political damage. Why talking more about 20 Billion and you are not talking about 92 Billion.
Ndachiona apa yakula ndi NSANJE inu a DPP (Diesel Petroleum Palibe).”Mtengo wopanda zipatso sugendedwa pachabe”.Mukufuna mbiri yanu yoipa ya Cashgate mupake nayo aliyense kuti mufanane Anthu adziti zipani zonse palibe chabwino poti onse anadya Ndalama za Cashgate.Better deal with that MCP individual Presidential Aspirant,separately ,but don’t paint the whole party with one brush as if they have done something wrong. That’s Cheap Propaganda for Manthanyula Peter’s Dpp. DPP and PP just sort out yourselves in Court with the Cashgate Cases. If you are done tell the Donors to start giving us aid.MCP ikubwera BOO !! so leave MCP alone. 2019 MCP BOMA!!!! Dziko lakukanikani kulamula apatseni ena apitilize mwina tingaone kusintha.
Kkkklkkkkk kaya
Yes it has been written mcp presidential candidate, so this means iyeyo basi chakwela
Adani a MCP kagwereni uko.The HEARDLINE IS COMPLETELY WRONG. The truth of this story is, ONE OF PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT OF MCP Then during Convention got money from PP government to destabilize MCP elections inorder to give more winning advantage to PP.Don’t say MCP Presidential Candidate ,but say Presidential Aspirant of that time not now.Don’t CONFUSE PEOPLE with your propaganda type of writing aimed at destroying MCP as a Party. If I can guess, Chris Daza or Lovemore Munlo or John Tembo himself (I cannot rule him out bcoz of lame excuses he was delaying the Convention).A Tembo mawu aja mumkati,”mu MCP mwalowa KHOLOKOLO kenaka nkumasintha ma Date a Convention from August to two or three months ahead while time for Campaigning was running out. I do suspect that was deliberate to give more advantage to PP to win.Remember guys, Joyce Banda chose a son and a daughter of John Tembo,one to overseas and one to Electral Commission and another son to be a Boss at Escom. I did suspect something fishy that time,but lets wait and see. That was just my guess work, but I know am not far from the truth.
Why Bwana Chakwera? Please resign, Tembo should come back, we are a party of discipline.
Disappointed MCP supporter
Sorry MCP supporters for this revelation has affected you…but learn to term with it. It’s the actual truth about our politicians in Malawi.
The fact remains that prior to the MCP convention, already there was a fierce fight between Daza and some new kids on the block against JZU. You know this. Daza was the most supported guy as the party wanted to change its leadership. The new kids objected strongly any would be attempt by JZU and Team to amend the party’s constitution. By this time JB wanted to strengthen her PP much more in the centre. She saw the MCP squabbles as a big opportunity. To JB, it was better to have a new leader at MCP than continue with JZU. She feared him much more than any would be MCP leader by that time. She believed JZU was difficult to dislodged in his Dedza and Central Region much more than any new leader. The probability is high to believe that it was Daza was the guy who benefited from the monies in order to bar JZU from retaining the seat. No doubt after the convention Daza quit MCP for PP. He was recruited by JB via Lutepo. However things did work when an opportunist in the name of LAZA grabbed the empty seat after kuiwerengera patali. Laza got his cash gate share afterwards.
If the story is true, why can’t Kachale name the specific MCP presidential candidate? You can not jeopardise investigations by naming the concerned individual. It seem the DPP is an agent for DP party. The whole story is a propaganda to destroy other parties. Unless the DPP names the particular MCP candidate with concrete evidence, we will never believe her story! PP lost a lot of government money through Cashgate whereas DPP is losing a lot of money through investigations while we are suffering! Stupid politicians, you are all the same, mumangotibela!
I think Mtunda ur the one not understanding english. If they mcp presidential candidate they meant who? Or I shud ask u who was the predsidential candidate for mcp in the last election?
