Malawi cashgate convict jailed 3 years: First conviction on money laundering

October 7, 2014 Nyasa Times 170 Comments

Top tourism ministry official Treza Namathanga  Senzani who is the first convict in the so-called “Cashgate” scandal that led to the suspension of foreign aid  has been has been jailed to three years for offences of money laundering.

‘Cashgate’ denotes the systematic skimming of millions of dollars of money from the government payment system.

Senzani: Convicted and sentenced to prison for money laundering and theft
Senzani: Convicted and sentenced to prison for money laundering and theft

Trial  Judge Ivy Kamanga passed her sentence on Tuesday after more than two hours of delivering her determination.

Senzani, accompanied by her husband and family members, sat calmly in the court as her sentence was being delivered.

Justice Kamanga sentenced Senzani to nine months for a charge of theft and three  yrs for money laundering. The sentences will run concurrently.

The judge also ordered the forfeiture of  her money and banks account to be taken by the State.

Justice Kamanga said on money laundering an option of K2 million fine cannot be exercised. She pointed out that  despite Senzani being first offender, she does not deserve a suspended sentence.

Senzani pleaded guilty to stealing around $150,000 (63 million kwacha) from state coffers, part of a broader swindle worth at least $30 million and  was convicted  on her own guilty plea.

She was arrested last year after a probe found she issued two government cheques to her own company, which did not provide any goods or services to government.

‘Cashgate’ unravelled following the shooting of former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo on 14 September 2013. Thereafter, huge sums of money in Malawi Kwacha, South African Rands and US dollars started showing up in unlikely places like car boots or under pillows as the suspects were avoiding formal banking since the unexplained money could have raised eye-brows.

At least 70 people were arrested and are currently facing theft, fraud, corruption and money laundering charges in courts.

Western donor nations, who bank roll at least 40 percent of Malawi’s budget, reacted by pulling the plug on the earmarked US $150m in budgetary support.

‘Cashgate’ is Malawi’s biggest financial scandal in the southern African country’s 50-year history as an independent country.

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170 replies on “Malawi cashgate convict jailed 3 years: First conviction on money laundering”

  1. THE SENTENCE IS MORE THAN LENIENT.NGATI ZILANGO ZITAKHALE NGATI ZIMENEZI, AMALAWI ADZINGOKHAPIDWIRA KOSATHWA CHIFUKWA ANTHUWA SASIYA

  3. The charging and sentencing shows and encourages that whoever has the access should go on stealing . Worse still Malawians ndife opusa, tulo,non fighters we can’t get angry and demonstrate. One by one all these cashgaters will get free without any death sentence , long sentence ZOPUSA.

  5. Don’t blame the judge blame the prosecutor. Why did he charge her with theft, a smaller crime, rather than theft by a public servant a very serious crime which attracts max 14 years imprisonment. The prosecutor has cheated us coz the convict is a sister of a DPP guru.

  7. I guess if we are realistic and accept that issues of law are very technical. Those who steal a lot of money have access to super lawyers while those who steal a bag of fertilizer have no legal support. Nobody is interested in improving the access of goat stealers to the legal aid by employing more legal aid lawyers

  12. I wish i had a gun just to shoot and kill this bitch. I lost three relations in malawi hospitals, because of shortage of drugs. She deserves capital punishment. Where are the donors now? the whole nation is suffering because of this idiot. we know she is related to a kachik. what pains most is that she was custodian of public funds and yet ……. stupid.

  13. Guys, this woman does not look remorseful. She looks bored, as if all these procedures are just a nuisance to her. She does not look scared even though she was being transported to Maula prison at the very moment the above photograph was taken.Every Malawian knows that Maula is a nightmare,prisoners are subjected to strip searches, ice cold showers, no toiletries and god only knows what else. So why does senzani look like she is going to a picnic? Dressed like she is going to her least favourite relative’s chinkhoswe? Even the husband looks bored, he doesn’t look anxious about where his wife is being taken. What do these two people know that the rest of us don’t? Malawians are we going to be cheated forever?

