Suspect in Masambuka case implicates Malawi govt ‘biggie’ on abduction of person with albinism
One of the suspects in the in murder of MacDonald Masambuka, a person with albinism, who is suspected to have been killed for rituals, has said he was sent by high-ranking Malawi government officials connected to the presidency to commit the murder crime.

The suspect. Alfred Yohane, said this at the High Court Zomba Registry on Thursday before trial judge Zione Ntaba.
Yohane said he was hired together with the other suspects by government officials to abduct and kill Masambuka.
The court directed that the media should not mention the names of the people that the suspect has implicated or else face contempt of court.
The names, Nyasa Times understands are linked to high ranking officials at the State House and the office of the President.
However, legal experts say the media will name and shame those implicated because the court cannot enforce the order to shield them.
“Criminal proceedings are ny law required to be conducted in public for fair trial, transparency nd accountability. Because of space and other logistical reasons not all members of the public can attend the criminal trial. As such the media reports on the proceedings to inform the public about what it happening in court, “ remarked one legal practitioner.
“The order would be very difficult if not impossible to report. Consequently the media should be able to inform the nation,” added the law expert.
Nyasa Times is verifying the authenticity of the names of those implicated and the suspect in question and will give the public the names.
Lawyers have also pointed out that sitting presidents in Malawi are not subject to criminal prosecution because under the Constitution they have an immunity.
So any accusation directed against President Peter Mutharika – if any – will not result in criminal charges while he is in office but any of his officials implicated would be indicted.
The body of Masambuka, 22, who hailed from Nakawa Village, Traditional Authority Nkoola in Machinga, was found buried on April 1 2018 after he was reported missing in March the same year.
Catholic priest Father Thomas Muhosha is among 13 people suspected of having a role in the murder of Masambuka.
Besides Muhosha, the suspects include Masambuka’s brother Cassim White Masambuka who faces three charges of murder, trafficking in persons and causing another person to harm a person with disability.
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Bwana Henry Mussa , Dausi, Ntaba mwazuka bwanji
… Mwaiwala kuwapatsa moni Bwana Mchacha!
Judge ameneyu akutanthauza chiyani poti amalawi akuyenera kudziwilatu kuipa kwa chifwamba chochedwa PETER MUTHARIKAchi kuti pa 21 may pano anthu akavotere munthu oyenelera, chifukwa ngati judge ameneyu akutero ndiye kuti akuupereka mtundu wa amalawi m’manja mwa njoka ngati zimenezi, iweyo judge pamtumbo pa amako osati paiweyo.Amalawi ukuwatenga ngati ana amako kumpanda kwako????. Judge ameneyu chikalowa chipani china achotsedwe ntchito bcz anthu ngati inu ndi amene mukubweretsa manyi mdziko muno.Dzikoli silamako wamva galu iwe!!!!
….ukundikwiyisa ndisaname.
amalawi tiyeni tigwilane manja tichotse atsogoleli oipawa
Cool down my friend Innoxy
We are having a prospect to learn about names of those criminals from you NYASATIMES MEMBERS please!!!.Enawo ndiye tikuwadziwa kuti ndi gogo peter mutharika ndi gogo hethewik mtaba ndipo enawo mutiuze ndi inu.Koma zifwambazi ndiye zimangidwe posatengera udindo wamunthu bcz ndinamva wina akunena pa nkhaniyi kuti president amakhala ndi immunity so the question is; does this immunity gives him power to kill people but still no arrest????, what does this nosense mean??.
Wow,our God is not and never shall He be asleep
The revelations are too good to be true!
shaaa ndi chifukwa chani munthu akumuseka pa kamwa kkkkkkkk
For rituals to work successfully, the team including their Chair whom we know well were conducting their meetings while mbulanda ( bengende ). Just imagine this type of gathering with their chair in a birth day suit.
AAAAAA ineyotu answer ndaiziwa kale Judgeyutu akuziwapo kanthu sikuti ndi iyeyu ayi koma simukuti Judgeyi dzinalake mwati ndi ndani Ntaba? muzifunse nokha mwati chani ntaba? kikikikiki Zione ntaba hahahahahahaha
Why should the media hide the names of those implicated to the matter? Let the public know the truth about the matter. Our lovely Nyasatimes wont let us down, we shall know them all
So Winiko was right?
NO WONDER THE GAFUMETI HAS BEEN VERY DISINTERESTED TO INVESTIGATE THESE MURDERS……IT HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS OF BUYING and SELLING ITS OWN CITIZENS!!! Mayoooooooo
Lord will fight for us and save Malawi. Power can be evil if not used properly………. we have always asked you to follow the law but greed, corruption and nepotism run in your veins, now this shame!!!!!