This are nonsense DPP people you are taking a very one in Malawi is stupid as you are
Lutepo has shown beyond reasonable doubt before that he can be a false witness. Unless there is something empirical in what he is saying, please Ms DPP Kachale excise extreme caution with his evidence. Given there is nothing he can do to salvage his image, he may be anxious to sully other people’s integrity.
By failing to name the individual from the MCP who allegedly benefited from Cashgate proceeds the DPP Mary Kachale has clearly shown that she is working as a poodle for Bwampini to tint MCP in an issue that is none of its concern.We are already aware that the toothless,clueless foolis waist deep in cashgate that is the reason he is sending his chief bootliker Dausi to kill and commit burglary to steal documents of K577bn.From her claim we can get the hint that Felix Jumbe who Bwampini is now using to destabalise MCP would be that culprit. If Bwampini and Kachale are really sincere they should first despose off the straight forward case of Atcheya.Period.
This Kachale is a disgrace! A lawyer talking nonsense in public of what Lutepo is alleging? Eiiiish. This is why we shouldn’t have more women in positions of power they are so excited like ku bedroom and start kubwebweta.
Big shame on this lady! She also need to do a proper picture for public posting mot this half Marcelo afro even Marcelo does better.
The DPP is at fault and has acted most unprofessionally. For the DPP has insinuated and pointed fingers at MCP without naming who was the person in MCP who was paid the money by DPP. In the scheme of things pointing a finger at MCP is more serious then naming the individual concerned, so she should now be made to name the person and also to resign..
Koma amalawi umbuli too much.sorry for saying the truth.mukuwelenga nkhani yomweyi Koma?
Imwe ma copy cat lawyers. DPP uyu is a child!
Guys. Cool down. Its not Mary Kachale the DPP saying all this. Its Lutepo, the Chief Cashgater making his revelations. So please have kind words towards the young lady. She is just providing information coming from Lutepo’s mouth for the benefit of Malawians to know. The main Political party that benefited from this cash, if words from Lutepo Via the lady DPP, is PP. PP then gave party of that money not to MCP, but to a person belongoing to MCP to disturb the so called party elections. So in otherwords, MCP is clean! I feel sorry for Lutepo for having accepted to be used as a conduit to such kind of theft – Anyway – Shit happens! Its a lesson learnt for our Chief Cashgater!!!
Mr Mtunda, do you know the meaning of the phrase “let alone?” Chimphanje Akims English is PERFECT. Kodi Mr Mtunda munali ku MCC or CDSS iti?
Yeyayesani kupachika MCP ndi Cashgate yanuyo ndipo mukhaula. Simupeza kanthu chifukwa ku MCP kulibe zimenezi…
Apa timati ng’ombe zayang’ana dazibomo chifukwa ku DPP kulibe problem solver…Onse aku DPP akupanga baby seating while they are sleep walking ndithu…
I dnt thnk ths z true except dat they want to tarnish the image of MCP.
AM NOT AN MCP SUPPORTER KOMA APAPA NGATI THE DPP HAS CORRUPTED THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS(DPP) AAAAAH NO MUYALUKA FUNANI STRATEGY INA.
Mai Mary Kachale, your behaviour is very unprofessional as a Director of Public Prosecutions. Please do not bring ridicule to the legal profession especially the locally trained. Your behaviour is a manifestation of a legal practitioner without morals. Do not make us think that you were promoted on grounds other than merit.
This MCP candidate can be Munlo kapena Jumbe. Athakati amenewa sindikukaikira
Lets not we forget MCP Deputy Director for youth was convicted on the current Cashgate cases so what Mrs Mary Kachale the woman of God has read from Lutepo confession can be true MCP is involved and MCP President hands are not clean..this reminds me of properties MCP as a party accumulated from houses,plots even the national office it was cashgate…if MCP President Chakwera main office is procceds of crime…MCP is the first cash gate no doubt about that ife timadziwatu……My fellow MCP supporters dont cry just accept that our party is invloved in cashgate proof is there our deputy director is in prison right now for cashgate Kamuzu started it .
