President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday swore in former Solicitor General Antony Kamanga SC as a new Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal judge. Mutharika appointed Kamanga court of appeal judge at the end of his contract as Attorney General. Kamanga holds a bachelor of laws, an LLM (Master of Laws) and a diploma in legal drafting. The President […]
Former Attorney General Antony Kamanga is now in the bench as a new Supreme Court judge after being appointed by President Peter Mutharika, Judiciary spokesperson Mlenga Mvula has confirmed. Kamanga, who once served as Solicitor General, is yet to be sworn in as Judge of Appeal. He holds a bachelor of laws, an LLM (Master […]
Malawi’s President Arthur Peter Mutharika has appointed private lawyer Kalekeni Kaphale as the new Attorney General replacing Anthony Kamanga who left the post soon after former President Joyce Banda lost the May 20 Tripartite Elections. Initially, the Malawi leader had appointed former Anti-Corruptio Bureau (ACB) Director Alexius Nampota, who is said to have turned down […]
Former Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) executive director Alex Nampota is not taking up his appointment as Attorney General, Nyasa Times understands. Nampota was appointed by President Peter Mutharika to be Attorney General this week replacing Anthony Kamanga whose contract expired. The AG’s office automatically fell vacant after Kamanga’s term technically came to an end following the […]
President Peter Mutharika has appointed former Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director Alex Nampota to be the Attorney General replacing Anthony Kamanga. State House press office confirmed on Sunday that Nampota will take over from Kamanga, who contract expired. Barely weeks after taking over from the late president Bingu wa Mutharika, had the Joyce Banda administration pressurised […]
Attorney General Anthony Kamanga has said the assets declaration statement which President Joyce Banda made early this year will not be made public as widely demanded, saying the current legislation is silent on the matter. There has been public pressure on the Speaker of the National Assembly Henry Chimunthu Banda office to reveal the value and other details of President […]
Many people Malawi are supporting for the retention and implementation of capital punishment on the offenders. This has been revealed by the Malawi’s Attorney general Antony Kamanga who was opening the seminar for the lawyers on sensitization on sentencing on capital offences in the capital Lilongwe on Tuesday. Malawi Human Rights Commission in conjunction with […]
The newly appointed Attorney General (AG) Anthony Kamanga, SC, says the Joyce Banda administration is committed to supporting and taking the work of the Malawi Law Commission seriously and act on peoples’ wishes. Kamanga, the former Solicitor General, emphasised that the Joyce Banda administration “remains committed to supporting and taking forward the work of the […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has made some changes to her cabinet. In the reshuffle, the Malawi leader has appointed Goodall Gondwe as Economic Planning and Development following the resignation of Atupele Muluzi on Monday. Muluzi resigned following what he suspects is a political conspiracy against him by senior members of the governing People’s Party (PP) of […]
A South African court has supported the extradition of Malawian murder suspect, Misozi Chanthunya, but has given him a right to appeal. Malawi judicial officers asked South African government to repatriate Chanthunya to Malawi so that he can answer murder charges. Solicitor General, Anthony Kamanga, confirmed the Rustenburg court ruled that Chanthunya’s extradition was legal and […]
Malawi government says it will not explain to the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) why it failed to arrest Sudanese President and genocide suspect Omar al-Bashir during a recent visit. The war crimes court issued a decision requesting Malawi to submit before 11 November ‘any observations’ over its alleged failure to comply with the arrest […]