Some teachers from Mzuzu City were arrested on Sunday on allegations that they marred the 2019 Presidential Elections. The teachers spent two nights in a police cell before their release on bail on Tuesday but they have all pleaded not guilty to any charge regarding the way they conducted the 2019 elections as presiding officers. […]
Murder suspect Wilson Kambonje, 45. who has spent eight years in prison without trial has been granted bail by High Court in Mzuzu. Justice Dorothy De Gabrielle granted the bail , saying it was in the interest of justice to release Kamboje because the State breached Section 161 (G) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence […]
Lawyer Christone Ghambi representing a Karonga Police officer Victor Chawinga, who is accused of killing a Botswana national Onkenme Ramasu last yeea, has rejected a post-mortem carried out by renowned pathologist Charles Dzamalala in the murder case. Ghambi challenged an autopsy done by College of Medicine based pathologist, Dzamalala, saying because his client [Chawinga] was […]
The High Court sitting in Karonga has adjourned a murder case of Botswana national, Onkeme Ramasu, who is believed to have been shot dead by a Malawi Police Service (MPS) officer, Victor Chawinga, last year. Judge Esmie Chombo adjourned to give defense lawyer, Christone Ghambi, 14 days so he can put his arguments in writing. […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga the northern border part of Malawi on Friday expressed worry with the increased rampant abuse of resources at the district council. The development follows the alleged report that some council officials nearly looted K4 million in which lawyer Christon Ghambi of CHRAM Associates is being accused of playing a role in defrauding […]
Three Mzuzu based Cops have two days starting Tuesday, 21st October, 2014 to 22nd to convince the High Court that it erred in law to find them with a case to answer in connection with the brutal death of a suspect at Mzuzu Police Station two years ago. The Court found Constable George Kamphe, Constable Victor Msoloma […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has discharged three Mzuzu based Cops it found with a case to answer in the death of a suspect in Police custody two years ago because the state failed to avail itself without reason at the resumption of the trial on Tuesday. The discharge by Judge Dingiswayo Madise, wrongly interpreted as […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has directed the sheriffs to return property seized from Minister of Tourism Youth Sports and Culture, Grace Chiumia in relation to the case she is being accused of duping a widow Cecilia Mkandawire and her family of K13, 647,237.00- a balance of property sale transaction. On July 11th the sheriffs […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has acquitted a Mzuzu based police officer who was serving a 10 year jail term for robbing a Congolese national MK100,000 cash and assaulting her in the process at Lusangazi Roadblock in Mzuzu in March this year because the evidence did not support a conviction. Judge Dingiswayo Madise entirely agreed […]
Mzuzu University this week held a public lecture on Malawi and Tanzania border dispute where a Mzuzu based lawyer supported the former’s move to refer the matter to International Court of Justice (ICJ). The public lecture titled “Some thoughts on colonial boundaries: The case study of Malawi and Tanzania border dispute” was organized by the […]
A clinical officer at Mzuzu Central Hospital charged with sexually assaulting a mentally challenged patient early this year has asked the Mzuzu Magistrate Court to dismiss the case arguing that prosecution evidence has failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he raped the patient. In the Chief Resident Magistrate Court under Criminal case number 4 […]
The Mzuzu Senior Resident Magistrate Court has fined a truck driver MK46,000 or in default serve a six month jail term after he pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting 29 illegal Ethiopian immigrants. The driver, Stanley Mbonekera, from Kapheta Village in T/A Kalumbu in Lilongwe district, paid the fine. During the court appearance, d efense Lawyer […]
The Mzuzu First Magistrate Court has discharged a South African national in a case where he was accused of attempting to defraud Standard Bank of Malawi’s Mzuzu branch of MK2 million using fake American Express Travelers’ Cheques because the state failed to prove its case. Last month Police in Mzuzu nabbed Bonface Mkosi, 47 of […]
Malawi Police in the northern city of Mzuzu have arrested a South African national for attempting to defraud Standard Bank Mzuzu branch of MK2 million using fake American Express Travelers’ Cheques. Mzuzu Police Station Public Relations Officer Sergeant Maurice Chapola confirmed the arrest of Bonface Mkosi, 47 of Short Street in Cape Town, South Africa. […]
The Magistrate Court in Mzuzu has barred clinical officer at Mzuzu Central Hospital from reporting for work until the court clears him of allegations of sexually assaulting a female mental patient. Hope Chipwatali 36, of Chimbia Village Traditional Authority Kaphuka in Dedza District has since been charged with defilement of an imbecile contrary to Section 139 […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has ordered the Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) to release 2012 Form Four Mathematics results for two former Phwezi Secondary School students not later than Friday 11th January 2013 after the body disqualified the duo without giving reasons. The Court made the decision on Friday in terms of Order 53 […]
Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) tenants in Mzimba have obtained a court injunction restraining the Corporation from implementing new hiked rentals for its houses. MHC recently hiked the rentals for its houses in Mzimba with almost 100 percent. House rentals for junior quarters have been hiked from K2, 904 to K6, 000 where as those at K6, […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has acquitted three of the six Police Officers from Mzuzu Police Station who were alleged to have had a hand in the death of Edison Msiska who died in police custody on January 29 this year, because of lack of objective evidence. Msiska, a former Natural Resources College student, died on January 29 […]