Guys leave MCP alone.
MCP must watch out.DPP is at strategic work through DPP and other means to destroy opposition.Look at DPP ‘s tone in presenting the facts about MCP. Its clear from her presentation that something fishy is going on.The better way of presenting it would have not mentioning parties by name.
Wake up Malawi, Malawi wake up. Wake up and pray for Malawi. Our sovereign God is the Just Judge. Lets continue on our knees. Things will be exposed. Nothing will be hidden. God in His loving mercy cannot allow people to continue suffering. Let us all put our faith and trust in God only. We are not going to lead the truth of this matter in heaven. Very soon things will lay bare. No one is immune. Even the current Leadership should know that God is not man. No human can mock God. God is supreme. God knows the time this plundering started and Malawi will know. God we thank you in advance for rescuing this Beautiful Country. Thank you for being a Just Judge in Jesus name. Amen.
Apa nkhani ndiyakuti aionetse MCP ngati nayonso ili mu gulu la mbavazi so that Malawians should khala chete and think palibe yemwe adzatha kupulumutsa Malawi ku nkhaza za nkhandwezi. Kutenga ndalama nkukapangira disturb msonkhano wachipani ndiye munene kuti imeneyo ndi benefit? Kodi ma lawyer mwasiya kuganiza ndi bongo mwayamba kuganiza ndi ndiziphuphu?
Mayi kachale O Judge sanabese , muli boooo
Who is doing Cashgate investigation???? Is it DPP or the police?
Where is the evidence???? Is this another hear say?
Ndale mu courtroom. Malawi is indeed a failed state.
Ngati ndi zoona tidziwa. Koma ngati ndikupakana matope wina ayaluka. Candidate simukumutchula chifukwa chiyani? Tiziti JB amamuwopa chakwela kapena chakwela ndi amene amafunika kuti apambane? Za nkutu basi. Kapena chakwera mukumuwopa 2019 ndiye mukufuna mumuyipitse? Koma inu akulangani Yawhve ndithu
To the look of things, it seems that DPP party officials are righteous because not even one is named in cashgate. Good Luck, Mutharika.
The fact that somebody in mcp received money to influence results of the elections at the convention means that individual was a plant for pp. Therefore, you can not drag mcp into this rubbish let alone Chakwera.
Wise words, straight talk. We are not worried as the story shows that it is very strange that the Mighty MCP could be involved in cashgate.
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk! cizungudi ncovutaditi kumvetsa eti! atchulapo chakwera apa? kapena zukhuzapo chakwera apa? tawerengani bwino nkhaniyo! eish!
Thank you ABACUS. You are very correct. I think our reporters are substandard, not truthful and very incompetent. When I first saw the Headline I thought there was something of substance in the news, only to find that it was all trash. I wonder if these newspapers have Editors at all whom we expect to verify and analyse issues that go for public consumption.
It is a total shame to the nation if this is how the reporters are going to articulate issues. The narration/ content and the headline are totally incompatible.
Koma I think the DPP Kachale has rushed to say that the money was used to fund PP and MCP campaign in the absence of tangible evidence. She should have given a chance to PP and MCP to defend themselves before making these careless baseless senseless thoughtless and useless speculations. She should know that Mr Lutepo has nothing to lose now and he wants to implicate everyone. DPP kachale please know that it is a basic legal principle that you dont make decisions before hearing an accussed person. Leave the might PP and MCP alone
These sentiments by the DPP, known as Mary Kachale is confusing us. There is no way a high profile and learned person like her, a Lawyer for that matter, can be saying something in public domain which she knows will attract peoples attention, before investigations have been concluded. What did she want to achieve? i BELIEVE SHE IS JUST TOO EXCITED TO HOLD THAT POSITION, and wants to be seen to be working, off-course in a wrong way.
