President Peter Mutharika has constituted a new commission for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) with High Court judge Dr Chifundo Kachale appointed as its chairperson. According to the statement signed by Chief Secretary to the Government Lloyd Muhara, the President appointed a seven-member commission including comprising four men and three women. President Mutharika has retained […]
South Africa’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng will join two exceptional Malawians, Reverend Dr. Zacc Kawalala of Word Alive Ministries International and Justice Dr Chifundo Kachale, a Judge in the High Court of Malawi as motivational speakers during this year’s Dynamic Leaders and Gatekeepers Forum to be held at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe […]
Chairperson of the Malawi Judiciary Training Committee, Justice Dr. Chifundo Kachale says the newly enacted Trafficking in Persons Law will go a long way in helping legal practitioners implement the statute competently. Kachale observed that the new law on trafficking in persons had come at an opportune time when the courts were grappling with the […]
Former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara who is facing money laundering charges is asking High Court judge Chifundo Kachale to remove himself from presiding the case. Kasambara has written a letter addressed to the registrar of the High Court Lilongwe Registry, dated April 9 2015 copied to the Director of Public Prosecution […]
High Court Judge Chifundo Kachale says the theft case involving former minister of Finance Friday Jumbe and two others is not politically motivated saying their innocence or guilt would be determined by the law based on relevant facts. Jumbe, former minister of Sports Phillip Bwanali and Vincent Mpaluko are accused of theft of K11 million […]
Judge Chifundo Kachale will continue to preside the case in the Lilongwe Magistrate Court the trial of former ministers of Friday Jumbe (Finance) and Phillip Bwanali (Sports Culture), who were implicated in the theft of K11 million from the Ministry of Sports in 2004 after the High Court dismissed an application by two former ministers […]
A High Court in the capital Lilongwe has ordered a private practice lawyer Richard Kapile to respond until Thursday allegations that he misled the court during an application for bail for his clients or risk suspension from practicing. Court documents in possession of Nyasa Times show that Kapile lied to the court that a file containing information for […]
After years of case stalling, former minister of Finance Friday Jumbe and former minister of Sports Phillip Bwanali will be back in the dock to continue answering charges of theft of K11 million from government through the Sports and Culture Trust Fund. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mrs Mary Kachale has reaffirmed the accusations, […]
By Alfred Tikwenje, Nyasa Times An HIV positive sex attacker, who defiled seven girls one after another on the same day, has been convicted for a lengthy period of 21 years by the Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate Court. Paul Bingala, 36, sexually attacked the girl aged between six and eleven on 11th July in Lilongwe. […]