State dithers on bringing South Africa accusers for Bushiri trial in Malawi

March 22, 2021 Wanga Gwede - Nyasa Times 55 Comments

Malawi government is refusing to have Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) leader Prophet Shepherd Bushiri accusers in South Africa to appear before Lilongwe magistrate Court to authenticate evidence contained in the extradition request.

Bushiri waves at his supporters at court
Bushiri supporters showing solidarity at Lilongwe Magistrate Court

Bushiri’s lawyer, Wapona Kita, argued before the court that, according to Section 9 of the Extradition Act, witnesses are supposed to be paraded for authentication of evidence contained in the extradition request.

Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Steve Kayuni alleged that if it brings witnesses and evidence it would be violating the rights of the Bushiri’s by subjecting them to two trials – even though the Bushiri’s want the State to prove the witnesses exist and the evidence is sufficient.

He further argued that the affidavits sent by South Africa should be treated as evidence and the court must not accept witnesses to be called or the evidence against the Bushiri’s to be tested.

Kita, however, snapped Kayuni arguing that the State cannot rely solely on what is stated in the extradition request, without checking the authenticity of the information of if at all the evidence is sufficient or verified.

“The reasoning is that the State must not rely on evidence it has not seen or authenticated while pursuing an extradition. The Extradition Act itself in section 9 is clear that and how evidence must be received.

“It says the court has same jurisdictions as a preliminary enquiry and the hearing cannot deviate from that,” he said.

Bushiri himself has previously rejected all rape allegations levelled against him by women who had spoken out in the media. He accused the women of blackmail.

The flamboyant prophet is also on record as having blamed some officers in the South African Special Crimes Unit known as the Hawks of propagating the allegations as part of an extortion campaign. on.

Magistrate Patrick Chirwa has since adjourned the hearing to Monday 29th March for ruling on the matter.

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55 replies on “State dithers on bringing South Africa accusers for Bushiri trial in Malawi”

  1. One thing that I know and believe is that almost 90% of people commenting here claim to be belivers in the soveriegn God,right? So why you guys quarel and fight so much over this bushiri saga? Why you don’t go back and trust the very same God that you claim to believe that He is still in control and He will definetly sure deal with bushiri?Don’t mind about your boiling emotions cause we all understand that God can not be mocked or manipulated be it bushiri or his lawyer.Jesus is in charge guys dont allow this to put a stumbling or stain in your walk with the lord.Amen.

    1. Not forgetting that his home address was publicly announced on National Television for all haters, enemies and slanderers to do as they please with the Prophet.

  2. Even the apostle Paul wrote letters from prison. Just go serve and clear your name. Jesus was tried and cricified.

  3. Before we all comment to judge a Prophet first u should know his story and understand it without understanding it your a hating heart,I had one commenting that he flee and he was not supposed to,but first u are a stupid I stay in South Africa and I know what was happening and what is happening here,they wanted money and wanted to kill him,they even went ahead to try to kidnap the kids,tell me who will stay in such after u have tried all u can to find protection?and I had one fool saying that there are many foreign Prophet in this country who are not facing the same u are a fool,what is happening to Omottoso?what is happening to pastor Alpha lukau and many more?pls if u dont know the whole story shut up

    2. exactly, some comment out of anger and envy, omottoso is jailed for cooked up stories, lukau was also prosecuted up and down and now they are after another zambian national prophet. south africa govt enjoys persecuting men of God while shielding corrupt people who has defrauded its govt lots of millions like zandile gumede, ace magashule, bongani bongo, zuma and gupta family.

      1. I responded to you but my comment wasn’t published cause it doesn’t fit the narrative.

    3. Don’t need to knw the story my parents lost their pensions thy broke now cs of that bustard, he told them their money will grow while sitting at home drinking coffee

    2. Thank God nobody listens to your noise poor mouse. By now you should have known that Mangochi kabwafu you are irrelevant in this world. You could make sense in hell not in then land of the living

  5. Wapona Kita thinks he is clever in trying to buy time for these two in asking for witnesses to be brought to Malawi. I think this will be the first such an arrangement in extradition cases. Elchapo Guzman, Mexican drug lord was for many years wanted by USA authorities but could not lay their hands on him because he was so cunning that he kept under cover in trying to avoid arrest. The pressure and heat to have him nabbed let on the high as the USA has requested for his arrest and extradition with subsequent court time for drug related offences. When he was finally arrested in 2018/19 he was extradited to America without going through what Kita is contending. Wapona Kita Wichita dyers ndi ndalama. The Bushiris rightful place is behind bars ndipo akafikira kumeneko zikatheka kubwelera milandu isanazengedwe because anadumpha below.

