Mpinganjira case committed to High Court in Malawi judges’ bribery case
The Blantyre Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday committed to the High Court the corruption-related case against business tycoon Thom Mpinganjira.
The committal came after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director Reyneck Matemba asked the court to commit the case to the High Court, saying the bureau is ready for trial.
Chief Resident Magistrate Simeon Mdeza has since accepted the application and committed the case to High Court.
Mdeza said will be preparing a report of the proceedings for the High Court to work on.
One of Mpinganjira’s lawyers, Patrice Nkhono, said the defence had no problem with the case being committed to the High Court, since the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Code gives power to commit cases to the High Court.
According to Nkhono, ACB is supposed to submit documents to the defense on the application.
He said: “We haven’t received the disclosures yet from the Anti-Corruption Bureau, but we expect we will be receiving those ones in a little while. And once we get those we can begin to make preparation and be ready for the trial”.
Mpinganjira is accused of attempting to bribe a panel of Constitutional Court Judges who presided over the presidential election case to rule in favour of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
ACB arrested Mpinganjira in January this year after Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda complained to the bureau that someone wanted to bridge the five judges who heard the presidential election case as a constitutional referral.
The banker, who is currently on bail, is answering charges related to attempting to induce High Court Judge Mike Tembo and Healey Potani to exercise their functions corruptly by accepting K100 million for that purpose, according to ACB.
Mpinganjira denies any wrong doing.
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Now is the time to face the music pls clean everything this people are evil
If you want real unrest in Malawi, go ahead with your fucken ideas of harassing innocence ppl.
In your time you didnt know that you were harassing people.
This is an opportunity for the justice system to set an example. This man if found guilty should be given a maximum sentence to deter future behaviour by others. They should throw away the keys for corrupt povo and let him rot in hell.
This simple villager asks why does the ACB want the case tried in the High Court? The article does not give me the answer to that question.
Money involved is beyond the jurisdiction of the Magistrate court
Thanks for that!
Not money but the punishment that the ACB is asking is beyond the jurisdiction of a magistrate
Si if found guilty, what will be the punishment?
He will either be castrated, jailed for 500 Years as the case is serious, or have all his assets seized by the government and sold. Akachita tsoka all the above will be applied.
will be 20 years imprisonment with nyekhwerised labor, Kulira ndi kutafuna mano.
Not good publicity for the FDH IPO.
Very bad timing or akufuna apeze za ku court
That’s the end of FDH Bank.
This is when Thom and DPP will realise the real meaning of Nyekhwe!
Matemba please behave like Chambo please, we want to see this case handled in a most professional way. These crooks should learn there is limit to what money can do.
Modecai Msiska turns down appointment as minister of Justice.
Eishiiii ada awa ndi Machine opangira Machine azizake.
Dziko ndi lovuta. Here today tomorrow there.
Matemba you are just wasting our time. you deliberately filed the case in the lower court when you knew that the case needs to be tried in the high court. Later you will drop the charges. Who doesn’t know your inefficiency
Lets go. Corruption has been like cancer in Malawi. Time get rid of it.