“There are no substantial grounds for me to recuse myself from this case.” Judge Esmie Chombo of the High Court told Paul Mphwiyo and 14 other suspects in the K2.4 billion cashgate case in which she is the sitting judge: I am not going nowhere, I keep on hearing this case to the end, and […]
Former budget director at the Ministry of Finance Paul Mphwiyo wants judge presiding over the Cashgate case he is accused with 14 others, Esmie Chombo, to be out because her contract expired as a judge. Mphwiyo is a Cashgate gunshot survivor who was shot at the gate of his Area 43 residence in Lilongwe on […]
Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that the appeal case for former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara, Pika Manondo and McDonald Kumwembe is not ready for hearing as there are no skeleton arguments and that some documents are missing in the records of 12 volumes that are before court. The Supreme […]
Almost two years after convicted former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara was granted bail pending appeal, Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal will today start the hearing of the appeal. Kasambara was granted bail on March 14 2018 by Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Dunstain Mwaungulu after spending a year and seven months […]
Almost two years after convicted former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara was granted bail pending appeal, Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal has set December 9 for the hearing of the appeal. Judiciary spokesperson Agnes Patemba has sent a notice of hearing to all parties in the case. “Take notice that the Malawi […]
All courts in Lilongwe have closed Friday as officials are disinfecting the premises for Covid-19. This was after one suspect in the infamous cashgate involving former director of Budget Paul Mphwiyo tested positive for the virus. Officials at the court said the courts will open on Tuesday next week. The closure will affect some high […]
The High Court has thrown out an application to suspend the hearing of the infamous K2.4 billion Cashgate pending determination by the Supreme Court of Appeal on whether the lower court has powers to hear the case or not. Judge Esmie Chombo has since set June 15 as the beginning of the trial of the […]
The High Court Esmie Chombo has found former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others with a case to answer in the cashgate case in which the group is accused of embezzling K2.4 billion public funds. Mphwiyo is the most high profile face in the K2.4 billion trial that also has former Accountant General David […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale has said the white-collar crimes like the biggest financial scandal in Malawi’s history known as “cashgate” are somewhat difficult to prosecute, hence the delay in logical conclusion of the trial of K2.4 billion involving former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others. Kachale said in […]
Malawi government will issue an extradition request to South Africa for an alleged Cashgate-linked fugitive Limumba Karim, Director of Public Prosecution Mary Kachale said on Wednesday. Kachale said in an interview after High Court in Lilongwe reserved its ruling until next week Tuesday on whether former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others have a […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has reserved until next week Tuesday its ruling on whether former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others have a case to answer over involvement in the cashgate scandal, the biggest corruption scandal in Malawi’s history that took place in 2013. Mphwiyo and others were charged with conspiracy to defraud […]
High Court will on May 20 deliver a ruling in the K2.4 billion Cashgate case involving former budget director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others if they have a case to answer on not. Ministry of Justice and Communications Affairs spokesperson Pilirani Masanjala has confirmed that High Court Judge Esmie Chombo will make the determination. Mphwiyo […]
Supreme Court of Appeal officials say the court has now finalised paper work onconvicted former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara appeal case on conspiracy to murder former budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Agnes Patemba, High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal registrar said the court will end of next month inform lawyers to […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has adjourned to May 18 2019 a K2.4 billion Cashgate case involving former budget director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others. The adjournment followed cross examination of Frank Mwangwaya, the chief accountant at the Accountant General and witness number 30 in the case.in which Mphwiyo and 18 others were charged with […]
Convicted former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara will have to wait longer for his appeal bid as the State has asked failed to meet the deadline to to submit skeletal arguments at the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal by June 27 2018, asking for about three months (90 more days). The former […]
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’, has disowned statement circulating on social media quoting him blaming calling the entire government “a criminal enterprise”. The social-media post contains response to some issues raised in the […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale has appealed against a Supreme Court judge’s decision to release on bail former justice minister Ralph Kasambara and asked the court to revoke the bail conditions. Kachale wants a panel of nine judges at the same Supreme Court of Appeal to hear the matter and that the bail for former Justice Minister’s who was serving […]
A trial in the K2.4 billion Cashgate case involving former budget director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others has been stalled after one of the defence lawyers Gilbert Khonyongwa has withdrawn his service to four suspects. Khonyongwa has been representing Sympathy Chisale in a case in which fugitive Limumba Karim alongside Mphwiyo and others are facing charges, including civil […]