A resurgence of violent criminal gangs are on rampage daring Malawi Police with an “arrest us if you can message” prompting Malawi Law Society (MLS) desperately appeal for maximum protection to all citizens. MLS president Patrick Mpaka made the call in an interview after a number of lawyers have been brutally attacked in their homes […]
“ACB needs the powers to bite.” Malawi’s graft bustling body, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) wants to break free and be independent from political interference and relieved of the legal requirement that entails them to seek consent from the office of the Director of the Public Prosecutions (DPP) to prosecute cases. Recently, ACB conducted interviews to hire […]
The Constitutional Court sitting in Blantyre has rebuffed businessman Davie Kanyoza and a protégé of the once mighty business magnate Leston Mulli from joining a case where Mulanje charity worker Mary Woodworth is contesting a government decision to lease her piece of land to the businessman. A panel of three High Court Judges consisting of Justices […]
Blantyre-based legal practitioner Patrick Mpaka was on Thursday evening last week ambushed by unknown assailants who set alight his vehicle near his house next to Leader of Opposition’s and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo’s residence in the suburban Nyambadwe Township in the commercial capital, Blantyre. Mpaka, who is a senior partner at Destone […]