Malawi’s former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo told the court that that former Justice Minister and Attorney Ralph Kasambara – who was arrested in connection with the shooting, knew more details of his movements and the security at his house, maintaining that he was behind the plot to murder him. Mphwiyo, whose shooting […]
Prosecution on Tuesday paraded Dr Hetherwick Ntaba to testify in court in the shooting case of Malawi’s former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Mphwiyo was shot on the night of September 13 2013 at the gate of his residence in Lilongwe’s affluent Area 43 residential estate Ntaba was called to the hospital on […]
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 […]
Lilongwe High Court Judge Justice Michael Mtambo on Wednesday adjourned a case which lawyer Ralph Kasambara, Pika Manondo, Robert Kadzuwa and Macdonald Kumwembe are charged with attempted murder case and conspiracy to commit murder on former Ministry of Finance Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo to February 17 and the case will run for three days up to February 19. […]
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 […]
Lilongwe Magistrate Court has granted an order to Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) on request from Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to temporarily freeze bank accounts of businessperson Pika Manondo, who is one of a suspect in the shooting of Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Manondo wanted to withdraw cash at First Merchant Bank […]
Arrested former budget director Paul Mphwiyo is ill and is being watched by police at the hospital where he is being treated for heart problems. Mphwiyo was arrested Friday by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), in a joint operation with the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), together with businessperson Shiraz Ferreira and Nelson Johannes Kauwa of Thuso […]
It never rains but pours for former Ministry of Finance Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo who was Friday rearrested together with businessman Nelson Kauwa of South African-based Thuso Group. Nyasa Times understands that the suspects have been arrested on tax issues. Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) deputy director responsible for corporate affairs, Steve Kapoloma, confirmed the arrests. […]
The case in which renowned lawyer Ralph Kasambara, businessman Pika and his elder brother Dauka, Robert Kadzuwa and Mac Donald Kumwembe are charged of allegedly conspiring and attempting to kill 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 […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) stormed the residence of former Malawi budget director Paul Mphwiyo who was shot outside his home at the time he was a whistle blower to the corruption “cashgate” scandal, a systematic looting of public money, and impounded his mercedenz benz. MRA officials confirmed the impounded black Merc GL 500 in it […]
Former Malawi budget director Paul Mphwiyo who was shot outside his home at the time he was a whistle blower to the corruption “cashgate” scandal, a systematic looting of public money, has not been fingered in an external forensic audit the Malawi government released on Thursday. Gun-shot survivor Mphwiyo and his wife Thandizo were last […]
There have been several arrests of prominent individuals over the theft of millions of dollars from the Malawi Treasury in 2013. Among those taken into custody is the country’s former budget director Paul Mphwiyo who has since been charged with theft and money laundering. Since last year, at least 70 people have been arrested in connection with the biggest financial scandal on record in […]
The High Court of Malawi in Lilongwe has granted former budget director Paul Mphwiyo bail in a case which the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) is accusing him of money laundering and theft charges amounting to K2.1 billion. Mphwiyo, whose shooting at the gate of his house in the country’s capital Lilongwe on the night of […]
Former Deputy Inspector General of Police Nelson Bophani has been accused by Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of abuse of office and perverting the course of justice in an investigation into the cashgate scandal. In a typical case of the hunter getting hunted, Bophani at the onset of the ‘cashgate’ investigation under President Joyce Banda headed […]
Arrested Malawi’s former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo is bound to spend some more days in police custody after an attempt to file relevant papers for bail application crumbled after High Court judge in whose court the papers were filed Lloyd Muhara recused himself from the case. Mphwiyo’s lawyer Shadreck Mhango confirmed that Muhara has recused […]
Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is on arrests galore in the ongoing cashgate scandal and next on line is lawyer Yambani Mulemba and former minister Henry Phoya, Nyasa Times understands. ACB sources told Nyasa Times that Mulemba is linked to the money laundering charge of the country’s former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo and his wife […]
Lilongwe’s Chief Resident Magistrate Paul Chiotcha has committed the case of former budget director Paul Mphwiyo to the High Court. Mphwiyo, who was arrested alongside his spouse by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday, has been charged with theft and money laundering amounting to K2.1 billion. The Magistrate told the court on Wednesday that his […]
Former budget director Paul Mphwiyo has been formally charged with two counts of theft and money laundering of K2.1 billion. Mphwiyo was arrested on Saturday with his wife in connection with the infamous cashgate scandal, which led to the suspension of foreign aid to the impoverished Malawi. Lawyer for Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Imlani Said in December […]