Kasambara’s appeal case set December 9
Almost two years after convicted former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara was granted bail pending appeal, Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal has set December 9 for the hearing of the appeal.
Judiciary spokesperson Agnes Patemba has sent a notice of hearing to all parties in the case.
“Take notice that the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal will on Wednesday the 9th day of December, 202o at 9 o’clock in the forennon sit in Lilongwe to hear the appeal herein,” reads the noice dated September 30 2020.
Kasambara was granted bail on March 14 2018 by Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Dunstain Mwaungulu after spending a year and seven months in prison.
He was convicted to 13 years for conspiracy to murder former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo.
According Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs spokesperson Pilirani Masanjala, the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), which is prosecuting the case, already made its submissions.
In his judgement in 2018, Mwaungulu observed that there seemed to be an apparent contradiction on finding Kasambara not guilty of the attempted murder charge, but finding him guilty of the conspiracy to murder.
Kasambara, who served as minister in the Joyce Banda administration, was jailed by High Court judge Michael Mtambo for conspiracy to murder in a crime linked to a multi-billion kwacha corruption ring christened as Cashgate.
Gunshot survivor Mphwiyo is also answering to money laundering charges in relation to Cashgate.
Kasambara was convicted because he crossed path with the Judge Michael Mtambo. I attended the whole case and there was no any evidence implicating him.
He pointed out that Judge Michael is not trustworthy after the former had presided over the case over the ownership of FDH Bank in which the judge had ruled ownership of FDH Bank in favour of Thom Mpingangira yet in his cv Thom is one of his references. “With this conflict of interest any honest Judge would have rescused himself”, Ralph pointed out this. This argument infuriated the judge to the extent that he withdrew bail from Ralph and put him back in prison. In fact this issue was raised by McDonald Kumwembe and it was the Judge himself who thought this argument was from Ralph.
Kasambala is like a coin with two faces…you either hate him or love him…,which side are you if you look at him like mtonga, a lawyer, a politician, a learnt person, a crook,!a rich man, a poor guy and clever or a stupid boy. I admire him but I hate what he did
Chief justice Tumbuka, Patemba Tumbuka, 90% judges Tumbuka. What do you expect. The outcome of the case is known.
Kasambala will be released unconditionally thus MALAWIAN justice shame
Kasambala will be rescued by his Tumbuka friends who have captured the judiciary
I am not at all clear about the issues being discussed here, so I cannot comment on those. What I do note however is the continued tribalism that creeps into Malawian politics and justice.My Secretary was Cecelia Chirwa (Kasambara) for 4 years and once commented that she was not liked in Blantyre because she was ” from the north”! Please can this type of thing stop? It is like saying Yorkshire men hate Lancashire men and vice versa, when the fight for possession of the English throne was hundreds of years ago! Get over it. Tribalism will not build a successful nation, nor will it bring justice. How I long to see Malawi thrive especially for the sake of my former students and the children of the Mulange area who we seek to support by our giving and presence each year, when working with them on their education and health. There is no room in the modern world for tribalism or racialism.
This man had Oswald lutepo shoot Mphwiyo. That is attempted murder and should rot in prison.
Was the conviction beyond reasonable doubt? Was it about punishing him for arrogance? He made know about constructive resignation of the ever hiding Chilumpha as VP.
Ah atumbuka anzake ku court amubeleka uyu
This guy does not know the law. He is useless.
koma Kasambara anakudyerani chiyani. is being intelligent a sin.Kasambara was convicted out of hatred. kaphale wanted to finish kasambara but he has failed
Don’t b stupid iwe mtonga, being va lawyer doesn’t mean u r intelligent. Zapamapwala, Kasambala is a crook like most of the Tongas period
Kheza, whether Kasambala is intelligent like king Solomon or a best Lawyer than anybody in Malawi, but still the guy is cunning, criminal, self centred, good for nothing and crooked that’s what I know him, thanks God Kamuzu Banda is not around otherwise he could put him in jail for life or feed him to crocodiles
Are you stupid? The man attempted to kill someone is that joke to you? Kasambara has been playing mafia all these years. He deserves what’s coming for him. Where he is your uncle or not. Iwe chitsilu eti
The way I know patemba and our judges, kasambara will be released unconditionally.
This is so especially when one understands that kasambara was the consulting criminal on the presidential election case, on the side of utm and mcp. Forgot silungwe and mordecai, those were just front men for kasambara’s operation. You also just need to look at election case legal fees claim to know that kasambara is involved. Only kasambara can want so much money at one go. Guy has appetite
Kasambara may also be the one who told the speaker to announce 23 June as polling date without allowing members to debate and pass the election bills using parliamentary procedures. This kasambara is an expert in legal technicalities. he studied law just for the purposes of abusing it properly.
Kkkkkkkkkk just for the purposes of abusing it properly? I like that.
I can see how much you’re hurting that your DPP is out of Government. Does Kasambara have the intelligence to research on and successfully argue that case? Don’t pamper spent forces. His is the type of Kalekeni Kaphale, who mercilessly milked the Government by claiming legal fees when he was drawing a salary from the same. I think the earlier you accept that things have changed the better. That’s my simple advise 😜.
Sounds like someone hates Kasambara with a passion. The courts follow evidence and facts. Where is your evidence that Kasambala was involved in the election case? Who doesnt like money on this Earth? Of course, if the ‘facts’ and ‘evidence’ favours him then the case will be thrown out. That’s how the law works not your speculations.
And Patemba is not a Judge but they all follow facts!
Raphael Kasambala, a typical of Kamuzu Banda tribe TONGA, always boastful, thinking that he is the best of all Malawians. Let him rot in jail
True….
Hehe. What a far-fetched conspiracy theory. I know that Kasambara is a smart dude, but I don’t think he’s responsible for all this you’re alleging. He’s just an ambitious little crook, that’s all.