I think its the man who burn warehouse in 2014
Suspects are known to make weird allegations when corned.. We in the judiciary are used to this.
Bwanji sanakutchule iweyo?
Is this guy stil a live timva kuti mene anapita ku court anadumpha mugalilimoto nde watisiya we need properr security for this guy thumbs up ma nicca
The decision of Zione Ntaba to gag the media on publicising names of those mentioned and implicated by suspects in court is another ploy to allow killing of albinos in this country to continue. During cashgate cases, people’s names mentioned and implicated by suspects in courts were publically made known by the media. Proceedings of the courts are supposed to be open and public. One wonders what Ntaba wants to achieve here. One also wonders if this case will be heard fairly if what this Judge is doing is anything to go by. CSOs and lawyers should help the nation on this matter.
I don’t think the judge’s decision of stopping publication of the names has anything to do with protecting his uncle no,it’s just procedural,at the appropriate time it will be lifted, however the media has the power/right to publicize the names only thing is that they have to look at the legal implications of doing so,before publicizing,am sure by sunrise Friday,they will be ready to publicize.
Why not recuse from the case if she is a relation of Mtaba.
WHAT A DRAMA, A JUDGE BROCKING JUSTICE IN OPEN AIR FOR MONEY…
Court should immediately adjourn the trial until after election
This individual has not pleaded guilty but has implicated other suspects.
Is he a government witness?
Investigations must be made to ensure this witness is credible
This is really very sad and pathetic. Any excuse the gain political mileages and slander one another. Enough of the gossip. Be true and show malawians your most honest selves. Creating gossip to gain votes is nonsense but we malawians believe everything in the media without thinking for ourselves. Maybe we deserve the circus it in that case
Too hard to be true
Chachikulu asafere in custody anthu akuwulurawa
I want to go and pee
Masankho omwewa mpaka kukapherapo munthuuuu mmmmm. Pitani ninuyo ndichipani chanucho mwanyanya kupanga zosalongosoka nthuni.
No need for discussion Mr president use ur power to allow the suspect to mention those names in court if u are clean
He z the suspect himself. Kutereku sakugonammene zilili. I think the judge is related to Ntaba
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Ndayiwala eti
She’s shielding her uncle the doctor who shares her last name.
God has his ways of revealing wrong doings. Muyaluka chaka chino.
Please don’t politicalise this issue because the country is election time so that destroy some body CV . Don’t Play with the life of innocent this is a very difficult and painful to albino community. I can sense something wrong here, yes people need the truth but don’t play with them for your political gain
Who you talking to? The Judge?? KKKK
Mwatero a cadet a Gerald?
Aphumbwa doing rituals at the state residences to win elections kkkk no wonder they will shielding the investigations. MHRC put you to shame publicly releasing their findings on Buleya while you still sit on the files the brits gave you. We not voting for evil doers come May 21st
When the courts are trying to shield justice……
This judge is a disappointment, koma Nyasatimes iliopo itiuza
Musadandaure guys popeza tili ndi 2 weeks yokha kuti anthu avote ndipo dziwani kuti m’malawi wina aliyense amene angavotere peter mutharika; ndiye kuti nayenso ali mugulu lauchifwamba.Izizi oro BINGU sanapange so please!!, please amalawi Anzanga musamuvotere munthu wakupha ngati PETER choncho ndibwino musankhe m’modzi mwa ena atatu aja chonde guys 👏😴😪😪😴😣😣.Malawi wanga ineeeeeeee!!….😭😭😭😭😭😫😫😫😪
Kulila kwanu kwamveka, i will vote for Chakwera
vuto nayese a kusogolelela chipani magasi manja pepani
People are killed all over the world. Isis, alshabab, ma suicide bombers, achisilamu awa. Nthawi ya bakili anthu amadulidwa mawere ku chiradzulu mwayiwala kodi.
Masiku otsiliza ano. Nanga simukuti wakupha mnaze asaphedwe coz ali ndi ufulu
Nyasa times and zodiak pliz spil the satanaz, Judges cannot be trusted
But at least munthu anatchula asanamwalire
“Zione Ntaba”
We Malawians are so pathetic, why do we believe in gossip too much? Within the last 24 hours we have just learnt that one Buleya Lule was tortured to death while trying to extract information from, what we have just learnt, was an innocent person.
What is the difference with this news now? What makes you believe these guys are not implicating an innocent person?
