Malawi Police have arrested and charged Frank John with murder offence relating to the senseless killing of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director of corporate services Issa Njauju. Police spokeswoman Rhoda Manjolo confirmed the arrest of the suspect and that he is on remand at Maula Prison. However, she could not disclose more information on the suspect […]
Last month Lilongwe and Blantyre city councils received a boost of K1.8 billion to tarmac their roads. This is obviously a good development. It will reduce the number of dusty streets in our shanty compounds which contribute to respiratory diseases in summer and are muddy and impassable in the rainy season. The rehabilitation of these […]
Former ruling People’s party (PP) has accused President Peter Mutharika and the entire Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leadership of political witch-hunting. According to PP spokesperson Ken Msonda, DPP is using the ongoing cashgate cases as a tool of trickling down former president Joyce Banda and her party through implicating her in cashgate issues. Msonda has […]
Malawi government, with support from European Union (EU) and other development partners, is set to launch a special unit that will be responsible for confiscating wealth proven to have originated from proceeds of crime, primarily Cashgate, it has been reported. The EU will also provide technical support to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in […]
Cashgate convict, Caroline Savala has spoken nothing relating to evidence brought by prosecution that she was aware that she was “cashgating” immediately after her company certificate was borrowed by Leonard Kalonga and decided to remain mute in almost all the question State Prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu posed to her. The case was back in court Friday where prosecution […]
In the ruling which was delivered by Judge Redson Kapindu of the High Court registry in Zomba on in sentencing cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo to 11 years jail term, he pointed out that the ‘chief cashgater’ was faking mental illness and is “marginally remorseful.” Citing psychiatric experts report, Judge Kapindu pointed out that Lutepo is pretending […]
Malawi Parliament will review the Money Laundering, Proceeds of Serious Crime and Terrorist Financing Act and some provisions in the Penal Code in the wake of the sentencing to 11 years imprisonment of the main cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo. The Legal Affairs Committee of chairperson, Peter Chakhwantha, said they want to have a very powerful […]
Businessperson Angela Katengeza, who was co-charged with a former assistant director of tourism at Ministry of Tourism, Leonard Kalonga in the K105.9 million money laundering case on Tuesday told High Court judge Fiona Mwale in Lilongwe that she did not benefit from the cashgate money, contrary to Kalonga’s court submission. Kalonga told the court that […]
Following reports that President Peter Mutharika served Nyasa Times court summons through the press for alleged defamation, the online publication has indicated that it intends to mount “a vigorous defence” and believe the matter will help the battle to fight wrongful self-enrichment in Malawi. In a lawsuit filed at the High Court in Blantyre, the President […]
The State wants to confscicate the property and other assets belonging to imprisoned ‘chief cashgater’ Oswald Lutepo, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) deputy director Reyneck Matemba has confirmed. Matemba said they will seek a determination from High Court on pecuniary penalties to be meted out on Lutepo. The jailed businessperson-cum-politician risks losing assets of his companies, among […]
Malawi’s former president Joyce Banda has been urged to return home and clear herself on the allegations cashgate convicts have been making , to link her as one of the beneficiaries of the ill-gotten wealth, the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) have said. Banda is […]
Media reports about Cashgate suspects who have pleaded guilty and implicated other suspects have divided public opinion on the legality and role of plea bargaining in criminal justice. While this problem has attracted public attention in the context of Cashgate and its political implications, it is a longstanding legal problem in Malawi. In this column […]
Convicted cashgate businessman Osward Lutepo has expressed his unreserved bitterness over his lengthy custodial sentence unleashed on him, accusing State prosecutors of using him , saying they were only desperate to represent to the world that government was making progress when in fact they want to victimise a few individuals. Lutepo has also not spared […]
Judge Redson Kapindu has been hailed for delivering justice to Malawian taxpayer for handing a hefty jail sentence to Oswald Lutepo, a major figure in the “Cashgate” scandal, which led to several donor countries cutting their contributions to one of the poorest nation in the world. In an editorial in one of the titles of Malawi’s […]
The wise statement: better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt, attributed to Abraham Lincoln, has once held its own with respect to the fall of one Oswald Lutepo. On the day of his sentencing, chief cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo went down fighting with allegations that […]
Malawi’s former president Joyce Banda has welcomed the 11 years jail term handed to her People’s Party (PP) former senior official Oswald Lutepo to for his role in the “Cashgate” corruption scandal that led to a cut in foreign aid to the impoverished country. Speaking at the Businesswoman of the Year Award Gala Dinner in […]
Judge Redson Kapindu of the High Court registry in Zomba on Friday dismissed claims by cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo‘s mitigation that he is too unwell to walk amidst reports, he is fit and well in closed doors. Lutepo attended court for sentencing in a wheelchair and has been using it since December last year. His according […]
High Court Judge Redson Kapindu from Zomba Registry has sentenced up to 11 years imprisonment chief cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo. Lutepo, who was convicted on his own plea of guilty to two counts of conspiracy to defraud government and money laundering, looked grumpy after the sentence was handed down to him. The convict, who has […]