Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale has clarified that the payments government made to Rummage Pace topping the ‘cashgate’ external forensic audit report were dully cleared by his office and were included in the report on suspicion that they overcharged. In the Baker Tilly report appendix, Rummage Pace (owned by Anil Lawlani/Raju Ralwani) reportedly were paid K12, […]
Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday summoned Ms Manganaye Kambauwa, a socialite and prominent business lady in Lilongwe, to interrogate her in the ongoing cashgate probe. ACB sources said they questioned Kambauwa following a tip off and that she was not charged. “She was questions on allegations of extortion but no charges have been pressed,” […]
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth” –Buddha Let us continue with last week’s theme, the ‘Cashgate logjam’, where we interrogated the Catch 22 situation where he defenders have become the pursuers. Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale, whose name is all over ‘cashgate’ – not as a direct beneficiary, but as […]
Malawi government has strongly rejects claims that the Peter Mutharika administration is considering to have civil servants liable for work related litigation if it is proven that a public officer is responsible for the unlawful act while discharging his or her duties. The office of the Attorney General (AG) noted that over 90 percent […]
Businessman Oswald Lutepo, the chief suspect in ‘cashgate’, the systematic plunder of government money, has he feels fooled by prosecution that he was going to State witness “not knowing I was just being used to lie against myself as well,” and is calling for government to reboot Cashgate investigation and make fresh interrogations before trial. Lutepo said he wants to […]
One of the cashgate suspect Oswald Lutepo who was recently in the news and was arrested for lying is at it again with Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale doubting the authenticity of the claims he made in his letter to the AG in which he accused several senior legal minds of professional misconduct. In his […]
One of the suspects in the Cashgate trial, Victor Sithole, is likely going to be acquitted in a case he has been charged with being found in possession of unexplained large amounts of money, a law expert has observed. Sithole answer charges in connection with large amounts of money including K112 million, $31 800 and […]
The Malawi’s new Attorney General, Kalekeni Kaphale, who was lead defence lawyer in the treason case involving former president Dr Cassim Chilumpha and business man Yusuf Matumula has recused himself from taking part in the case. He says his office will only play an advisory role in the case. Chilumpha and Matumula were arrested in […]
Malawi’s President Arthur Peter Mutharika has appointed private lawyer Kalekeni Kaphale as the new Attorney General replacing Anthony Kamanga who left the post soon after former President Joyce Banda lost the May 20 Tripartite Elections. Initially, the Malawi leader had appointed former Anti-Corruptio Bureau (ACB) Director Alexius Nampota, who is said to have turned down […]
Lawyers for business tycoon, Mohammad Sidik Mia said are waiting for a go-ahead to proceed with lawsuit against Peoples Party (PP) acting secretary general, Paul Maulidi who accused the retired politician of allegedly bribing voters at a polling centre in Chikwawa Mkombedzi during the May 20th elections. Maulidi told local radio stations that Mia was […]
As results of Malawi’s controversial presidential elections could be announced on Friday if the courts rule out a recount, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is said to have set up a committee to start preparations of the inaugural ceremony of its leader Peter Mutharika likely to be declared president-elect. Oath of president-elect is conducted by […]
The Malawian newspapers were on Tuesday dominated by court stories with both The Nation and The Daily Times newspapers reporting on the interim administrators and lawyers of late President Bingu Wa Mutharika’s estate facing charges of contempt of court. Both newspapers carried articles on the High Court of Malawi allowing the Estate Duty of Commissioners […]
Lawyer Kalekeni Kaphale representing 27-year-old Victor Sithole who is accused of being found in possession of large amounts of money, including $31 800 and 122 400 South African rand in hard cash in his vehicle and house in September last year, on Thursday gave an intense cross-examination to State witness businessman Oswald Lutepo. Lutepo, who […]
Former Deputy Secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) Necton Mhura can now breathe a sigh of relief as his name has been removed among the dozen people charged with treason over an alleged coup plot in the aftermath of the death of former president Bingu WA Mutharika. During the presentation of the defence lawyers […]
Employees of Bineth Trust from Malawi’s former President late Bingu wa Mutharika‘s farms in Thyolo and Mitundu in Lilongwe are boycotting work for non-payment of their salaries. The disgruntled employees are demanding arrears of their salaries which date back to some five months ago. During the just ending week, scores of the workers journeyed to […]
Malawi’s opposition New Labour Party (NPL) President, Friday Jumbe, risks fresh charges of bankruptcy after a court rejected his application to dismiss judgment ordering him to pay K12 million he owes a lawyer, Kalekeni Kaphale. The former minister of finance and United Democratic Front (UDF) acting president owes Kaphale the said amount in legal fees from 2008 […]
The High Court in Blantyre has thrown out the application that Deputy Director for Prosecutions of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) David Nyamilandu is ineligible to practise law in Malawi following a recent Constitutional Court ruling. Former president Bakili Muluzi’s lawyer Kalekeni Kaphale sought clarification on how Nyamilandu was allowed into the bar in view of a ruling barring […]
Lawyer Kalekeni Kamphale on Tuesday told the Lilongwe Magistrate court that his two clients Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) interim president Peter Mutharika, former Cabinet minister Symon Vuwa Kaunda are objecting he hiring of private lawyers Ishmael Wadi, Fahadi Assani, Gift Nankhuni and Ralph Mhone to prosecute in the treason and perjury case without following procedures. […]