Malawian judge, Justice Michael Mtambo, has asked the country’s Members of Parliament to pass legislation to protect borrowers from rampant exorbitant bank interest rates and penalties just as other countries such as Kenya and Zambia have done. He made the appeal in his judgement made on 2nd July, 2017 when he ruled in favour of a […]
It was chilling, wasn’t it, when it finally sank that Justice Michael Mtambo had found Ralph Kasambara, Pika Manondo and McDonald Kumwembe guilty of conspiracy to murder one Paul Mphwiyo mainly on the basis of call logs and cellphone activity. In many ways, what Justice Mtambo had done was to ignore an earlier ruling by […]
South Africa-based Malawian professor of law, Danwood Chirwa, has found that the sentence of 13 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) handed down to former justice minister Ralph Kasambara for conspiring to murder former budget director Paul Mphwiyo is ”manifestly excessive. The maximum sentence for conspiracy to murder is 14 years imprisonment with hard labour. But […]
High Court Judge Micheal Mtambo had a disbelief in former Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister, Raphael Kasambara’s claim of remorse for his role in the attempted murder of ex- Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo. During sentencing oral submissions on Tuesday, lawyer Modeccai Msiska, SC, told the court that Kasambara was remorseful for his actions . “Our client […]
Former justice minister Ralph Kasambara (Senior Counsel), convicted last month alongside Pika Manondo and Macdonald Kumwembe on the charge of conspiracy to murder former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo will have to wait longer for an appeal bid as his matter has not yet reached the Supreme Court of Malawi over two weeks […]
The guilty verdict handed out by the high court to flamboyant lawyer and former Attorney General Ralph Kasambara, SC is not simply a matter of the law taking its course. It is so much more than that. In the excitement that gripped the nation on the day of the verdict-the verdict was broadcast on no […]
High Court Judge Micheal Mtambo who was criticised for withholding the copy of his ruling that he delivered convicting a former justice minister and two others of conspiracy to murder a former Ministry of Finance budget director in 2013, has finally released the copy of the judgement and it has detailed his reasons for reaching […]
Former justice minister Ralph Kasambara (Senior Counsel), convicted last month alongside Pika Manondo and Macdonald Kumwembe on the charge of conspiracy to murder former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo has filed a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court of Malawi against conviction. Mtambo also found Manondo, a businessperson and Kumwembe, a former […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) is waiting to get hold of the judgement by High Court judge Micheal Mtambo which he delivered last month convicting former justice minister Ralph Kasambara, before making a decision to struck off Kasambara from the list of accredited lawyers to practice. Judge Mtambo convicted Kasambara alongside his two co-accused—Pika Manondo and […]
In what seems like in “A Most Wanted Man” conspiracy movie by Philip Seymour Hoffman, Justice Micheal Mtambo’s epistle that convicted former Minister of Justice Raphael Kasambara is strangely unavailable. Various sources have confided and collaborated that it is unusual for a judgement of that magnitude not to be available on both hard and soft […]
As expected, Raphael Kasambara has left no-one in doubt. He will appeal against his conviction by the High Court in the case where he, and two others, were being tried for conspiring to commit murder and for their trouble in actually attempting to send Paul Mphwiyo to his maker earlier than scheduled. That is well […]
Convicted former Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Raphael Kasambara, has insisted that the verdict handed down by Judge Micheal Mtambo was unreasonable and couldn’t be supported by evidence to convict him and two others for attempting to murder the country’s former Budget Director, Paul Mphwiyo, in 2013. Before heading to Maula Prison awaiting sentencing, Kasambara […]
Former Minister of Justice Raphael Kasambara has said he is a victim of “miscarriage of justice” for his conviction on charges of conspiring to murder the country’s former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, indicating he will lodge an appeal at the Supreme Court of Malawi. Kasambara was found “guilty” by Judge Michael Mtambo on conspiracy […]
The High Court Judge Michael Mtambo has slapped a contempt of court charge to former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara SC after he uttered words that the judge said would bring into dispute the proceedings of the trial into the shooting of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo. It all started when […]
High Court judge Micheal Mtambo has given a restoration of bail to former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara and former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier Macdonald Kumwembe after being remanded in prison for five and four months, respectively. Kasambara, Kumwembe and businessperson Pika Manondo are defending themselves in case of the near fatal […]
Lilongwe High Court Judge Michael Ntambo said on Thursday that he expects the trial of the on going attempted murder case of former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo to be concluded during the next court session, which will be from January 27-29 2016. Lawyer and former Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambala , businessman Pika Manondo and Macdonald Kumwembe are […]
High Court judge Micheal Mtambo has dismissed a restoration of bail application by former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara, accusing him of abusing the process of the court by seeking same relief in the trial court and the Supreme Court of Appeal at the same time. Supreme Court judge Rezine Mzikamanda had […]
Lilongwe High Court judge Micheal Mtambo has dismissed an application from accused Macdonald Kumwembe, to recuse himself from the conspiracy to commit murder case of the shooting of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo at the gate of his Area 43 residence in Lilongwe on September 13 2013. Kumwembe – a former Malawi […]