The State has added businessman Oswald Lutepo, the chief suspect in the systematic plunder of government money, dubbed ‘cashgate’, as one of the accused persons in an attempted murder case of former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo. Lutepo now joins lawyer Ralph Kasambara, Pika Manondo, Dauka Manondo and others answering to the same charges. Director of Public […]
The High Court in Lilongwe on Tuesday rejected a request by former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara, Pika Manondo and others to discharge the case in which they accused of conspiracy, possession of property suspected to have been stolen and money laundering involving K5 billion. Kasambara, also private practice lawyer, applied to the High Court on Monday to discharge the […]
Former Justice Minister and private practice lawyer Ralph Kasambara has asked the High Court in Lilongwe to discharge the case in which he and others are answering charges of money laundering involving K5 billion . Kasambara and fellow lawyer Wapona Kita are also accused of conspiracy, possession of property suspected to have been stolen amounting […]
Businessman Oswald Lutepo, the chief suspect in the systematic plunder of government money, dubbed ‘cashgate’, is proving to be unreliable and hostile witness after on Friday he told the Lilongwe Magistrate’s Court that he lied in his testimony on the 9th April against another suspect Victor Sithole. Lutepo – a former governing People’s Party executive […]
Special prosecutor in Malawi’s Cashgate cases has revealed that further investigations into the theft of public money has shown that the chief suspect did not only siphon K3.1 billion from government confers instead the money stolen by the chief suspect alone is K4.3 billion. The revelation from the Special Prosecutor Kamudoni Nyasulu comes just days […]
Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Patrick Chirwa has ordered businessman Oswald Lutepo, the chief suspect in the systematic plunder of government money, dubbed ‘cashgate’, to appear before the court on Friday to explain a letter he wrote to Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale alleging that he was forced to lie under oath in his earlier statements. On […]
Businessman Oswald Lutepo, the chief suspect in ‘cashgate’, the systematic plunder of government money, has he feels fooled by prosecution that he was going to State witness “not knowing I was just being used to lie against myself as well,” and is calling for government to reboot Cashgate investigation and make fresh interrogations before trial. Lutepo said he wants to […]
State prosecutor in the ongoing Malawi’s Cashgate cases have disclosed that they have evidence which shows that businessperson Osward Lutepo and the country’s former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara were working together to steal and launder money from government coffers. The money connected to the two and other suspects amount to almost […]
“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” – Albert Einstein The epistle according to ‘Chief Cashgater’ Oswald Lutepo makes for some interesting reading. This is supposed to be a bomb-shell in what can perhaps pass as the worst financial scandal to rock Malawi in the 50 years the country has been […]
One of the cashgate suspect Oswald Lutepo who was recently in the news and was arrested for lying is at it again with Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale doubting the authenticity of the claims he made in his letter to the AG in which he accused several senior legal minds of professional misconduct. In his […]
Businessperson Oswald Lutepo, the chief suspect in ‘cashgate’, the systematic plunder of government money as been unconditionally released by Lilongwe Magistrate Court. Lutepo has been charged with perjury for confessing that he gave false testimony under oath in court. Private practice lawyer Oswald Mkupira, who is representing Lutepo, told the court that said his client fell ill in […]
Businessman Oswald Lutepo, the chief suspect in ‘cashgate’, the systematic plunder of government money, has been moved from Police custody to City Centre Clinic in Lilongwe, where he is being treated under police guard for un disclosed ailment. Lutepo’s lawyer Oswald Mkupira said his client fell ill in police cell Sunday night after his arrest. […]
The court trial of the shooting of former Budget Director, Paul Mphwiyo, which has begun in earnest promises to unearth some America’s Al Capon type of underhand practices and dirty dealings. At the moment, it seems the main man is Osward Lutepo, one time fugitive and state witness, and, now, not very state witness. Lutepo, […]
One of the suspects in the Cashgate trial, Victor Sithole, is likely going to be acquitted in a case he has been charged with being found in possession of unexplained large amounts of money, a law expert has observed. Sithole answer charges in connection with large amounts of money including K112 million, $31 800 and […]
Businessman and one of the suspects in the Cashgate scandal, Oswald Lutepo, has been rearrested in Kasungu – just after claiming to Attorney General in a letter that he was coerced into writing false witness and caution statements with a view to implicate former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara. Lutepo confimed with Nyasa Times on Sunday that […]
Malawi law experts have argued that businessman and one of the suspects in the Cashgate scandal, Oswald Lutepo, risks facing fresh charges of perjury and obstruction of justice for his claims that he was coerced into writing false witness and caution statements with a view to implicate former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara. In a letter […]
Businessman and Cashgate suspect Oswald Lutepo has written a letter to Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale complaining that Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Bruno Kalemba intimidated him to implicate former justice minister Ralph Kasambara in the attempted murder of former treasury official Paul Mphwiyo. In the letter dated July 17, 2014, Lutepo has also accused former justice minister Fahadi […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has ordered the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to release recordings of mobile phone conversations( call logs) in which some people are said to have issued former Malawi Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo with death threats. Judge Michael Mtambo made the order Thursday morning following an application by […]