  7. Bushiri akutichitisa manyazi….absconding bail,is another crime…was told to be reporting to Police Station fortnightly if (not mistaken)&to stay within G.Pronvince,surprisingly he sneaked to Malawi.
    Man of God,accused of fraud,money laundering,rape ..can we say SAPs is just jeousy of him?There are many foreginor profets within Rsa,why are they not accused…?
    Many questions on my young Brother Major 1.
    If he knows is innocent,why Absconding?
    Ukhuluku ulipo kwambula chikayiko…
    May God soften his situations.
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  8. Bushiri should not waste the court’s time. There other people who genuinely need Patrick Chirwa the magistrate. This false or thieving prophet ran away from a lawful bail. He is just like a prisoner who runs away from prison. Why did he not prove his innocence in South Africa. He is wasting our taxes and should simply be sent back to South Africa. He went there voluntarily.

  9. The law is very clear on the procedure . Kayuni should follow it to the letter. The girls must be paraded in court. Otherwise kayuni must be given tippex to delete the section. Only then will his argument stand .

  11. Malawi dziko lomvetsa chisoni kukamira nkhani yopanda pake,amalawi amaphedwa ku southafrica a police akuwonelera just because he is akwerekwere alibe nazo ntchito km amalawi kakaka nkhani za ziiii

  12. Iam now doubt sanity of my friend Kita. Umboni wakuti Bushiri adathawa ndiwachiani. You have bushiri with you. What else do you want. Apa Yalakwa; a LAWYER a Kita, mwagulitsa game.

    1. The problem is that the article is written in English. Many people on this forum don’t understand it. All they know is witchcraft!
      Jesus Christ come soon!!!!

  13. Munthu wa Mulungu akuwopa chiyani? Akudelela kodi mphamvu za Mulungu. Kodi iye samudziwa Mulungu wake kuti angachite zozwizwitsa ka munthu wake. Ayi sali wa Mulungu ameneyu ndu chifukwa ali ndi mantha

    1. He is not afraid of anything. He is only exercising his rights. Ever asked yourself why you are so poor? Yet God owns everything?
      Ufa ndi kuzikanda. Umphawi wakumata too much

        2. Ginimbi, did you catch Faisal on top of your mum? I know he f***cs her three times a day. Your anger is misplaced. Apologize to your uncle or your mum will be in trouble

    2. so sad onse omwe amati ndi ma folowers ake ndi anthu ovutika, onse omwe anabwers ku khoti nkumamunyemerela anali okuda ngati atumbuka, ena kumapanga zibvudza zimene. @ chirwa simuyakhule bwino, bwerani Rumphi, Mzimba, Chitipa na karonga udzaone . let alone bushiri go and answer what is due to him. la 40 ndi la 40 basi.

  14. ‘The destruction of the poor is in their poverty.’ For a red t-shirt, they will go to support a thief. Jesus Christ must be astonished to witness such stupidity.

  15. Once again the state is going to mess up. But it’s all a plan. Sure they know the law. Bushiri will end up being paid money by government. SMH

    1. A big up Sir! Bushiri will need his own Minister of Finance to manage his monies. The compensation the man of God will get will be out of this world

  16. Big brains arguing in court. I like my fellow Malawians. This is the spirit. Let’s show the world that we are super intelligent and we belong to our own world. All southern Africa countries have developed because of the sacrifices Malawian men made. We have fathered children and today they cannot be wiser. Check their surnames

    1. Woooow, you make a very good point. We have built and developed Zambia, Zimbabwe and even South Africa with our labour as fearless brothers and sisters. Now we will try to focus on developing our country, at last.

      Koma a Malawi muli ndi mchiwuno mwakuthwa. I have cousins and brothers and sisters spread across the region. At some point 2 million Zimbabweans were 100% malawians.

      But let’s say ndife amodzi to avoid kuyambana

    2. Poor mentality. Any fool can father but parenting is not for everyone.

      Many have fathered children here in South Africa and left them with their mothers’ to raise them alone. Are you proud of that?

      Please note that not all do this practice.