Lutepo can say anything now because he knows his fate. I should think that Kachale is very unprofessional to say this. That sounds childish to be said by somebody holding that position of authority because she needs to know how sensitive these issues are to all Malawians. She cant say she has confirmed those accusations, and at the same time fail to pronounce the name of the cuprit, what nonsense is that? Yes, this Lady must be up to something and she is being used by those in power, unless she comes out clear on this matter, she will continue to be suspected.
I am not defending anybody that ever store money belonging to the poor, but I believe Lawyers are very ethical and principled people who are very mindful of their speeches. To all that are interested in damaging MCP, may I ask you to wait a little bit, musaone kuchedwa, until Mary Kachale mentions the person involved or says the Party benefited. We know Malawian political style is indeed to victimise everybody whom you feel is stronger than yourself, hence this rhetoric about the MCP. But Kachale has not said MCP as a party is involved, but a person was involved but one individual was planted to disturbalise the MCP convention . If MCP can be taken to court, to answer any charges then fine it will, but Let us all be sensible enough not to fight over silly accusations.
Finally, let us digest issues very intelligently, and wise enough to understand them before we comment. Some of the comment on this matter are a mere mind game. Let all right- minded people ignore them and focus on real and factual contributions. I LOVE MALAWI.
John Zenus Ungapake Tembo.
Zonena za Lutepo palibe angazitengere serious. Lero wanena izi mawa akanena zina.
Koma pena pake anthu chizungu chimativuta kumvetsetsa. Akuti a certain presidential aspirant received funding from PP to disturb and influence some outcome at MCP convention. This has nothing to do with the current MCP president. Izo zili apo one thing coming out clear from this is that PP used stolen money for campaign. JB cannot explain the source of funding for her party and she is afraid.
I am not MCP but I think its not good to mention MCP in wholesale as a party why not mention the particular candidate in question? kodi a Malawi munakhala bwanji? Leave Dr Chakwera alone thanani ndiamene waulula Lutepowo. Komanso musangokamba za JB kodi za Bingu zilipati MK61b inapita m’manda kundate zina Pitala anadya nawo mukudikira azachokenso m’boma ndiye muzizati anaba ndalama mwakuti? what type of prosecution is that? Be proactivie please!
Inu, who appointed Mary Kachale as Director of Public Prosecution?
Petulo of course.
Do you think she can go against the hand that feeds her?
No.
What we need in Malawi are positions that are independent of gouvernment.
Mwaonatu, Mary Kachale Wayaluka ka nthawi komweka. She is representing Democratic progressive Party interests.
Mary Kachale should RESIGN
Tipatseni ndalamazo ife a MCP tipangire kampeni 2019. Mubetsa misonkho apa ya anthu osalakwa.
I think the writers have problems here. The article titles is in opposite force with the content.
hahahahahaha mwatondeka imwe wana wachoko leave mcp alone mupanga nazo manyazi zomwe mwayambazo
lutepou akufuna sentence yofewa akuyesetsa kupakapaka bibi amene wamulota,this aspirant must be Munlo siwinanso ai koma God was bhind MCP Convetion
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk just say kuti mwalephera.Leave Mcp alone otherwise muononga nadzo ndalama zathu popangira compasate anthu amene mukuwakotosawo.
ndiye mukanadikira kaye kafukufuku musanayitulutse khaniyi
Candidate wake uti??
We all know that it was Mr Munlo who was sent by PP to destabilise MCP, thank heavens he failed. And where is a Mr Munlo now……………..he claimed to be a true member of the MCP but he has never conducted a political meeting under the MCP banner not even in his on home area.
Read and understand the article, PP had evil mind wanted to disturb MCP convention by sponsoring the weak candidate to compete as MCP president so that when he wins PP would have an easy go, so its not the issue with MCP but the individual whom PP sponsored under MCP banner, mind you MCP doesn’t make parties sleep since the done of multiparty, it has remained the strongest opposition and surely come 2019 its MCP mark this space rigging no rigging.
