Two officials from Agricultural development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) have disclosed in court that Transglobe Export Produce Limited had no contract with the grain marketer to supply maize from Zambia even though it delivered the maize after former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda influenced the deal. The case involves Chaponda and […]
Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) manager has told Chief Resident Magistrate Court sitting at the central bank that former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda is not among those given licence to keep thousands of dollars and millions of Kwachas found by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) stashed inside suitcases hidden in the bedroom of his […]
A prosecution witness has told the court that the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rejected claims made by former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda that thousands of dollars and millions of Kwachas found by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) stashed inside suitcases hidden in the bedroom of his house during a search, belongs to the […]
The Zomba acting Chief Resident Magistrate Paul Chiotcha on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the corruption-related case christened as ‘Maizegate’ against former minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda to February 21 after defence lawyers claim some key documents which will help their case not in the bundle served to them. Chaponda is answering three charges […]
Former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda claims that thousands of dollars and millions of Kwachas found by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) stashed inside suitcases hidden in the bedroom of his bedroom during a search, belongs to the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Chaponda is second-in-command in DPP as its vice-president responsible for the Southern Region […]
Zomba Magistrate’s Court on Thursday denied the request by Rashid Tayub, director of Transglobe Produce Limited, to split the corruption case in which also involves Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, George Chaponda. In their arguments, Tayub’s lawyers said they believed it was in the best interest of their client and his businesses for the matter to […]
The Zomba Chief Resident Magistrate Paul Chiotcha on Wednesday threw out an additional charge of money laundering against former minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda. State lawyers brought to the court an amended charge sheet for Chaponda in which they added an extra charge of money laundering But Chiotcha dismissed the extra […]
High Court judge Dingiswayo Madise has dismissed Anti-Corruption Bureau’s (ACB) application to transfer to the High Court a case in which former minister of Agriculture, Water Development and Irrigation George Chaponda is accused of corruption. Judge Madise ruled that the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mary Kachale acted irregularly against Section 289 by committing the […]
The corruption-related case involving former minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda will on Wednesday go for a judicial reviews for the courts to determine whether the trial should go to the High Court. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) moved the case from the Blantyre Magistrate Court to the High Court after Chief Resident Magistrate Simeon […]
Rashid Tayub, one of the directors at Transglobe Produce Export Limited. wants a separate trial from his co-defendant former minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda in the Zambia maize purchase case in which he is accused of corruption. His lawyers brought an application before Blantyre chief resident magistrate Simeon Mdezato have a split […]
Two defence lawyers in the corruption-related case involving former minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda have discharged themselves. Lawyer Madalitso Mneta has withdrawn from defending Chaponda following Frank Mbeta who also discharged himself from the case. Jai Banda, another member of the defence legal team, said he also stopped representing Chaponda. Tamando Chokhotho, who has […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) but has maintained that former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda will remain in his position of vice-president (Southern Region), saying the fact that he is being prosecuted on corruption-related charges does not warrant his removal as he needs “presumption of innocence”. Kasaila said Chapaonda will […]
Malawi’s governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Director of Elections and Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has refuted claims that he is championing the removal of former Agriculture Minister, Dr. George Chaponda, as DPP Vice President responsible for Southern Region. Media reports indicate Chaponda is under pressure from some quarters within the DPP […]
Malawi’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members are accusing its powerful director of elections and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa, of sowing division in the party in his bid to oust former minister George Chaponda from his position of DPP vice-president (Southern Region). There has been calls in DPP for President […]
Former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda remained under pressure from campaigners anxious to oust him from his position of vice-president (Southern Region) of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) but has said he is not going away. Chaponda, the Ivy League trained lawyer turned politician—alongside two businesspersons Rashid Tayub of Transglobe […]
Malawian stand-up comedian Daliso Chaponda received the local political treatment when was flanked by self-styles security men in drak glasses from the ruling Democrtaic Progressice Party( DPP) youth cadet group who also work as bodyguards for his father, former minister George Chaponda. The former minister, who is also second-in-command in the DPP, has been using the […]
Blantyre Magistrate Simeon Mdeza who was asked to recuse himself from hearing the corruption-related case involving former minister of Agriculture George Chaponda and director of Transglobe Produce Limited, Rashid Tayub has rejected the application. Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed an application requesting the recusal of Mdeza following his remarks last Thursday during a meeting in […]
Some ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members of Parliament (MPs) who are for pro-George Chaponda, former Agriculture Minister’s who is currently answering to corruption-related charges over a maize procurement contract with Zambia, have expressed their displeasure on the way the State is handling the case. One of the MPs feels government is “tactically and deliberately” […]