  14. yaa koma malawi okuba nkhuku 3years okuba ma million3year ku joweni okupha munthu pistorious ajudge akuti alibe mlandu koma tingodikira oweruza mwa chilungamo yahwe Allah chauta namalenga chisumphi

  15. The views are mostly on the judgement. Not tribalistic. Koma akanakhala mtumbuka eee focus ikanasintha

  16. I have lost faith in Malawi’s legal system. someone steals 63 million and gets away with a 3 yrs sentence while a poor person is serving a 5 years sentence for stealing a bag of fertilizer.
    not fair. I dont see a reason why donors should continue donating to malawi. These idiots should solve their mess first.

  18. Zili bho. Amangidwe basi. Kumadya okha ndalama zathuzomwe. Kumatithira fumbi munseumu ndi njale zogulidwa ndi dolla zathuzomwe. Mapazi anu. Kunenepako kukathera kundende konko napanyini iwe. Uyisova!

  19. Ndinanena kale kuti azimayi azikakhala ku kitcheni basi osawapatsa maudindo aaakulu. Ivy walepheretsa aMalawi. JB anatilepheretsanso. Nanga judge wa Pistorious ku RSA anataninso.

    Women are failing us.

  20. At 91 whether u call yourself a lawyer or not ndiwe mbuli
    How old were u when Chikakwiya was sentence to 3 years for K400 000. Iyenso anabweza, he did not waste court’s time. Kuba ndi kuba. She knew what she was doing. There is no excuse! Sorry, if ur a lawyer, I can’t hire u. Yo thinking is flawed.

  21. Mulandu umenewu akanagamula a mfumu a kwathu, ukanakomera m’Malawi aliyense chifukwa akanagamula kuti nyumba ija ilandidwe ngati chiponda mthengo mulandu usanayambe. Then he would ask for a bank statement so as to know how much was left in the bank osati zongowusitsa anthu kuti alanda ndalama ku banki, kulibe chiri chose, atangotsala mabuku!!! Anyway, Tresa must thank her monies for she has managed to buy this judge in order to spare her mansion from being taken by the govt. By the way, can’t the govt appeal so as to have the mansion taken???

  22. ndizochepa izi we will see more than that but my worry is those pipo adaba 92billion should be known? ponyake

  23. It’s only here in Malawi where a judge can judge carelessly on a high sensitive case and get away with it without any problem. Mukava kuti judge waphedwa, kumakhala kugamula milandu yoopysa ngati imeneyi mwa utsiru chonchi!!!! A judge without any common sense!!!

  24. What the Chief Justice was supposed to be telling her idiots on that day at Chichiri was to sensitize them how sensitive the current cash gate scandal case was and how the public was waiting for its results not those useless ” avoid HIV aids ” jingles. Here we are today with this stupid judgement from a stupid judge as well. By the way, who assign judges to a particular case? My plea to whosoever assign judges to cases is that he/ she should assign Chifundo Kachale or /and Dustain Mwaungulu to the remaining cases not this mzimai, Ivy.

  25. Indeed jail is for poor people, stealers of chickens, mbuzi, goats, and wogwililira 7yrs with HL. But stealers of millions of money, depriving the same poor person of essential goods & services getting 3 yrs. What is it? That is shame on you judges.

  26. I am happy to see this happening under the watch of the so called wise and dynamic leadership of the Masterminders of cash gate. Bingu is the one who instituted the porous system as a beneficiary of the same.

  27. “3 years plus 9 months will run concurrently” what it means here is that this lady will be out of prison by mid next year coz the sentence will start from the day she was arrested plus the presidential pardon which she will get after showing remorse within the prison walls. Wake up Malawi!!! She was supposed to be given a suspended sentence but only got this after the judge went through thorough consultation with the high authorities so as to hoodwink the donors!!!!

  30. OMG! What signals is the judiciary sending to MALAWIANS? People won’t stop stealing with such lenient sentencing!

  31. Mai ndikumva kuti mudachita kuulula nokha povomereza kuti mudabadi ndalamazo, that is very good before God. Dziko lingawone ngati kuti ndinu munthu wolakwa zedi.Woulula tchimo lake adzaona mwayi.U r clean mai.Ena r hiding but r thieves.Take ur heart.