A rotten thing can never be more than the nation of Malawi
kkk koma choncho nde chapaphewa abwera kunyumba? Mzimayi wachikulire adzidzalera ana abale kkkkkkkkk
Nde mumugwira liti Chakwerayo? Nanga Joice Banda? Nanga Pita pankhani ya K577billion?
Kachale paja ndiwe wa Dpp eti? Mcp simukugona nayo tulo ndakuwonani
Nkhani yanyatsa iyi. Tidikire ma cheke a Standard Bank akatulutsa a High Court ku Zomba. Maso a Mulungu ndi camera yoopysa, amajambula zones zochita anthu ache ku State House. A MCP mwaimva bwino nkhaniyi, enanu ndiye mungotuliratu undindo pansi, koma osadzikoleka ai pa mtengo wa ntsatsi, mudzafunika ku khoti ndi chipani chanu posachedwapa.
Musadane naye Lutepo pamene waulula khoswe wa padzala!!!
Waonatu iwe kathyali Joyce wapalira anzako kuno moto wa malaisha, koma iwe ungopuma pamthunzi kumene wathawirako.
To disturb MCP election and convention and influence the outcome. Is Mr. Lutepo still bargaining to get a suspended sentence.?
I am not interested to know how the money was spent, just give back what you got from my taxes. I don’t mind whether you bought beers, paid prostitutes or school fees for your children.
People are still dying in hospitals becuase of your greed and asking for leniency now is being selfish on your part Mr. Lutepo. Please, put yourself in our shoes, in the villages.
A Zonse ndi Nthawi koma akanati anapereka ku DPP ndiye kutukana ndi kuvina.
Anzeru amati’tipatse umboni’ basi. amatibera ndi ma politicians omwewa ndipo akamaba saganiza za ife koma ife phuma kuwa defender.shame on us!
Chris Daza was the bad apple in MCP. No wonder he immediately switched to PP after losing out at MCP convention. Winanso wokayikitsa ndi Felix Jumbe kutengera pa khalidwe lake lofuna kusokoneza ndi matukutuku. Anthu awiri amene mmodzi mwa iwo ndamene anadyetsedwa banz ya K11 million kuti asokoneze ku MCP. Mongoganizira chabe of course but am sure these are the main suspects
Muone tsopano a MCP omwe akhala akumuyimbira mmanja Lutepo amutukwane tsano. We also know PP was funding Chakwera because they agreed kuti in case Chakwera wins, Chakwera will not prosecute JB.
leave mcp alone please. and you kachale know that ur “dpp” stands for director for public persecutions and not democratic progressive party. so dont be used and get confused.
Mary Kachale Mary Kachale, Mar Kachale: Just get done with the Lutepo case, we are already fed up with the Malawian justice system. Since democracy came to the fore, we have had cases that are tried and concluded in the media domain but not in prison. except for the petty issue of Yusuf Mwawa and one Sam Mpasu.
How about the Chilumpha treason trial, Muluzi corruption trial, Friday Jumbe corruption trial, Yusuf Matumula treason trial and many others, what do we get? Just your office, and the the judiciary pocketing allowances traveling to courts over the years with no outcome. Do we need Boko Haram or al-Shabab to come over and dispense law and order in Malawi?
We need an wholly clean new government or even perhaps a revolution. Then, and only then, we will have a new democratic Malawi. Am fed up, surely fed up, I bet this Lutepo will get 3 years like Senzani Namathanga, (Mrs Anna Kachikho’s daughter in her youthful days). Do you call that justice, and someone who steals a goat in Mchinji is banged up for 8 years? Someone who screws the behind of another man gets 14 years?
Am totally fed up, and they say we have the Malawi Law Society. my foot! Drunkards and scumbags!!! Busy at TJs or pa Sikwesy after swindling clients’ money, then texting married women. Probably Malawi needs a new Law School not these Chanco dregs that bring shame to real justice. Wina ndi uja anapereka boma to the DPP thugs last year, akuti Judge Jomo Kenyatta kaya chani? Load of bull…….
