Former Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara has survived the first charge of attempted murder in which he has been acquitted but he still has to defend himself on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder in Paul Mphwiyo shooting trial. Kasambara, who is representing himself, is and four others are accused of […]
Malawi former president Joyce Banda has again shot down allegations by cashgate suspect-in-chief Oswald Lutepo that while she was Head of State, Banda was the “main beneficiary” of the money Lutepo confessed he stole from government. Lutepo made claims in an interview aired on Zodiak Broadcasting Station November 21, 2014, that he was only but […]
Two independent medical doctors had concluded that businessperson and Cashgate suspect Oswald Lutepo is fit and well to stand trial and observed in their assessment that he has been faking his mental illness to escape prosecution. In the assessment submitted to High court in Zomba, College of Medicine (CoM) psychiatrist Felix Kauye and Jennifer Ahrens […]
Lead investigator in the ongoing Paul Mphwiyo’s murder case, Kankwala Chilinda has revealed that there is currently no evidence linking Oswald Lutepo to the attempted murder of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Lutepo is yet to enter his plea but the rest – including former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph […]
Sate witness Charles Chalunda has clarified in court that the person he had been conspiring with to kill former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo was Pika Manondo and not businessperson-cum-politician Osward Lutepo. This was after Chalunda had been persuaded to testify by defence lawyer John-Gift Mwakhwawa and Enock Chibwana from the prosecution team […]
Malawi’s former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara, who is answering charges related to the shooting of a former budget director Paul Mphwiyo and another offence of money laundering in connection with cashgate, on Thursday accused the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mary Kachale of having a personal vendetta against him. He made the accusations in the High […]
State prosecutors have initiated the process of exploring the legal grounds to discharge the businessperson Osward Lutepo implicated to have had a hand in the plot to shoot budget director Paul Mphwiyo, following the key witness withdrawing his sworn affidavit in court. According to court documents sourced by Nyasa Times, an affidavit sworn in by […]
Businessperson and Cashgate suspect Osward Lutepo has been as been ordered to undergo a mental examination to determine if he is medically fit for trial in the various charges he is facing which include theft, money laundering and conspiracy to commit murder. According to the ruling sourced by Nyasa Times, Justice Redson Kapindu made the order in the High Court in […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB ) cleared Agrifeeds Limited and owner Elvis Nserebo, who also owns Matindi FM and Schools of any wrong-doing in the cashgate corruption scandal. The clearance letter in Nyasa Times possession, dated 9th May, 2014, Ref No. ACB/DGG/8/10, was signed by ACB’s Deputy Director General Reyneck Matemba. The letter clears rumours viral on […]
Malawi Sheriffs have closed down private-owned radio Matindi FM over unpaid rental arrears amounting to K2.3 million. Matindi FM which is housed in a building once occupied by NBS Bank in Limbe, stopped its transmission on Monday morning following the closure. The Sheriffs shut down the radio station on orders from the building owners, Nico Holdings. Finance […]
So Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale wanted The Nation jailed for merely telling Malawians what they needed to know? For the record, The Nation’s crime – according to Kachale – was to tell the world that Chief Cashgater Oswald Lutepo had some neurotic issues. How that begins to be criminal only Mme Kachale […]
Malawi’s chief Cashgate suspect, Oswald Lutepo, has pleaded “not guilty” to the charges of conspiring to murder former Malawi Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, whose shooting on 13 September 2013 led to the unravelling of the systematic looting of millions of government money dubbed ‘cashgate’. Lutepo, who is reportedly medically not fit to stand trial, took the […]
Malawi’s chief Cashgate suspect, Oswald Lutepo, will still face trial in multiple criminal charges at different courts despite not being fit and well as doctor’s examination report seen by Nyasa Times has no reference to his fitness for trial. The 37-year-old businessman is accused of a myriad of crimes that include stealing billions of poor taxpayers’ […]
Businessperson and cashgate suspect Osward Lutepo has been certified medically not fit for trial in the various charges related to cashagte, his lawyer Osward Mtupila, said Dr Jonathan Ngoma of Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe has certified him not fit. According to Mtupila, Ngoma examined Lutepo on Februaty 4 2015 but he is yet […]
Malawi Judiciary has put its foot down tthat it is not ready to set up plea bargaining rules as the government has been discussing with some Cashgate suspects on the possibility of striking pre-trial bargains relating to various charges the suspects are facing on the looting of K20 billion from public coffers. Several suspects are […]
Lawyer representing , businessman Osward Lutepo in a case which he is answering charges of attempted murder, Osward Mtupila on Wednesday told the High Court in Lilongwe that his client is currently suffering from ‘anxiety disorder’ and is not fit and well to stand trial. Last year, the court granted the prosecution permission to add Lutepo […]
Former Malawi Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, whose shooting on 13 September 2013 led to the unravelling of the systematic looting of millions of government money dubbed ‘cashgate’, on Wednesday returned to High Court in Lilongwe where he has been testifying in his attempted murder case. Mphwiyo was testifying in cross examination by lawyer and former […]
Lawyer for businessperson and chief cashgate suspect Osward Lutepo has denied allegations that his client had escaped justice, saying he remains hospitalised at Mzuzu MASM Hospital. The lawyer, Osward Mtuwila, said rumours that Lutepo has escaped were “utterly false”, saying his client is “not fit and well” to stand trial “at this moment”. Mtuwila has strenuously refuted […]