The government has suffered another setback in its bid to relocate the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) headquarters from Lilongwe to Blantyre, after High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda dismissed an application to lift a stay on judicial review proceedings. The dismissal blocks the State from immediately seeking to have the judicial review case thrown out – […]
The Malawi Congress Party has performed a dramatic climbdown, pulling the plug on a bombshell contempt of court case against two of the government’s most senior figures — just days before the matter was due to explode in the High Court. MCP and three of its legislators had been gearing up to face off against […]
Opposition lawyer and MP George Jivason Kadzipatike has broken his silence following his release from police custody, thanking supporters for their “overwhelming love and kindness” after last week’s dramatic raids on his law offices and his subsequent detention. In a heartfelt Facebook post, Kadzipatike reflected on what he described as an ordeal touching on “life, […]
Freed opposition lawyer and MP George Jivason Kadzipatike resumed his parliamentary duties within hours of being released from police custody, heading straight to Parliament to rejoin the Ad-hoc Committee on the Chikangawa plane crash inquiry on the very same day. In a Facebook post detailing his whirlwind return to public life, Kadzipatike revealed he arrived […]
A full‑blown political firestorm has erupted after Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legal director and MP George Kadzipatike was detained in what party heavyweights are calling a “deliberate, targeted operation”. Senior MCP figures and a large bloc of MPs descended on Area 3 Police Station, blasting authorities and demanding answers over what they insist is no […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) director of legal affairs George Jivason Kadzipatike has been taken to Area 3 Police Station, sparking an immediate show of solidarity from senior figures within his own party who rushed to the station to check on his welfare. Kadzipatike confirmed his arrest was linked to alleged tax issues involving his law […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) director of legal affairs George Kadzipatike has voluntarily handed himself in to police at Area 30 in Lilongwe, after learning that officers had obtained a warrant for his arrest over alleged tax issues. Kadzipatike, a private practice lawyer and MP for Dowa Kasangazi Constituency, said he decided to present himself to […]
A top lawyer has blasted police and taxmen for launching a mob-handed raid on his offices – branding it a blatant attempt to shut him up. More than 20 police and Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) officers stormed lawyer George Kadzipatike’s offices in Lilongwe AND Mzuzu on Friday, seizing computers and client files in a shock […]
Dramatic scenes unfolded in Lilongwe after more than twenty police officers, armed to the teeth, descended on the offices of lawyer and opposition MP George Jivason Kadzipatike alongside officials from the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), seizing clients’ files, laptops, mobile phones and computers in a sweeping raid. In a simultaneous operation, a further twenty […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and three of its MPs have launched an explosive legal battle against two senior government figures, accusing them of brazenly defying a court order in a bitter row over the Malawi Electoral Commission’s (MEC) headquarters. Contempt charges have been filed against Chief Secretary to Government Justin Saidi and Minister of […]
George Kadzipatike, the lawyer representing the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and three of its legislators who secured a court injunction blocking the relocation of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to Blantyre, has threatened further legal action unless the Commission’s outstanding rent is settled. MEC is facing a deadline to pay approximately K885 million in rental […]
Malawi’s Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee examining the events of 10 June 2024 took an unusual turn on Wednesday when its chair, Walter Nyamilandu Manda, publicly commended Malawi Congress Party MP George Kadzipatike for what he described as a rare display of integrity during the inquiry. Kadzipatike, who is also a practising lawyer, disclosed to the […]
Civil society organisations (CSOs) are demanding immediate suspension of the provision of broadcasting services by public broadcaster Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) for beaming on the its TV swearwords against State Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima in its evening prime news bulletin on Monday. Private practice lawyer Nicely Msowoya, Youth and Society (YAS), Human Rights […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has thwarted fervent efforts by Mzuzu-based lawyer George Kadzipatike to obtain an ex – parte order to stall the installation of Ackim Kawonga as the rightful heir of the Chief Nthalire chieftaincy arguing that the delay for application reeked suspicion. Judge Kawonga (his real) had for years claimed that he […]
Chieftaincy wrangle between the family members for Traditional Authority (TA) Nthalire continues as the Mzuzu based legal practitioners, Jivason and company have now warned Chitipa District Council against favouring Ackim Kawonga as the legitimate Traditional Authority (T/A). According to a letter signed by lawyer George Kadzipatike, it has come to the attention of the legal […]
Prominent private practice lawyer George Kadzipatike has rejected the K3.5 million cheques by Mzuzu City Council as a payout to his client to reclaim three vehicles impounded High Court sheriffs on Tuesday. Kadzipatike is representing Grace Mussa, who is claiming K25 million over her house and shop which were sold by Mzuzu City Council in 2005. […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has been dragged to court by a family in Mzimba which isdemanidng K120 million compensation after a 14 year-old Manase Moyo was injuted by a high voltage electrical burn. The boy cannot go to school as he can not walk as underwent a skin transplant. Lawyerr for the family, […]
High Court judge in Mzuzu, Dingiswayo Madise has granted three-Mzuzu residents an injunction banning herbalists from operating in Malawi as one way of curbing the attacks on persons with albinism. The injunction has been obtained on the premise that herbalists are fueling attacks on persons with albinism in Malawi. “After the request of the three […]