    1. anawulula chifukwa choopa ku ndendetu komanso atapanikizidwa ndi mafunso sikuti voluntary ayi. nanga zomwe wakhala akudya bwino pakhomo pake etc??? not fair

  34. WHY ONLY 3 YEARS?
    She was accused of stealing K63 million, but we dont know how much she really embezzled. What if she stole K263 MILLION but was only accused of stealing a mere K63m. Is that not the reason she quickly opted to plead guilty knowing that she will get away with a bigger chunk than she was accused for?
    What if the money was stolen in a network fo people and a bigger amount was not discovered as stolen?
    I think it is better to steal K63 Million, multiply it through business and millions in interests, and return it after being caught, and keep the rest of the profits than working for years and retire with only K4 million.
    What if each civil servant chooses that path of gambling public funds by stealing K60 million each with chances of being caught at less than 50%, and if caught you can return the money but still keep profits and interests gained from investing such stolen money after serving only 3 years in jail
    STIFFER PENALTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPLIED HERE!

  37. To me the sentence is too little, people stay on remand longer than this for simply stealing chickens or the neighbors wife.

    Please tell us when are we sentencing abiti mtila?

  40. Fuck donors. Which country has developed because of donor money? Let’s stop stealing and being wasteful we can make it. Just look at Asia they no longer look towards the west for development but exporting products. Even without cash gate this country can never develop because it produces nothing for export. As for Senzani all I can say is repent.

  43. Three years is enough for this woman because she did not give the judges tough time to think.Mayiyu anavomereza za umbava wake mosatayitsa nthawi majaji athu.

  44. the fact that she pleaded guilty plus surrendering part of her worthy to government,a fare judgement suits

  45. The name of the Malawi Judiciary will go down in Infamy ! !
    If sealing K63,000,000 earns one three years, then stealing a chicken from your neighbour should no longer be a punishable offense. I should not be surprised. If we now witness hordes of Cashgaters, falling over each other with their “mea culpas ” in hand seeking a slap on the type of sentence
    THIS IS A GROSSS INJUSTICE TO THE MALAWI NATION

  47. POPHA NJOKA TIMAYAMBA KUMUTU ZIGAWANANI MITSONKHO YATHUYO ATHU OPANDA CHISONI ZIMATIPWETEKA SHAME MALAWIAS MIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  48. 63 mil=9 mths? Serious? Truth shall neva prevail in our motherland. Ndalama imeneyo boma likadatha kulipira aphunzitsi omwe analembedwa ntchito 6 mths ago. Lero aphunzitsiwa ndi mabanja akuvutika kamba ka munthu wamzimai wakuba teleza. Ambuye akukhululukire teleza

  50. Just like the Oscar Pistorius judgement, this is stupidity from Ivy Chatha. These people lived in luxury while the masses were suffering. Many more millions were consumed. Did she take that into account? This woman went to the office just to steal and nothing more. Stupid country.

  52. matters of sentencing should be left to Nyakwawa Usiwa-Usiwa. Mmene zikukhaliramu, ndekuti amene anaba ma billion adzawapatsa ka one month sentence. Amatero?

  53. Kuba sikungathe chonchi. Bwerani ku Chitedze Research Station muzaone anyamata aku accounts mmene akubera! Achina Chakale, Noah ndanzao kuli kukolola posalima, they know sizowopsa!

    1. asiyeni anyamata achina chakale ndi Anoah ndanzawowo adwerere nawo… chakale , noah even mainawa si zakuba zokha zokha izi.. asiyeni , just asiyeni .. God knows..matemberero aMUlungu ali pompano kuwapeza.. asiyeni.. CHAKALE, NOAH, TAKE CARE..am warning you..

  54. WHO SAID CRIME DOES NOT PAY???????????????? 3 YEARS FOR MILLIONS OF KWACHA’S. THE LITTLE YOU STEAL THE BIGGER THE PUNISHMENT, THE BIGGER YOU STEAL, THE SMALLER THE PUNISHMENT

  55. This is absurd, our country has been put on map as the most corrupt because of this woman, 3 years is a disgrace to Malawi Tax payers money and donor money, how about the mansion she has built using cashgate money at Bunda turn off, is the state seizing this one as well, for sure it would cost more millions to sell and put back the money where it was intended to be. DPP and justices please review this case.

  57. It an fair, our judges please think, this is un just and unfais. Imagine a poor villager stealing a bag of maize and u give 3yrs and this well to do woman u give her 3yrs for 63 though some cash refunded i dont thnk it is right. The impact is was huge.

  59. Mukuti 3 years for such a serious offence? Masanje chiani? I seriously think that State is going to appeal against this funny sentence.

