Cashgate fugutive Limumba dies with Zimbabwe socialite Ginimbi in fiery Rolls Royce crash

Cashgate-linked fugitive Limumba Karim has died on Sunday morning following a fatal car crash together with prominent  Zimbabwean, socialite and businessman Genius Kadungure, affectionately known as Ginimbi, along the Borrowdale road in Harare. Ginimbi is alleged to have been speeding at the time of the accident following a night of partying at Club Dreams in the […]

Court rejects Cashgate case suspension: Mphwiyo, others to face trial from June 15

The High Court has thrown out an application to suspend the hearing of the infamous K2.4 billion Cashgate pending determination by the Supreme Court of Appeal on whether the lower court has powers to hear the case or not. Judge Esmie Chombo has since set June 15 as the beginning of the trial of the […]

Mphwiyo, Limumba, Mpoola found with case to answer in Malawi cashgate scandal

The High Court Esmie Chombo has found former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others with a case to answer in the cashgate case in which the group is accused of embezzling K2.4 billion public funds. Mphwiyo is the most high profile face in the K2.4 billion trial that also has former Accountant General David […]

Malawi top prosecutor says white-collar crimes are complex: Justifies delay in Cashgate trial

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale has said the white-collar crimes like the biggest financial scandal in Malawi’s history known as “cashgate” are somewhat difficult to prosecute, hence the delay in logical conclusion of the trial of  K2.4 billion involving former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others. Kachale said in […]

Malawi seeks extradition of ‘Cashgate’ fugitive Limumba from South Africa

Malawi government  will issue an extradition request to South Africa for an alleged Cashgate-linked fugitive Limumba Karim, Director of Public  Prosecution  Mary Kachale said on Wednesday. Kachale said in an interview after High Court in Lilongwe reserved  its ruling until next week Tuesday on whether former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others have a […]

Court orders fugitive Cashgate suspect  Limumba Karima tried in absentia

High Court in Lilongwe has ordered the continued prosecution of the fugitive Cashgate suspect, businessman Limumba Karim, in the K2.4 billion money laundering  case in his absence. Lumumba escaped the country when he was expected to  plead to  counts of money laundering in which former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, 18 civil servants […]

Court orders arrest of ‘Cashgate’ fugitive Limumba Karim: Lawyer Wapona discharges himself

The  High Court in Lilongwe on Monday issued an arrest warrant for  businessman Limumba Karim who failed again to turn up for the  hearing  of the K2.4 billion money laundering case and is suspected to have escaped from the country hiding in South Africa. Lumumba was expected in court to plead to  counts of money […]

K2.4bn cashgate suspects Limumba Karim, Sympathy Chisale risk bail revocation

Businessman Limumba Karima, his co-accused Sympathy Chisale  failed to appear in High Court on Wednesday in the K2.4 billion money laundering case in which former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo is among the accused. Lumumba and Chisale  were wanted in court to plead to  counts of money laundering in which 18 civil servants […]