Kamudoni’s case dismissed as court sides with AG Mbeta on DPP Maele’s appointment

The High Court of Malawi in Lilongwe has dismissed a case in which Senior Counsel Kamudoni Nyasulu and a group of senior lawyers challenged the termination of their consultancy agreement with government, as well as the constitutionality of Fostino Maele’s appointment as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Justice Anneline Kanthambi’s ruling means the applicants’ request […]

Kamudoni sets 439 questions for ex-Malawi Army chief Odillo Cashgate case: Kauwa discharged posthumously

Lead prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu in a Cashgate case involving former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Commander General Henry Odillo and other former senior military and government officers has told High Court in Lilongwe that he has prepared 439 questions based on over 500 documents related to the case. Nyasulu said the documents where he has more questions […]

Evidence will show Uladi incompetence in citizenship and passport scams, says prosecutor Kamudoni

State prosecutor Kamudon Nyasulu has told  High Court in Lilongwe that  evidence  will show People’s Party (PP) parliamentary  leader Uladi Mussa demonstrated  “no core values” and incompetence  when he was Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security on on charges of negligence and abuse of office he is answering. Mussa is accused of having appended […]

Prosecutor fails to turn up Uladi’s passport case, adjourned

Lead prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu on Tuesday failed to show up at Lilongwe High Court and the case involding People’s Party (PP) parliamentary  leader Uladi Mussa over passport and citizenship scandal failed to take off. Mussa, who is accused of having appended his signature to the said irregularities while he was Minister of Home Affairs and Internal […]

Kamudoni celebrates as Cashgate convict Savala is jailed: State to recover the money

Malawi special Cashgate prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu, welcomed the sentencing of businesswoman Caroline Savala to seven years in jail with hard labour for defrauding Malawi government money worthy MK85 million. Savala gets three years custodial sentence on theft charges and seven years custodial sentence for money laundering. The two sentences will run concurrently, meaning that she will serve […]

ACB hires Kamudoni to beef up cashgate prosecution team

Graft busting body, the Anti Corruprion Bureau (ACB) has  hired the services of experienced prosecuting lawyer Kamudoni Nyasulu to help with cashgate cases. ACB’s Egritta Ndala confirmed the former Director of public prosecutions has signed a one year contract with the ACB. Kamudoni could not be reached for comment but he has prosecuted some of […]

Savala weeps in court after her freedom is curtailed: Calls Malawi cashgate prosecutor Kamudoni ‘bad man’

Businesswoman Caroline Savala who was recently convicted of cashgate affair, wept in the High Court in Lilongwe on Friday when Judge Fiona Mwale revoked her bail that saw her staying at home waiting for her sentence on theft and money laundering charges a fortnight ago. When Judge Mwale ordered Savala’s bail to be revoked, her shoulders were […]

Kamudoni asks court to disqualify Kasambara from defending cashgate suspects

Former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara , who is one of those answering charges of money laundering involving more than K5 billion and other charges surrounding Malawi’s cashgate scandal, had demanded that special state prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu not to continue handling the case but now Nyasulu has applied to High Court in Lilongwe to disqualify Kasambara. […]

Malawi govt wants to seize cashgate property of convict Sithole

Malawi prosecutors have applied to court for seizure warrants for property connected to Cashgate belonging a former junior civil servant Victor Sithole who is currently serving a nine years jail term with hard labour for his part in the “cashgate” corruption scandal. Former accounts assistant Sithole was found guilty of stealing more than $66,000 in […]

Kasamba, Namata, pay back K24m: Malawi cashgate convicts

Two cashgate convicts  –  Maxwell Namata and Luke Kasamba – have returned just over K24 million (US$50 955) they stole from government coffers as mitigation for a lenient sentence. During sentence submissions hearing at Lilongwe High Court, Namata restituted the mis-appropriated  K14 million in cash while Kasamba has paid  K 4 million and a truck valued […]

DPP reshuffles cashgate prosecuting team: No seizure of suspects’ property

Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) is reorganising the prosecuting team of the Malawi’s cashgate scandal and the special state prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu has been taken out from handling the cases, Nyasa Times understands. Sources at Ministry of Justice told Nyasa Times that Nyasuslu who was handling the cases with another special prosecutor Enock Chibwana, a […]

Fresh Malawi ‘cashgate’ probe reveals more billions stolen by ‘Looterpol’

Special prosecutor in Malawi’s Cashgate cases has revealed that further investigations into the theft of public money has shown that the chief suspect did not only siphon K3.1 billion from government confers instead the money stolen by the chief suspect alone is K4.3 billion. The revelation from the Special Prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu comes just days […]

Lutepo, Kasambara were together in the looting – State Prosecutor

State prosecutor in the ongoing Malawi’s Cashgate cases have disclosed that they have evidence which shows that businessperson Osward Lutepo and the country’s former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara were working together to steal and launder money from government coffers. The money connected to the two and other suspects amount to almost […]

Judge trashes Kasambara on rejecting Kamudoni to prosecute

High Court Judge Chifundo Kachale on Tuesday ruled against  former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara, one of those answering charges of money laundering involving more than K5 billion and other charges surrounding Malawi’s cashgate scandal,  who demanded that special state prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu should not continue handling the case. Kasambara, his law firm Ralph and Arnolds, […]

Kasambara, Kita want Cashgate prosecutor Kamudoni out of case

Former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara who is one of those answering charges of money laundering involving more than K5 billion and other charges surrounding Malawi’s cashgate scandal has demanded that special state prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu should not continue handling the case. Kasambara, his law firm Ralph and Arnolds, his partner Wapona Kita, along businessman Pika […]

Lutepo implicates DPP Kalemba: ‘Forced to lie against Kasambara in Mphwiyo attempted murder’

Businessman and Cashgate suspect Oswald Lutepo has written a letter to Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale complaining that Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Bruno Kalemba intimidated him to implicate former justice minister Ralph Kasambara in the attempted murder of former treasury official Paul Mphwiyo. In the letter dated July 17, 2014, Lutepo  has  also accused former justice minister Fahadi […]

Malawi hires ex-DPP Kamudoni to prosecute cash-gate case

Malawi Government has engaged the services of retired Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Kamudoni Nyasaulu to assist in prosecuting Cashgate cases. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Bruno Kalemba told Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament on Thursday that Nyasulu was hired to help in the cases. “Mr. Nyasulu has been appointed a prosecutor in cash-gate cases. He […]