  63. Court mwasowa chonena, She deserved more than 50yrs in prison. This sets a very wrong presidence for the coming trials

  64. I think we need Sharia Law in Malawi, her hands could have been stopped from stealing for ever!!! Poor Malawi

  66. Yusufu Mwawa stole k200,000 and went to jail for 4 good years,this whore stole millions and she only got nine months for theft

  69. All of you who think 3 years is little are ignorant of the law (mbuli zenizeni za malamulo). This lady pleaded guilty thereby showing remorse and saving court’s time and government’s resources which could have been used in prosecuting the case; besides government has not lost anything as the money and property stolen have been forfeited back to government. You want to tell me that an accused in such a scenario should get 10 years imprisonment! She had enough grounds for lenient sentence.

  70. Only three years??? why do Malawians put up with this blank govt and blank justice!! we should go and burn that huge house she built with our hard earned money.. That is not fair!!! Not fair at all…

  73. A husband akuoneka kuti akumva bwino. He’s already texting his hoz, informing them about the impending vacancy in his bedroom.

  76. I overheard officers saying “ahaaaa, now lets not steal K10 Million Kwacha because we will be jailed for over 7 years, what we should do is to steal over K100 Million Kwacha and be jailed for less than 3 years and thereafter, be released and continue to eat our money”. That’s how we should solve this! Our country is in total mess because of these fake Judges.

  77. Heheheheheheheehehehehheh. CAROLINE SAVALAAAAAAAA yako ndiye izachita kukhala 20 years heheheheheheheehehehehheh. CAROLINE Savala uli kuti hule iwe umve izo zikuchitika kuno. Kita ndi Kasambara are lying to you. There’s no escaping cashgate justice. Wina alira chaka chake ndi chino.

  78. Has already withdrawn all the money. The bank accounts are empty. Whom are they heating? Arrogant liars, remorseless killers

  79. This is miscarriage of justice.
    First of all she is charged with stealing K63 million only (same price as a rickety Prado).
    Yet she has amassed so much wealth on her civil service pay to build two mansions; one in Lilongwe and the other one tucked away from public view on a huge farm in Phalombe.
    Over and above that she furnished these properties lavishly and bought expensive cars.
    The K63 million she is supposed to have paid back is a pittance of the actual amount she store from tax payers.
    Secondly the so called learned judiciary (more like corrupt) give her a meagre 3 years for her industry, she will be out of jail in no time to continue enjoying her stolen money and property.
    This judgement does not deter would be thieves from the public purse. The way things are now economically it will be worth it to steal as much as possible, be arrested and spend a well earned rest in prison as your stolen money accrues interest in banks, come out in a few months later and enjoy your loot.
    This lady perfected the art of looting long time ago before she became PS at Tourism.
    So Malawians what are you waiting for, go out there steal and make sacrifices. You will be made for life after your endeavours.
    Our legal and political systems are conducive to stealing.
    Shauri yako if you steal a goat or a chicken, you both get the same sentence as those who steal Fortuner loads of money.
    By the way in some countries crimes deemed to be tantamount to economic sabotage like Senzani’s are punishable by death. No wonder they are more developed than this failed state called Malawi.
    I love this country, it is so easy to make it without breaking sweat.

  80. Musanyadire kwambiri kumwamba kukuwona.Mukanadziwa simukanatha mawu.Mayi Senzani kwawo kwatha kwatsala ndi kwa inu.Bola awa amangidwa chifukwa anabadi ndipo anavomera kulakwa kwawo.Her conscience is clear.Enanu muzamangidwa pa zinthu zoti simunachite ndi komwe.Samalani ndi ma comment anu.

  82. 3 years is reasonable after she paid back K63 million that she stole. She agreed to the charges with remorse and repented before the nation. Most of us cant manage this guys. No need to be too emotional and political here. If she didn’t pay back, she could have deserved 20 years+ in jail.

  83. Has already withdrawn the money. The bank accounts are empty. Whom are you cheating? Arrogant liars, remorseless killers

  84. I saw this coming! The conduct of the judge herself was very suspicious! How did she let the convict off on bail when she was awaiting sentencing? That’s unheard of. And then she kept on postponing the sentencing ruling for flimsy reasons or no reason at all. And finally the bombshell- a 3 year sentence and not the maximum 10 years. I would want the Chief Justice and Malawi Law Society to investigate this lazy judge because I smell a fish here.

