An economist who was working in the ministry of finance , treasury department and economic affairs division between the period of April and September 2013, Daniel Jenya has told the court that f Malawi Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, whose shooting on 13 September 2013 led to the unravelling of the systematic looting of millions of […]
Lawyer and former Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara SC on Wednesday lost his cool in court and his emotions unfolded after Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mary Kachale objected to his questioning line to fifth witness, Keaton Gani. Kasambala , businessman Pika Manondo and Macdonald Kumwembe are answering attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murders on […]
Former bodyguard to Ralph Kasambara when he was Minister of Justice, Sergeant Keaton Gani on Tuesday told the High Court that the officers who interrogated him when he was arrested disclosed that they had orders from then Deputy Inspector General Nelson Bophani to see into it that Kasambara is pinned down in the case of […]
Malawians are outraged that government is paying K295 million for public relations stories in Time magazine wondering whether this is not another cashgate, the infamous coordinated and calculated plunder of public resources. Finance minister Goodall Gondwe conceded the government was paying for the advertorials, a decision that has generated a heated debate on social media, […]
Malawi Law Society has asked the government to tell Malawians how much it is spending in funding the cashgate cases. President of the Law Society John Suzi Banda said this on Thursday. “Malawians deserve to know how much money the government is spending because cashgate has a bearing on the public. The government should be […]
Third defence witness for MacDonald Kumwembe in the ongoing case of attempted murder of former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, Dauka Manondo told the High Court in Lilongwe that Mphwiyo and accused Pika Manondo were in South Africa to strike a deal worth $145 million (about K58 billion) with Paramount Group, Africa’s largest private defence and […]
Former Malawi Police Inspector General responsible for criminal investigation, Nelson Bophani has been implicated in the ongoing Mphwiyo Shooting Case which involves former minister of Justice and constitutional affairs Ralph Kasambara as the master-minder of gunshot survivor Paul Montfort Mphwiyo’s statements that so Kasambara and others be named as possible suspects of his shooting. One […]
Third witness testifying in defence of first accused person Macdonald Kumwembe, Dauka Manondo who is elder brother to the second accused person Pika Manondo told the court on Tuesday that he knew former budget director Paul Mphwiyo as personal and family friend from 1990s. Nyasa Times reporter captures the cross examination with Director of Public […]
Former minister of finance in the United Democratic Front (UDF) government, Friday Jumbe has contradicted former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo on how government payments are authorized, saying a budget director has no mandate to make payments. .One of the accused person in the shooting of former budget director in the ministry of finance Paul Mphwiyo, McDonald […]
Former Peoples Party (PP) Publicity Secretary Hophmary Makande has told the Lilongwe High court that the party never used public funds in any of its activities when it was in power. Makande was in court as a second witness for Macdonald Kumwembe who together with lawyer Ralph Kasambala and businessman Pika Manondo are answering attempted […]
Former President Joyce Banda recently challenged the Peter Mutharika administration to take her to court to prove her involvement in cashgate. Instead of doing exactly that, the DPP government, through spokesperson and Minister of Information, Jappie Mhango, has responded through a press statement, accusing Banda of running away from the law. The DPP government went […]
The Malawi Law Society (MLS) has said former president Joyce Banda is being tried in the media and in the court of public opinion, on the infamous looting of public resources—a scandal christened as Cashgate – despite no formal charges. The Law Society through its president John Suzi-Banda faulted government for ‘prosecution through the media’ […]
Government has for the first time said former president Joyce Banda faces criminal charges when she comes back to Malawi in connection with her alleged role in the infamous cashgate, the plunder of US$20 million public resources at Capital Hill,the seat of government in Lilongwe. “Government has a lot of solid information on her on […]
Actor Micheal Usi , hose showbiz moniker is Manganya, is shooting a Cashgate episode of the Tikuferanji soap to be screened early next year. Mangany , who caused stir in the country when he was filming the biographical film of the founding president Kamuzu Banda, is featuring High Court judge Mike Tembo and lawyers Andrew Salamba […]
There have been mixed feelings on what former president Joyce Banda has said through her statement which she issued some days ago in defence against accusations by Cashgate convicts and suspects that she was the master-mind of the plunder that cost government K13 billion. Her statement is as long and winding just as it is […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has described as unfortunate and uncalled for former president Joyce Banda claims that former head of state Bingu wa Mutharika and his party are allegedly linked to plunder of K577 billion of public resources between 2009 and 2015. DPP spokesperson Francis Kasaira said his party has no connections to the […]
Malawi’s former president Joyce Banda has reacted to allegations by convicted Ministry of Tourism and Culture principal secretary (PS) Ms Treza Namathanga Senzani who is currently serving a three-year sentence after being found guilty of involvement in Cashgate—the plunder of billions of kwacha of public funds –that the highest level of Banda’s administration was involved […]
Germany, United Kingdom, Norway, Ireland and The European (EU), who are backing the forensic audit into the K557 billion (about $883million) ‘cashgate’ between 2009 and 2013 want the investigations done under heightened ecurity and secrecy to prevent compromising investigations following the break in and theft of documents related to the probe at a house of […]