Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale, who is representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in the historic presidential elections petition case as Chief Legal Adviser for government, has in final submissions quashed Daud Suleman, an information technology (IT) expert hired by Malawi Congress Party (MCP), who made an elections data simulation in court to indicate that MEC results […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has given its defence submissions in the historic presidential elections petition case with Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale stating that there was no skulduggery or unscrupulous conduct by the electoral body to subvert the will of the people in the May 21 polls. Kaphale, who is representing MEC as Chief Legal Adviser for government, submits […]
The Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale, who is representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in the historic presidential elections petition case as Chief Legal Adviser for government, has laid out the theory of the electoral body before its three key witnesses testify, pointing out that MEC did not compromise any of the candidates right to be elected […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale and private practice lawyer Tamanda Chokhotho, both representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on Tuesday rounded up the Daud Suleman, the sixth witness for the second petitioner, in cross-examination of the landmark the presidential elections nullification petition case. During cross-examination, Suleman made so many concessions in his testimony that could cause […]
Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale on Monday tussled with Malawi Congress Party (MCP) IT expert and witness in the on-going elections case, Daud Suleman, on how results in the presential elections in May were allegedly manipulated in the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) system. During the cross examination, Kaphale representing the electoral body by virtue of being […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale, who is representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), on Monday, completed the cross-examination of Eisenhower Mkaka, the fifth witness of second petitioner, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, in the historic elections case. Mkaka, who is MCP secretary general, continued with Chakwera’s narrative that they did not see it […]
Fire extinguishers on Sunday morning rushed to Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale’s private house in Blantyre which caught fire. Kaphale confirmed in an interview that his house in Chileka, Blantyre was on fire and that property worthy of millions of money was up in flames. He also said the house is extensively damaged. Kaphale suspected the […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale who is representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in an election petition case at the Constitutional Court in which two opposition parties are disputing the presidential election results, was on Wednesday blocked by lawyers for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera from using a document not filed with the […]
The third witnesses for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, Peter Lackson Chimangeni a data entry supervisor during the May 21 Tripartite Elections on Wednesday began testifying in court under cross-examination from Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale, who is representing MEC in the presidential election petition case. The witness admitted that he was […]
Hearing of the historic presidential elections nullification petition case in Lilongwe has been adjourned to September 30 2019 after Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale on Friday completed his cross-examination on Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, the second petitioner. Turning up for Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in his capacity as government’s chief legal adviser, Kaphale in […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale offered his apologies to a five-judge panel in the Constitutional Court hearing the historic presidential election petition case for making remarks that were deemed unprofessional. During Cross-examination of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, Attorney General who is representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in the matter, threatened to stop […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale, told the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe that Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, the second petitioner in the historic presidential elections nullification petition case, was being “overly protecting” him from the gruelling cross examination. Kaphale, in his capacity as government’s chief legal adviser, is representing Malawi Electoral Commission […]
Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale has warned Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) to suspended their peaceful protests tomorrow, saying going ahead with the demos would be contempt of court. In a letter to HRDC lawyers, Kaphale says instead, HRDC officials should go to court and meet the judge who gave the 14-day moratorium on protests. “The […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale says he would seek court direction following the decision by the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) to hold a new wave of anti-Jane Ansah protests. HRDC chairperson Timothy Mtambo said the new wave of the demonstrations will be held from September 18 to 20. But the Attorney General office says […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale has said government have noted with dismay the move by Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) to set a date for a fresh round of demonstrations before the negotiations that were sanctioned by the Supreme Court of Appeal have been concluded. HRDC has announced that it will hold nationwide demonstrations from Wednesday to […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) legal team was on Friday was allowed to cross- UTM Party presidential candidate Saulos Chilima’s third witness Darlington Ndasauka in the landmark presidential poll case after a successful out-of-court meeting between the first petitioner legal team and MEC lawyers. On Friday afternoon, lawyer for first petitioner Chilima, Dr Chikosa Silungwe stunned […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale on Thursday objected to the line of questioning by lawyers for the first petitioner Saulos Chilima to witness Mirriam Gwalidi during a friendly re-examination, saying it was soliciting opinion. Gwalidi, who supported Chilima’s petition to have the results nullified and an order for a rerun, had taken to the witness […]
Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale was conspicuously missing at the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and State meeting sanctioned by the court to address how to hold peaceful anti-Jane Ansah demonstrations. The venue also changed last minute from the much publicized Kamuzu Barracks to UNDP offices in Lilongwe. Kaphale told the Constitutional Court on Wednesday that […]