  87. Wa K63 million kuyeluzidwa changuchangu, hehe come on!!! How abot Lutepo having abot K4 billion of hard earned tax payers money!!! Pena zimandidabwisa pa Malawi pano bwanjiiiiii!!!

  88. Nkasa anayimba kale kuti “Olemela amalakwa koma chuma chawo chimawagula”. This world is so unfair, but there is one who sees all this injustice and we will all be judged accordingly when the time comes.

  89. I thought this is theft by Civil Servant, the years are too few. Mpatse zambiri mayi wakuba uyu amati shainira mtawuni muno. Kuba sanayambe lero funsani konse komwe wa gwira. Akutinso anaba ku Ministry of Defence.

  90. Haaaaahaaaaa!!!! Kodi simumadziwabe kuti dzikoli silimaweluza bwino milandu? Akubwera Judge wa nkulu woweluza mosakondera osadandaula. We just need to appeal the case to him. Kodi munakakhala kuti ndi inuyo would you be happy with 7 yrs , 6yrs or 3 yrs or suspended sentence?

  91. I hope this will help people to see why federalism is a must for us. Let us take the chuma closer to people through mini regional governments.

  93. Kuba ndi kuba basi…. kaya ukabweza ndiye kuti unaba basi…..Kamanga that’s good work….. Lesson to others…. they will face the LAW….. AChimine basi…..

    The money did not serve the intended purpose of good Malawians at the time she stole it…. pipo suffered then….. or kubweza alife has been lost somewhere…..

    What about KALONGA……

    The assets wll they be disposed as well……

  94. Mr. Senzani, bambo okudya ndalama zakuba. Shame, ma galimoto mvimvivi ogula ndalama zakuba. Your wife has caused great misery and suffering for poor Malawians.

  95. That suspect deserved 10+ years in jail and our justice system leaves alot to be desired.she stole taxpayers money meant for poor people.Imargine the contribution that money would have had on common man if not stolen

  96. Hahaha the message is steal millions invest that money get arrested refund the stolen money spend 36 months only in jail come out and continue benefitting from the investment. We are really a nation of big jokers. By the way that guy who attempted to steal from the VP’ residence was srntnced to what? If I got arrested today I would insist that my case be handled by the High Court and not a Magistrate

  97. Mwamuna wakoyo ndikhoza kukusungila kaye nanga si 3 years akhala yekha kkkkkkkkkk

    koma akuchepetserA isaaa wasamba potani iwe.

  99. Aunt Tiwo – 14 years for exercising their different sexual orientation. Senzani- 3 years for stealing our hard earned millions which has also cost us donor aid. Just shows how stupid our so called legal system is.

  100. This is miscarriage of justice. I have no faith in the justice system. How can someone who has stolen billions be jailed for 3 years. Shame on you Justice Kamanga. Being the first offender does not make the case light. Imagine former Mayor of Blantyre embezzled on K400 000 not even K500 000. But he served 3 years in jail.

    I think NGOs should mobilise themselves and match to ministry of justice to present a petition to Chief Justice. You think people can stop stealing/ She will not even serve three years because some months / years are deducted.

    That is why we need federal state for obvious reasons.

  101. This is serious and interesting: Theft of 63 million sentencing is NINE months! ok…

    and money laundering is three years? wow..what a sentence by Judge Ivy…….9 months for stealing 63 million? and saving face by meting out out three years for money laundering…..?

    Recently in Balaka one guy stole 2 bags of rice and a bicycle and was sentenced to 6 yrs….same laws? I really dont understand how the laws and sentencing works in malawi……especially the ‘differentials’/criteria used…mbuzi 5 yrs, 63 million 9 months, money laundering 3yrs….ok

  103. ife tizilandira timachenje eni ake akuti 24% iwe uzitcholera mthumba makopala onsewo ukayiwona maula mayi.komanso a DPP awonekepoyapa.abo biiii,zikuvuta nawenso.

  105. 3 years???? for what?? zomwe zikusonyeza kuti boma la Malawi ndilosavuta kulibela ndilapaeasy?? kodi sizimatheka kukapanga appeal kuti zakazo mwanchepetsela?? ifenso2 kansokho kathu kanali pomwe anatapapo nde tizikumbukilana etttt…fokofu!

  106. president Peter Mutharika and several DPP members are also involved in the cashgate and yet they are left to walk freely. Malawians wake up pliz!

