President Lazarus Chakwera has announced a partial Cabinet that, give it a second look, stirs a mixed feeling of hope and anxiety. You have to be hopeful to see the energetic and workaholic Vice president Saulos Chilima back to head Public Sector Reforms where, after making great strides, he left a gap his contemporaries failed […]
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera on Monday started releasing names of Cabinet minister in dribs and drabs in which he has appointed private practice lawyer Dr Chikosa Silungwe as the new Attorney General replacing Kalekeni Kaphale. According to a statement from Office of President and Cabinet, Chakwera has made his vice president, Saulos Chilima, minister responsible […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera’s lead lawyer Mordecai Msisha – Senior Counsel (SC) – has asked the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal to dismiss an appeal against a Constitutional Court judgement that overturned the May 2019 presidential election. Presenting his arguments against the submission of the first and second appellants – President Peter […]
Lawyer Modecai Msisha, leading the legal team of second petitioner and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera in the presidential elections nullification petition case, on Friday in his final oral submissions asked the Constitutional Court to dissolve the current Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) if it upholds the nullification bid. Msisha suggests to the court […]
Lawyer Modercai Msiska a senior counsel (SC) leading the legal team of second petitioner and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, has asked the Constitutional Court to nullify President Peter Mutharika’s victory in the May 21 Tripartite Elections and declare Chakwera as the rightful winner of the polls. Msisha, one of the framers of […]
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 […]
Lawyers of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera in the Constitutional Court hearing on the disputed May 21 2019 Presidential Election on Tuesday addressed the court to object to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawyers to cross examine Chakwera and his witnesses on certain areas considered irrelevant such as character […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera lead lawyer in the presidential election petition case, senior counsel Mordecai Msisha was on Monday was forced to apologise to the Constitutional Court when he said the case was proceeding slow and it could end in 2025. The case has 800 witnesses and estimates indicate the matter might end early […]
Malawi’s prominent lawyer Modecai Msiska has step up to represent former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara’s appeal against revocation of his bail and accused the conduct of High Court judge Michael Mtambo who revoked Kasambara’s bail in September. Judge Mtambo – a known foe of Kasambara – revoked the bail of the […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Thursday opened Hard to Defeat (HTD)-Abdul Majid Motor City at at Ginnery Corner in the commercial capital Blantyre with a call to Malawians and business community at large to invest in new infrastructure for their businesses. HTD Limited is a private local Limited Liability Company incorporated in Malawi in 1993 […]