Buleya’s death was all over in the media that he was killed because he started mentioning names of senior govt officials and now with this revelation that he was innocent does it not mean if indeed he started mentioning names he was implicating innocent people?
Please, let’s stop this too much gossip.
There is no gossip here. A man is giving evidence here its this judge who is trying to creat an atmosphere of gossip by muting the press. The mentioned people are denied the chance to clear themselves. By saying government officials the DPP led government is being put in dirty stinking mud. Just name the the implicated people without attaching them to any organisation.
Kanchenga: the names that the culprit mentioned are: Peter Mutharika (repeatedly); Hetherwick Ntaba; Nicholas Dausi; Father Muhosha; Kondwani Nankhumwa. From the horse’s mouth. I was present in court as we were stunned. Peter Mutharika you organised meeting with albinos ukudziwa kuti ukuwapha ndiwe yemwe. One commented: when you tell a mosquito you have malaria”. They were dining with their killer!!!
you are very stupid and a dotard for that matter, do you electrocute people when extracting information? it is because of such foolish people like you that Malawi is not progressing. Simpleton, nincompoop, dunce, dullard mxiiii!
Akuti Lule was innocent, ampeza bwanji innocent munthu woti sanamufunse mafunso to prove his innocence? Amene anamutchula Lule-yo ali kuti?
Penapake aMalawi timakhala ngati sitimaganiza patokha. We believe much zomwe wina walemba no wonder anthu amagona paja ati kuopa opopa magazi pambuyo pake popanda mmodzi opezeka kuti amupopadi. Kugona paja ati kuopa chivomelezi kuti chichitika 2am chonsecho kulibe machine opangila predict chivomelezi. Ameneyu ndiye Malawi. Ngakhale mtolankhani atalemba kuti auje samabiba anthu timvomeleza kuti yes zoona
Ife tankhala tikudadwa ndi ma Judge a ku Zomba wa maka maka Zione Ntaba ndi Mvula..haha. Koma DPP iluzedi!
We were told that MBC had applied to have this case broadcast live.
Yes
This reminds me of the video clip that circulated and how shaken some state house official was with Dr. Dzamalala’s autopsy report on Buleya Lule
why have you mentioned priest and failing to mention government officials? between two who was supposed to be mentioned you don’t know that even Catholic has right to privacy more than what you so called government officials
Apart from the judge Zione Ntaba’s uncle, which president has also been mentioned???.
CHAKWELA THE LAST HOPE
now i can believe prophet LIABUNYA…. he said the DPP will bring in satanism leadership which will cause their downfall.
false prophet nawe kikikiki
These story is not true. In Malawi we have freedom of expression. Even in the entire five years no one has been stopped to reveal the names of people. The issue is, how can the government ask to kill Masambuka? There are people who make noise the Right defenders, other groups , none has been killed, why Masambuka. We like character assassination but this is not the way. Father Muhosha, is anointed priest of the Catholic Church, whether they have excluded him, he still a Catholic priest by calling. The court cannot stop anyone to publish the names, stop lying and do civilised journalism.
So you thought its a lie that the judge has ordered media not write the name of government
s big fish? So you comparing the lives of rights defenders with albinos? Dont you understand that the albinos are for rituals? Kaya zanuzo zisapotani DPP koma za Buleya Lule & Masambuka. The handwriting is on the wall my friend. 12 days remaining for DPP to leave office. Mark my words.It’s on public domain that Alomwe ndiwokhwima as said by President no wonder killing of albino
Give us the names already.. they dont need to be protected while our brothers and sisters are being killed for stupid reasons.
No comment….. 21 May is very close…
Tatchulani mayinawo why hiding?
Ya,ya,yah….kod a court muli mbali iti,yathu kapena ya awowo? 577 bln munatibisila kuwatchula maina, ndalama zokhala zathu,apaso nde mukut chiani? Its only 11 days to elections and after their exit from gvt who will shield them,pamaula ndi pafupi apa tidzikakuonani,apa mtima kuti thii! Boma ilili liri ngat kobibira zochitika,ngakhale bill itakwera bwanji ya madzi kutsukako koma kafungo osatha,zophana,katangale…etc
shaaaaaaa ndazizidwa nkhongono mpaka anthu akukulu kumapanga zimenezo GOD is really angry ngakhale mungabitse palibe chinsinsi pa dziko lapansi
mainawo tikuwafuna
LIABUNYA PROPHASISED THESE…….DPP WILL END BECAUSE OF SATANIC ACTIVITES……ZAYAMBA KUONEKA
And he is back in town