  17. Bushiri’s demands while here in Malawi so far, and counting:

    1. South Africa govt must assure him safety for him to return.
    2. South Africa govt must assure him that his bail which he absconded from, must not be revoked.
    3. South African police officers who investigated, arrested,prosecuted him, must recuse themselves.
    4. South Africa govt must investigate and arrest the officers who arrested him.
    5. South Africa govt must provide new officers to arrest, investigate, or prosecute him. He doesn’t want just any kind of arresting officers, they must be special.
    6. Malawi Police must not arrest him.
    7. Malawi magistrate must not hear his case, he must recuse himself. He wants the one who ruled that he must not be arrested, not this one who gave a warrant of arrest for him.
    8. His case must not be treated as a criminal case, but should be a civil case. He just can’t go with what he is being brought to court for, he must choose his own terms.
    9. Witnesses from South Africa, where he committed the offences, must be flown all the way to Malawi to meet him there, he doesn’t want to go and meet him where he is being accused.
    10. Malawi state prosecutors must give him the documents that contains his charges, affidavits by witnesses, and other communications with the South Africa prosecutors
    11. When they give him the documents, he doesnt want the state to rely on what is said in the same documents, and he is asking for the same unimportant documents
    12. Malawi Govt must give him it’s treaty with SADC countries
    13. Wait for next week, next month, there will be demands, demands, demands and more demands.

    My advice, mukapanda kumutsekela, ma demand a delaying tactic azibwela week iliyonse, avoiding the actual hearing. That’s what he avoided in South Africa, and he will try to avoid here in Malawi. When he is arrested, he will now try to make sure that the hearing goes fast.

    1. Prophet Bushiri is, under law, entitled to make the demands. The state is under obligation to meet the demands. The trial is not being heard by a Village headman or in a traditional court. And the court will rule in the Prophet’s favour. That’s where the case will fall. Those fake girls will not appear in court! The SADC extradition treaty is not gazetted in Malawi. It is therefore irrelevant! It has no legs to stand on.
      God is fighting for His prophet

      1. Does that take away the fact that he broke the law by absconding bail? Evidence of which is that he is still here when he was supposed to be in court in South Africa this month? He will find those fake girls in South Africa, when he goes there. If he wanted them that badly he would have stayed there

        1. The matter in court is not that he absconded bail. Get to understand legal matters Sir. It’s not your wishes that will prevail. It is the matters lodged in court

  18. Is katemera rolled out to school teachers yet or Gospel Kazako was lying that teachers will be among the first group prioritized for katemera?

    1. No school has been earmarked as a vaccination centre.Teachers can always go at a nearest vaccination entity.

  19. The solution to this is to just send the Bushiris to South Africa akakumane ndi ma witness akuwafunawo.

    1. Is that what Interpol tells you “the hunter [HAWKS] will be hunted”?

      Bushiri and his wife have an international warrant of arrest against their names. They can’t leave Malawi without risking being arrested hence they didn’t want to accompany their daughters to Kenya to seek medical attention.

      1. Kuganiza kopusa. If the state could deny a sick child to travel, what more with the parents? The particular official who denied the child medication in Kenya is under serious torture and torment now. His family is going through tough times, death after death, calamity after calamity. Children in his family will be abused. Chronic diseases will be everywhere. It’s hell for him in this world. And God will spare him so he can witness the results of his folly

        1. I’m a South African please use English I don’t understand your first sentence.

          What you fail to comprehend is that Bushiri and his wife can’t move out of Malawi without risking an arrest. They are now international fugitives because of the red alert on their names.

          What I can tell you is that having children and not being there for them when they are sick is the worst thing ever. They knew if they went to Kenya, they would have been arrested as Kenya is bound to arrest them and so are over 190 Interpol member states.

          1. am telling you, at the end bushiri will come out triumph, you south africans you are very shameful creatures, you glorify corruption, intimidation and white supremacy. bushiri never pickpocketed or defrauded any south africa govt insitutition. he got only tithe and your govt busy arresting him for that. leaving people who commited serious corrupt cases and defrauded govt alot of billion rands likes gupta family, zuma, ace magashule, zandile gumede. you will be in load shedding for ever, and your economy will fall and fall for ever, you will buy bread around R20. all of these will happen because you glorify corruption and you treat corrupt individuals with kids gloves….
            those police who arrested him, they did that out of anger, they do not have witnesses, that is why they failed to prosecute him from 2015 to the point he has left south africa. your police officers will learn the importance of gathering evidence before arresting someone.

          2. Deal with your inferiority complex.

            You’d bet there is no corruption imperfect Malawi. We have the Zondo Commission for the world to see and it’s meant to address the corruption issue.

          2. Ginimbi you stink too much. Your mouth is like a public toilet in a tarven. It’s clear you were not raised by parents. All you know is poverty. Maybe it’s not your fault

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