  107. What if that money she stole was distributed to these small genuine contractors to do the work. That would have helped a lot, employment, structural transformation etc. These guys are selfish. Imagine chinyumba chija.

  111. She deserved a longer jail sentence not just 3 yrs. The same court(s) convict others on the same offence to more than 5 years imprisonment who happens to stole less than mk 10 000. Its unfortunate that our courts can’t be trusted anymore!

  112. 60 million equal 9 months imprisonment
    1 million==?? seconds
    I goat ==8 years imprisonment

    Malawi land of foolish Judges !!!!!

  116. My fellow Malawians, this Judge Ivy is not good and is one of most corrupt people. She presided over giving bail to the Mid Night 6, yet when the case came for hearing before her, she recused on the basis that her (Ivy Kamanga’s children) go to school together with Patricia Kaliati’s children. Does it sound that she is a justice of integrity?? Why not recuse in the first place??? Now she is giving a very fake judgement to Tereza. We have many cases on corruption involving less money people being given severe custodial sentences. Can someone justify you steal K63,000,000.00 and be given 9 months imprisonment? This is the greatest joke of the year from our judiciary. Can the state please appeal for the sentencing is just too lenient. It does not reflect the seriousness of the offence committed. Chief Justice remove all these so called “learned people” from Chanco and give the wig to guys from Mpemba (FGM, SGM & TGM) who can melt justice fairly without fear or favour. The judiciary is tell the whole world that in Malawi if you steal from government is ok, you will get scot-free judgement so that you can continue from where you stopped, hence sentencing you to 2yrs imprisonment

    1. Don’t you know you people that she has received something from Tressa Senzani. If you didn’t know then that’s the news to you Malawians. K63 Million can not be equal to 3 years.

  117. At least she deserves this sentence for failing to control and protect our money. Worry not, only three years!!!. HBP out, mukayigwire ndende basi, former bwana.

  118. Suffering with alot of money in her pocket is not painful. Her family will be still enjoying as compared to poor citizen who was jailed for 7 years because of stealing a goat. Go and see her mansion in Lilongwe. Akumvetsa chisoni pa chithunzipa koma iye sanavere chisoni a Malawi.

  123. Only 3 years, thi is not enough apa ndi pophera a wemba (donors ) aziti tayambapo if that is case mwawuponda.

  124. Izi nde za manyi izi. 3yrs is nothing compared tot he suffering malawis children have endured to the rath of these thugs. Chigawenga si icho chokha chili ndi chikwanje. Ivy Kamanga you have errored and set a very dangerous precedent for the on going cash gate cases.

  125. aaaa enendimangilila onel 3year zachepa aaa apa palichinyengo wakuba zomvala 6year komaso kukagwila tchito yakalavula nkute mwatani (majaji)akafunika zaka(7)amenewo adapha amlw ameneo!!!mbozi za anthu!

  127. Maliwi wil nt develop with these greedy pipo,our laws needs 2 be revied as soon as possible so that mbava zonse zoba ndalama za boma zizilangiwa zeni-zeni.

  128. Peter and his DPP have not even passed the first test , we shall be waiting for the Big fish mind you uyu anavomera mulandu koma Raphael and co. Simunathane nawo ndipo mukagwetsa amenewa that means you have passed the first test.

  133. Only three years? What about the villa she built with cashgate money? Lutepo, Kasambara, Karonga, Manondo, Mphwiyo and all you thugs wait for your day! You can delay the justice but one day it will be melted on you! AT least a jail sentence is a lesson to the rest!

    1. She built the villa towards the end of Bingu’s rule – in anticipation of the AU summit to be rented out to delegates as way of recouping the cost. Therefore the villa was not built with cashgate money since APM has emphatically defined cashgate as taking place between April and September 2013.

      You may also want to know that the areas now known as New (or cashgate) Area 43 and ‘Nigeria’ section of Area 12 were actually started during Bingu’s time…as they say “You do the maths”!

  134. Madam chief Justice Msosa..your job is well cut out for you. Is this really justice? K63million and you get only 3 years??!!!…no wonder this lady was taking long to deliver her judgment. Amakambilana za mmanja. This court system really sucks!

  136. I am not comfortable with period of her imprisonment. Only three years, by 12 midnight she will have only 2 years and 364. She could have been given even twenty years and above. Freezing only her accounts. What about her apartment worth millions of kwacha?

