Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday joined former president Bakili Muluzi , his family and mourners who were paying a vigil at Naperi home of former president’s first born daughter Esmie Muluzi-Malisita who died after being struck by lightning at Mpemba in Blantyre on Monday. Muluzi-Malisita, who until her death, was a member of the […]
Malawi former first lady Anne Muluzi who left the country since she separated with former president Bakili Muluzi in 1999 is returning back home to attend the burial of their first born daughter, Esmie Muluzi Malisita, who was on Monday struck dead by lightning, together with her close friend Hazel Busile in Blantyre. . The two […]
First born daughter to former president Bakili Muluzi, Mrs Esme Muluzi-Malisita has been killed by lightning while at her farm at Mpemba in Blantyre, a relation Dr Ishamel Chioko has confirmed. Muluzi-Malisita died when lightning struck her and a friend Hazel Busile while the two were helping out in fertiliser application at a garden in Mpemba. […]
The High Court in Blantyre is yet to determine on whether the high profile former president Bakili Muluzi K1.7 billion corruption case should be tried in the Constitutional court or not. When the case resumed hearing on Wednesday morning, the state lawyers were busy scrutinising documents from banks in relation to loans Muluzi took from […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi’s K1.7 billion corruption case continues to drag as it has been the case for the past seven years. Judge Maclean Kamwambi has adjourned it to October 8 to allow the state respond to defense counsel application to transfer the case to the Constitutional case. Anti Corruption Bureau lawyer Clement Mwala said there […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi legal team has applied to the High Court to have the corruption case which is collapsing due to State’s lack of objective material evidence to back to the Constititional Court. The lawyers told Judge Maclean Kamwambi that they feel the 11 year old case ashould back to the Constitutional Court where […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi says he is saddened with the death of his nephew James Chigamba, a Ndirande based businessman. Chigamba died early hours of Sunday morning at Mlambe mission hospital in Blantyre after high blood pressure. “It sad and devastating,” said the former president on Sunday at Kapoloma village where Chigamba was laid to […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi is expected back in the High Court dock on September 26 after his high level suspected K1. billion corruption case was adjourned on Wednesday to let the state get aunthentic bank documents. The defese counsel lead attorney Tamando Chokotho expressed concern that the state was using photocopied bank documents instead of […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi on Monday joined Muslims in the country when they celebrated the Eid al-Adha, one of the two most important festivals of the Islamic calendar. Muluzi took a break from his high level K1.7 billion corruption case which is falling de to lack of objective material evidence linking to corruption. He returns […]
Lead lawyer for former president Bakili Muluzi has said the state cross examination of witnesses was too weak that it has failed to connect the former head of state to the K1.7 billion high level corruption case. Tamando Chokotho said this on Friday after finishing grilling lead state witness in the case, Victor Banda, former […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi high level corruption case has been adjourned to Wednesday next week to allow the former leader celebrate Eid in his home district of Machinga – as a devout Muslim. Muluzi’ lead lawyer Tamando Chokotho made the application after grilling the state lead witness Victor Banda who is also former deputy director of […]
High Court Judge Maclean Kamwambe has rejected a bid to amend charges against former president Bakili Muluziand his former secretary, Lyness Whiskey, are accused of misappropriating money amounting to K1.7 billion ($2.4 million) . Muluzi lawyers, Jai Banda and Tamanda Chokhotho, asked Justice Kamwambe to order the prosecution team to review their charge sheet […]
Malawi former president Bakili Muluzi did not obtain money mounting to more than K1.1 billion ($1.5 million) corruptly, former assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Victor Banda, who is the state princial witness, told the High Court in Blantyre. Muluzi, who governed Malawi from 994 to 2004, and his former secretary, Lyness Whiskey, are […]
Another K500 million has been deducted from the K1.7 billion former president Bakili Muluzi and his former personal assistant Violet Whiskey are being accused of having corruptly acquired. This happened after principal witness acknowledged in court on Monday that he had no knowledge of corruption on money that was being deposited in the Muluzi’s personal […]
Malawi’s former president Bakili Muluzi joined other retired and serving African Heads of State to a summit in Equatorial Guinea whose agenda was ‘consolidating peace, security and stability for sustainable development in Africa. Muluzi, attended the summit which included for Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda, former Mozambican President Chissano, Benin President Thomas Boni and Africa’s longest ruler the […]
It is important, sometimes, to appreciate an ant when, out of resilience, goes on an anthill and dares to murder an elephant. Our appreciation, of course, should not be driven by what the ant can achieve. Rather, the spirit to dare, to attempt, even when we know, for sure, that it is only barking at […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) has said the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has its operational independence compromised in the the trial involving former president Bakili Muluzi and his the personal assistant Lyness Violey Whisky. Muluzi, who ruled the southern African country between 1994 and 2004, and his co-accused, Whisky,stand accused of diverting at least US$ 13 […]
Dear Lucas Kondowe, I’m writing this letter with pangs of anger flashing through my chest. Why? Well, because of the way the public institution that you head, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), has been handling the trial involving the former president Bakili Muluzi in which he and his co-accused former personal assistant Lyness Violet Whisky are asked […]