The High Court in Zomba has slapped cashgate convict and former People’s Party (PP) senior member Oswald Lutepo K1 million for demanding his K55 million bail bond money. Justice Redson Kapindu ruled on Thursday that the demand was not only ill-conceived buy outrageous. Kapindu said lawyer for Lutepo knows very well that the state intends […]
The State says it cannot confiscate the property of corruption convict Oswald Lutepo because of a court action. Ministry of Justice spokesperson Pilirani Masanjala said the state managed to seize Lutepo’s residence and office premises before the convict slapped the state with the court action to stop the seizure. A court four years ago […]
Cashgate convict OswardLutepo is still incarcerated and still serving time at Chichiri Prison in Blantyre, the Malawi Prison Service has said, putting to ice rumours making rounds that the main felon in the Cashgate saga has been pardoned by President Peter Mutharika. Last week, Mutharika pardoned 143 prisoners as part of Malawi’s 54th Independence celebrations. […]
Businessperson-cum-politician Osward Lutepo who is serving a prison sentence after being convicted as a major figure in the “Cashgate” scandal, which led to several donor countries cutting their contributions to the government, is seeking pardon from President Peter Mutharika to release him from jail after serving three years of his 11-year sentence, according to an interview he game Malawi […]
Osward Lutepo, who is currently serving a 11 year jail term on Cashgate related conviction, is set to release his first edition of his planned series of what he calls ‘My way of writing’ series titled ‘Corruption’, Nyasa Times has been told. According to his brother Edward, who seemed up beat with the upcoming book […]
Businessperson-cum-politician Osward Lutepo who is serving a prison sentence after being convicted as Cashgate convict has dragged Standard Bank of Malawi to High Court for breach of contract. Lutepo, who was handed 11 years custodial sentence for money laundering and conspiracy to defraud government, is seeking damages from Standard Bank. He sued Standard Bank over a K633 […]
Of course we are not new in Jerusalem; we know the events that have transpired over the last two weeks. From the extension of the commission of enquiry submission of report to the actual material day the report was physically presented to the powers that be. Obviously, the report came as a surprise to many […]
Cashgate convict who is state witness, Leonard Kalonga has told the High Court in Lilongwe that former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo recruited cashgate prisoner Oswald Lutepo as chief looter in the scandal. Lutepo is serving a 11 years jail for a major role in the “Cashgate” corruption scandal that led to a […]
The High Court in Blantyre has given Times Media Group 14 days to indicate whether they will contest libel suit filed by cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo, failing which judgment may be entered without further notice. The prisoner is demanding K1 billion damages from Times for libel and has commenced legal proceedings against the country’s major […]
Chief Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo and his wife Gertrude, through Blantyre-based legal firm Joe and Max Chambers, are demanding K1 billion from Times Media Group for damages after filing a libel suit in the High Court. The Sunday Times, one of the titles for Times Media, reported on Sunday that the convict was allowed to have sex sessions with […]
Chief Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo was permitted to have sex sessions with his wife on May 31, 2016 at Chichiri Prison, Nyasa Times has learnt. The cashgate convict, who was transferred from Zomba Mikuyu prison to Chichiri prison in Blantyre and moved to the penal complex on medical grounds, was allowed on Tuesday to have sex on […]
An excerpt from ‘My way of writing’ a soon to be launched book written by ‘cashgate’ prisoner Osward Lutepo. “On the economic challenges and proposed turn around strategies for Malawi” Following the withdrawal of aid by Malawi’s major donors due to the cash gate revelations and poor harvests that have been rocking this country in […]
Second accused person in the ongoing shooting case of former budget director Paul Mphwiyo, Pika Manondo has told the court that he did not tell cashgate prisoner Oswald Lutepo that he was prepared to die for third accused person former justice minister Ralph Kasambara. Manondo, who was responding to a question from Director of Public […]
Cashgate prisoner Osward Lutepo on Wednesday testified in in the ongoing case of attempted murder of former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo at the High Court in Lilongwe that in December 2012 he went with one of the accused Pika Manondo to South Africa to to procure Malawi Defence Force (MDF) equipments which he had a […]
Cashgate prisoner Oswald Lutepo has testified in the trial of attempted murder case of former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, saying former deputy Inspector General of Malawi Police, Nelson Bophani forced him to implicate former Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambala in the attempted murder. Kasambala, businessman Pika Manondo and Macdonald Kumwembe are answering attempted murder and conspiracy […]
Chief Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo was on Monday transferred from Zomba Mikuyu prison to Chichiri prison in Blantyre. Malawi Prison Service Public Relations Officer, Evance Phiri could not deny or confirm the issue when contacted by Nyasa Times. But one of senior Chichiri Prison officers confided in Nyasa Times that Lutepo has been moved to the penal […]
Chief Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo has appealed against the 11 year jail sentence handed down to him by the Zomba High Court on conspiracy to defraud government and money laundering, Nyasa Times has established. In September, Judge Redson Kapindu imposed a stiff jail term on Lutepo who was convicted on his own plea of guilty […]
Lutepo was a young successful businessman and thus contributed positively, for a while at least, to the Malawian economy. He was a first offender. He had pleaded guilty and implicated others in Cashgate crimes. Yet Justice Kapindu still imposed an effective prison sentence of 11 years – 8years for the offence of money laundering and […]