    1. Imagine, am also not confortable with the sentence. KOdi zimatengela kudziwika kapena nkhani momwe ilili? NOT FAIR

  137. The judge has shown some leniency it should have been at least 5yrs. What happens to the mansion and buses?

  143. Basi 3 years zokha? komanso ku ndende if its 3 years ndi half kale that means she will be in the coolers for a year and half, WHY? KOma woba mbuzi mmidzimu akukhala 8 years eti? NOT FAIR

  144. OK FINE,DPP AND PETER MUTHALIKA HAVE PASSED THE FIRST BIG TEST.HOWEVER, THREE YEARS OF CUSTODIAL SENTENCE IS NOT ENOUGH.ACB HAS ANOTHER JOB ON SEZANI HERE!!!!!!!CAN ACB ALSO CONDUCT ANOTHER INVESTIGATION ON HOW SEZANI NAMATHANGA BUILT HIS EXPENSIVE MANSION WHEN SHE WAS A JUNIOR PS AND ALSO GETTING LESS THAN MK400,000 PER MONTH?

  145. The good thing is that money has been recovered. What about the property bought by stolen money? Still three years is not enough. These must serve a minimum of 10 years. Ho w many people have died because of shortage of drugs in the hospitals . Judges be realistic

  148. dont worry, you will come out a better person than before, prison these days is a corrective and curative institution where your old greedy habits will me modeled to that of building the nation. its high time that we should consider assisting prisons to have good structures to house these high profile people in our society or face incidents of BP or stroke when we face reality of prison conditions when we are arrested

  149. Thank you Mrs Senzani for saving us time. Courts should now concentrate on other cashgate cases………koma inu achina Lutepo mukutitayitsa nthawi ndi makobiri, alaaaaaa!

  150. mphawi abe nkhuku samauzidwa kuti akabwenze nkhukuyo…and amapatsidwa 7 years…wina kuba ma billions akupatsidwa 3 years…shame shame..

  151. The noose should be set on JB the cashgate queen. all these people were collecting money on her behalf. this woman called JB had plundered our country. she has always said her hands are clean and one wonders why she is stopping Lutepo to get her call logs. what is she afraid off if she is genuine.

  152. Kuba 63million jailed for 3years basi. Wina kugwira ukaidi wa 7year chifukwa chakupezeka ndi 1 bag of fertilizer wa subsidy. Malawian court & its Judges

    1. ..get it right ..the theft is only nine months sentence…..!

      The three years is a different case..money laundering, i.e..-the process where the proceeds of crime ( the 63 million in this case) are transformed into ostensibly into other assets or ‘legitimate money’..so there are two cases here…….so people should get it clear that the theft of 63 million has only attracted 9 months of sentencing and three years is for money laundering but running concurrently…if it was theft of mk63m alone, she could only be serving 9 months!

  154. What nonsense is this? Kuba mbuzi MK 9,000, given 6 years imprisonment with hard labour, Kuba ma Million given 3 years? Its very true the Judges are biggest crooks in this country. Why not just let her go? Mxxiii

  155. The three years imprisonment is just too low forthe offence. kukonderana basi. Koma anakakhala mzibanbo eti. an offence is an offence whether committed by a man or woman. judgement should be equal

  156. Just 3 years? we must have a sick Judicially system that arrest someone who steal a cow to 5 or more years and someone who steals milions which could save alot of lives to 3 years which we knw she will only serve less

  157. Three years for 63 million, a gud punishment considering that she refunded the money…..Mai inu your conscience is clear now atleast i clap hands for you for saving the state money and time which could have been wasted in trial. Boma ili likukwaniritsa zomwe linalonjeza, like it or hate it………..enanu kutsutsa its what you do, keep opposing. Anthu osutsa sasiya kanthu mmoyo…..

    1. Its not ONLY 63 Million. Can that Bunda Turn Off house be worth less than K200 Million? Where did she got the money to build that Mansion. I cry for my country Malawi and its Judicial People.

  158. are we fighting corruption or implementing it to my side i thing they are promoting mmmmmm but donors are watching and will never come back ,God is watching

  159. Three years for stealing over MK60million! That’s a real joke. Chikakwiya had 4years for a much less amount. Dzikoli nlokonderadi eti!

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