The next time I come back, I want to read that Lutepo is at Chichiri Penitentiary Campus for the next 50 years, apikene? Mwapurika?
Tulutsani umboniwo kuti Abusa nawo anadya za Cashgate kkkkkkkkkkkk
Njobvuyalema/Jumbe for MCP Presidency
This woman is Cowchale mary is running out brain, if ha brain were ukazi, i dont think she cud hav had kids. Ukutisokoneza z, timve ziti? Ngati nchito ikukanika jst resign, anyapapi inu!
Kachale pakwamwapa wapaka chiani? Kumangonyinda
Zamkutu basi
Kodi a “zonse ndi nthawi” simunawelenge bwino nkhaniyi? Sakuti MCP inaba apa, akuti PP imafuna kusokoneze chisankho cha MCP. welenganinso kawiri mumvetsetse.
All political parties are cash gaters. It started with MCP, UDF, DPP and PP. Corruption in Malawi will never end until the second coming of Jesus Christ
Let me express my disappointments over the revelation over The man Of GODs involvement , but if u are mudslinging him munya muona . Chifukwa this chiwembu . Fwetseke !!
Akachale, Gwirani Ntchito Profesionary Not Politicaly, Inu Mukuona Ngati Sitidziwa Kuti Anthu A Dpp Komanso Pp Mmene Amabela Ndalama Zaboma, Ngati Mukuopa Kunena Chilungamo Ingoisani Nkhani Ya Cashgate, Nanga Nkhani Ya Mk92 Bilion Ilipati?
I think this Kachale of a lady is a mess in herself. So it is all about opposition parties and their presidents. How does she start believing anything that this Lutepo of a man says? She has gone very public telling everyone that Kalonga says JB was involved when Kalonga says he never met JB except for a purported phone call on speakers with Mphwiyo? Now, its MCP President … so Lutepo was funding both parties from his stolen money?
Ladies and Gentlemen: With these kind of professionals, Malawi will never develop. The so called educated elite of Malawi are so dull that even an uneducated Jacob Zuma can articulate reality much better that the professors of Malawi.
First it was Mackson Mbendera siding with the DPP, then this Kenyatta Nyirenda of a judge, then now this lady has taken centre stage … lawyers in Malawi are bringing down our country in a very collaborated way … cry my beloved Malawi.
Werengani bwinobwino nkhaniyi amwene. Akuti a presidential candidate at MCP convention. Not MCP president. Kodi chizungu chikanavutabe anthu?
zikuwoneka ngati Lutepoyu siwomangidwa coz anthu ena a cashgate simunachedwe kuwamanga koma bwanji Lutepo sakupita kundende? Hope DPP inapindulanso nayo Lutepo koma apa simungaliuze dziko kuti DPP inapindula nawo. Malawians knoz what is going around with Lutepo.
Koma ndiye kwavuta. Why didn’t Kachale just disclose the name of the person who was sponsored by JB during MCP convention?
Did the MCP chap know that the money was stolen? Kachale be careful otherwise mahule onse apa bwandiro arrest them becauze they benefitted. Actually many many people benefitted but unfortunately they never knew the source. Even if you know the money is stolen why should you not receive it. Just sentence Lutepo, Kali ga, Mpoola and others to long term osamatipa matope if as if we knew that you were stealing. Makamaka you who have my church MK200,000, 000 tinakupempha ife?
AMALAWI TISAIWALE KUTI PETER MATHANYULA ADAMUITANA LUTEPO KU SANJIKA KUKAMUKAKAMIZA KUTI ATCHULE JOICE BANDA, PANO WAONA KUTI MCP IKUMUBWERERA UDYO WAGANIZA ZOIPITSA MCP. CHIMFITI CHASATANIC CHIMENECHI
Osadandaula. Imalizidwa basi. MCP ikulowa pati? Uiwona ingoti pheeee! Ndi networking ya Cashgate. Koma ziliko chaka chake n’chino mwamva!!!
