The Malawi Law Society (MLS) has advised voters to strictly examine the candidates and their policies to ensure they vote for someone with the will of the people at heart in next week’s tripartite elections. A statement signed by MLS president Burton Mhango and honorary secretary Martha Kaukonde has also asked Malawians that candidates seeking […]
Lawyers in the country will now get new skills on how to handle cross border crimes which includes human trafficking and money laundering following the training they are going through. Chairman of the Malawi Law Society (MLS) Burton Mhango said the training is being conducted by experienced lawyers on cross border crime from Conference for […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) has elected Burton Mhango as its new president for the next year during elections held at the end of their two-day annual conference and general meeting at Nkopola Lodge in the lakeshore town of Mangochi. Mhango as the new president has replaced Alfred Majamanda who did not seek re-election. During the Saturday elections, […]
Lilongwe-based private practice lawyer Patron Ndhlovu is again hitting the headlines for wrong reasons after being arrested by Malawi Police Service in Mzuzu city for impersonating Mzuzu chief resident magistrate Gladys Gondwe. According to Mzuzu Police Station assistant spokesman Paul Tembo, the lawyer is alleged to have produced court orders to defraud Central Poultry and […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) has backed calls by the electoral stakeholders to engage independent investigators to assess components of a biometric voter registration kit that went missing in Mwanza and Mzuzu, saying the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) whose credibility is seriously damaged, cannot investigate itself. During a highly-charged National Elections Consultative Forum (Necof) meeting in […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) and three civil society organisations (CSOs) have joined hands to fight embarrsssing levels of corruption in the country through what they have called United Against Corruption (UAC) after noting that institutional frameworks such as parliamentary oversight committees, weaker procurement anf accounting schemes and a culture of impunity have created a fertile […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have arrested a man for impersonating a lawyer and used an incorrect legal language in court. Police spokesperson for Lilongwe Kingsley Dandaula confirmed the arrest of Yohane Somanje whom he said was representing a suspect in a case but a magistrate got suspicious with the way he was handling legal issues […]
Last weekend, the legal profession scored an own goal after a conversation among some lawyers admitting to corruption within the profession was leaked to the public via social networks. This came after the Malawi Law Society (MLS) had issued one of the most penetrating public statements condemning corruption at the highest levels of government. The […]
It is now official; lawyers in Malawi are among the most corrupt human ‘species’. The recent leaked conversation on the Malawi Law Society (MLS) ‘WhatsApp’ forum, where some prominent lawyers are trading serious accusations of corruption, has exposed a conspicuous lack of personal discipline and professional ethics among members of the legal fraternity in Malawi. […]
The Malawi Law Society has warned privately owned French beverage company, Castel Group of legal suits for forcing people to drink a banned substance. peach drink, a chemical which was banned by the Malawi Bureau of Standards. Law Society of Malawi president Alfred Majamanda said if a person can prove that one took the tartrazine, […]
Two prominent lawyers have taken it on Malawi Law Society WhatsApp forum to fight each other over corruption and politics with David Kanyenda accusing Gift Mwakhwawa of bribing judges to win cases. In a lengthy leaked conversion, Kanyenda is daring Mwakhwawa to declare his political allegiance so that they could engage openly. In response, Mwakhwawa […]
Malawi’s Parliament has laid down impeachment procedures for a sitting president, Parliamentary Legal Affairs chairperson Maxwell Thyolera has clarified after Malawi Law Society (MLS) issued a statement calling on the House to ensure they have the provision of impeachment procedures. In the statement, the lawyers said the House should have clearly laid down impeachment procedures […]
The Malawi Law Society (MLS) extraordinary annual general meeting (AGM) held in Blantyre on Thursday entrusted former vice president Alfred Majamanda to head the society after he too went unopposed. The society conducted the extraordinary AGM to fill the vacancies of president and honorary secretary following resignations three weeks ago of Mwiza Nkhata and Michael […]
President and honourarly secretary of Malawi Law Society (MLS), Mwiza Nkhata and Michael Goba Chipeta have resigned from the positions with immediate effect barely four months after being elected to their positions. Both have cited personal reasons but, Nkhata said the society has set up a transition period with the society’s Vice President Alfred Majamanda […]
Blantyre-based private practice lawyer David Kanyenda walked home on Thursday after being released on bail by the Blantyre Magistrate Court following his arrest on Wednesday afternoon. Nyasa Times reported earlier that Kanyenda was arrrested by Fiscal and Fraud Section of Malawi Police for allegedly misappropriating a client’s funds. Kanyenda was arrested at Chileka International Airport […]
Private practice lawyer David Kanyenda was Wednesday afternoon arrested by Fiscal Police in Blantyre for fraud as he was about to leave the country through Chileka International Airport. This is the second time Kanyenda has been arrested by Fiscal Police for failing to account for money for his clients in a space of two months. […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) has taken a swipe at Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government failure to operationalize the Access To Information Law. In its statement which Nyasa Times has accessed, MLS also took government to task over the way it is handling some new laws and bills such as the blocking of the electoral reform […]
Blantyre-based private practice lawyer David Kanyenda was arrested by Fiscal Police on Wednesday for allegations of swindling a client K5. 8 million. Malawi Police Service (MPS) head of Fiscal and Fraud Section, Isaac Norman, said Kanyenda was released after he paid back the money. He got the money for his client Wisted Chaweka which was […]