In a country, and in a world, where gender imbalances continue getting bigger and wider, it was not surprising that the hearing of the May 21 Tripartite Elections presidential poll results dispute case was heavily dominated by men. From the judges, the lawyers, the petitioners, the audience in the court room – men were always […]
Malawi courts will start hearing cases of sexual denial in marriage whereby husbands or wives, who have been victims of sex intimacy denial from their marriage homes will now have opportunity to seek legal remedies. In Malawi sex-withholding is so widespread arising from family disputes. A special law commission has recommended to government that victims of […]
Top tourism ministry official Treza Namathanga Senzani who is the first convict in the so-called “Cashgate” scandal that led to the suspension of foreign aid has been has been jailed to three years for offences of money laundering. ‘Cashgate’ denotes the systematic skimming of millions of dollars of money from the government payment system. Trial […]
Justice Ivy Kamanga on Monday did not pass the sentencing of top tourism ministry official Treza Namathanga Senzani who is the first convict in the so-called “Cashgate” scandal that led to the suspension of foreign aid has been shifted to Monday, October 6 as she adjourned it to Tuesday. The judge on Monday kept changing […]
Former Minister of Justice Ralphael Kasambara currently being remanded at Area 3 Police station in the capital Lilongwe indicted for money laundering charge has had his bail application at the High Court delayed after the Judge who was assigned recused herself and State prosecutor asked for adjournment. There was little drama as Kasambaras case files were […]
Judge Ivy Kamanga of High Court Lilongwe registry who is hearing the treason case involving the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Mutharika and the ‘midnight six’ has set Wednesday has asked that she recuse herself from the case. The specific reasons for the request were that in January 2012, she was a member of a three-judge panel […]
Malawi government has assured that it will offer ‘maximum’ security to Lilongwe-based High Court Judge Ivy Kamanga, who has been receiving threats for granting bail to the 11 treason case suspects. According to published reports, Kamanga was in hiding after anonymous people telephoned her and warned her that they would raid her house for granting […]