Tell us the name of the candidate out of the 11 candidates who contested at the NRC convention who was given money to disturb the convention.Ameneyo ndiamene anadya and not MCP as a party.
cash gate inayamba 1964. i wish akanamanga onse amene anayamba kuba ndalama zaboma from 1964 till now ngati mukufuna chilungamo chidziwike. MCP ndiyo inayambitsa cash gate enawa nde ongoyamwira zomwe anayamba a MCP
ma man, apa zikuonekelatu kuti ma steni sadzabwerenso kuno. game yakula udyo. kaya azikapangitsa kuti zi nsalu zapaphewa zija kaya
This Lutepo my homeboy in Kasungu has completely gone insane! Leave MCP out of your filthy businesses! Nanunso a Mary Kachali mukungobwebweta muli pheeeeee! Mxiiiiii – to hell with your cashgate parties of DPP, PP and UDF!
Ukulimbana ndi MCP osapanga pursue MK577 Billion ya DPP. mukayamba zimenezi anthu akutulukirani kuti you are being manipulated indi aboma. Musamati mawa mwalankhula ichi linalo ichi . Pangani ndikumaliza chimodzi chmodzi. Mwatani kodi?
Poyamba ndinamva za 20 bilion PP kenako 92 bilion akuti DPP kenako akuti ayi koma 577 bilion kayandendani kaya? pano akuti iyayi koma tiyambileso I’m confused, chenicheni mchiti?
Simple analysis here shows that it was nit Chakwera who benefited but rather a PP implant doing GANYU right in the MCP backyard, right before the MCP convention. This in essence still leaves PP as the beneficiary of the looted funds because if the scheme to disturb the convention worked………..,
Am sure it’s Daza who got that 11million plus also lets not forget the 10 million Chakwera got from Hilda…also Soko was given 40 million…
Akachali nanuso mufuna kumenyesana amalawi bwelesani umboni ndi zimene mukuzinenazo.mapeto ake tizinena kuti mwagulidwatuinu osangochula anthu mopanda umboni woyenelela pamene ndalamazo mukudya ndinu ndi kulandila ziphuphuzanuzo.
Za zii. Mukuwuza ana??? Kagwereni
KODI MUMAYAMBIRANJI ZIPANI NGATI MULIBE FUNDING SIYANI KUPANGIDWA FUNDING NDI NDALAMA ZA CASHGATE KIKI!
izoo timaziwa ife..MCP has no money,the oly way is to be involved in cash gate.Nanga EX munthu wa Mulungu anga siye utumiki nkupita ku ndale and expect chipanicho kuenda..MCP okuba,whether anangokugailani or not ndinu okubabae..kkkkkkkkkkkk tinkaziwa ife,Lutepo Big Up Tiuzeni Zambili!
Some of you guyz are just stupid, how can you be taken so cheap? How many confensions will Lutepo come up with? Are you blind enough not to see? Are you narrowly minded to forget what he has been saying all this time? I thank God we all use the same shops/markets so we face the pinch together. Mxiiiiiiii
Fortunately the MCP candidate that Lutepo supported lost at the convention and we still voted for our dearest Chakwera
Who also lost
Utter rubbish deal with the issues at hand not this side tracking you are doing gere. DPP stole money and so did PP forget the beneficiaries catch the thieves first. Za nkutu you think Malawians are stupid eti
Chris Daza
And this MCP candidate is none other than Jumbe
Inu Lutepo wanuyo asatinyase apa mukuchita kumupangila zoti azinena, aliyese ku Malawi kuno chilungamo akuchidziwa pa nkhani ya cash gate ndani ku Malawi kuno amene sadziwa kuti UDF,PP, DPP Ndi akuba. please leave MCP alone
Zamkutu zenizeni MCP ikulowa pati apa…..uyimalizetu kachale wayiyamba apayi