Malawi’s former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo told the court that that former Justice Minister and Attorney Ralph Kasambara – who was arrested in connection with the shooting, knew more details of his movements and the security at his house, maintaining that he was behind the plot to murder him. Mphwiyo, whose shooting […]
Prosecution on Tuesday paraded Dr Hetherwick Ntaba to testify in court in the shooting case of Malawi’s former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Mphwiyo was shot on the night of September 13 2013 at the gate of his residence in Lilongwe’s affluent Area 43 residential estate Ntaba was called to the hospital on […]
Malawi’s chief Cashgate suspect, Oswald Lutepo, has pleaded “not guilty” to the charges of conspiring to murder former Malawi Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, whose shooting on 13 September 2013 led to the unravelling of the systematic looting of millions of government money dubbed ‘cashgate’. Lutepo, who is reportedly medically not fit to stand trial, took the […]
Two cashgate convicts – Maxwell Namata and Luke Kasamba – have been given custodial sentences despite returning just over K24 million (US$50 955) they stole from government coffers as mitigation for a lenient sentence. Judge Annabel Mtalimanja in her determination has opted to give the two a custodial sentence. In her sentencing, she has slapped Namata with […]
Malawi’s chief Cashgate suspect, Oswald Lutepo, will still face trial in multiple criminal charges at different courts despite not being fit and well as doctor’s examination report seen by Nyasa Times has no reference to his fitness for trial. The 37-year-old businessman is accused of a myriad of crimes that include stealing billions of poor taxpayers’ […]
Businessperson and cashgate suspect Osward Lutepo has been certified medically not fit for trial in the various charges related to cashagte, his lawyer Osward Mtupila, said Dr Jonathan Ngoma of Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe has certified him not fit. According to Mtupila, Ngoma examined Lutepo on Februaty 4 2015 but he is yet […]
Britain did not stop assisting Malawi as its funding to budgetary support which was withheld, instead, is directed through non-governmental organisations and other bodies working in the country, London’s diplomat has said. The British High Commissioner Michael Nevin told a local press that direct funds to the Malawi treasury for poverty reduction – known as […]
Former deputy director in the Ministry of Tourism, Leonard Kalonga and businessperson Angela Katengeza, who owns Faith Construction have been found with a case to answer by High Court in Lilongwe to charges related to the Cashgate corruption scandal in the civil service. Judge Fiona Mwale also threw out a State application to present new evidence […]
Two cashgate convicts – Maxwell Namata and Luke Kasamba – have returned just over K24 million (US$50 955) they stole from government coffers as mitigation for a lenient sentence. During sentence submissions hearing at Lilongwe High Court, Namata restituted the mis-appropriated K14 million in cash while Kasamba has paid K 4 million and a truck valued […]
The Malawi Government has included the software brand that has been in use for the country’s Integrated Financial Management System (IFMIS) which is blamed for “cashgate” corruption scandal as government prepares to install a new system at a cost of US$10 million. Malawi Government started calling for bids for a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) […]
Malawi Judiciary has put its foot down tthat it is not ready to set up plea bargaining rules as the government has been discussing with some Cashgate suspects on the possibility of striking pre-trial bargains relating to various charges the suspects are facing on the looting of K20 billion from public coffers. Several suspects are […]
Lilongwe High Court Judge Justice Michael Mtambo on Wednesday adjourned a case which lawyer Ralph Kasambara, Pika Manondo, Robert Kadzuwa and Macdonald Kumwembe are charged with attempted murder case and conspiracy to commit murder on former Ministry of Finance Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo to February 17 and the case will run for three days up to February 19. […]
Lawyer representing , businessman Osward Lutepo in a case which he is answering charges of attempted murder, Osward Mtupila on Wednesday told the High Court in Lilongwe that his client is currently suffering from ‘anxiety disorder’ and is not fit and well to stand trial. Last year, the court granted the prosecution permission to add Lutepo […]
Lilongwe Magistrate Court has sentenced Malawi Congress Party (MCP) former deputy director of youth Wyson Zinyemba Soko to seven years imprisonment for theft and money laundering for his involvement in the ongoing financial scandal dubbed “Cashgate” that saw millions of dollars looted from the impoverished country’s government. Senior resident magistrate Patrick Chirwa sentenced Soko to […]
Former Malawi Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, whose shooting on 13 September 2013 led to the unravelling of the systematic looting of millions of government money dubbed ‘cashgate’, on Wednesday returned to High Court in Lilongwe where he has been testifying in his attempted murder case. Mphwiyo was testifying in cross examination by lawyer and former […]
Lawyer for businessperson and chief cashgate suspect Osward Lutepo has denied allegations that his client had escaped justice, saying he remains hospitalised at Mzuzu MASM Hospital. The lawyer, Osward Mtuwila, said rumours that Lutepo has escaped were “utterly false”, saying his client is “not fit and well” to stand trial “at this moment”. Mtuwila has strenuously refuted […]
International donors, who provide 40 percent of Malawi’s budget, have said they will not be able to resume aid support to the impoverished country and they are channelling humanitarian aid to flood victims through aid agencies. Malawi lost up to 40 percent of the budget support it was receiving from foreign donors after the European Union, the World Bank and the […]
The Anti Corruption Bureau(ACB) has said it probing Malawi Defence Force (MDF) on its cashgate link, saying the investigations were stalled because they were denied access to Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe after MDF claimed they could not allow a public audit due to security reasons. ACB deputy director Reyneck Matemba told the Legal Affairs committee […]