Gun-shot survivor former budget director Paul Mphwiyo has implicated former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara and businessman Pika Manondo as among those responsible for attempting to murder him. Testifying as prosecution witness in the trial a High Court in Lilongwe , Mphwiyo who was shot as he drove into his Area 43 home in Lilongwe, said […]
High Court Judge Michael Mtambo on Thursday moved his court to Area 43 in Lilongwe the residence of former Malawi Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo where it started hearing testimony from a security guard who said he heard three gun shots but did not see any of the suspects. Former Justice Minister Ralph […]
High Court Judge Michael Mtambo on Thursday ordered the prosecution in the former budget director Paul Mphwiyo attempted murder case to start parading witnesses gainst former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara and others. Prosecution has asked for an an adjournment but Justice Mtambo refused to grant them, saying the trial should proceed from this afternoon. Kasambara, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Businessperson Pika Manondo who is one of the suspects in former Malawi budget director shooting has been allowed to go home on bail after Supreme Court Judge Jane Ansah gave bail conditions on Tuesday. Justice Ansah imposed a K200, 000 cash bail bond on Manondo and that he should provide two sureties each bonded K500, […]
The Malawian newspapers were on Tuesday dominated by court stories with both The Nation and The Daily Times newspapers reporting on the interim administrators and lawyers of late President Bingu Wa Mutharika’s estate facing charges of contempt of court. Both newspapers carried articles on the High Court of Malawi allowing the Estate Duty of Commissioners […]
The family of shot former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo have denied that the gun-shot survivor has claimed asylum in South Africa, saying he is coming back home after undergoing surgery. Mphwiyo recently left Malawi for South Africa for a follow up medical treatment following his initial operation when three bullets were removed from […]
Gun-shot survivor former budget director Paul Mphwiyo has told Nyasa Times in an interview that he is not under arrest as rumours went viral on social media that he was in police custody. Reports have been rife that Police arrested Mphwiyo in Lilongwe at Kamuzu International Airport as he was about to leave the country. Malawi […]
High Court Judge Esmie Chombo asked her church for special prayers to help her handle the “political pressure” ahead of the e case of the shooting of former Malawi budget director Paul Mphwiyo. John Gift Mwakhwawa lawyer for one of the suspects Pika Manondo argued that his client’s sister-in-law goes to the same church with the judge […]
High Court Judge Esmie Chombo in the capital Lilongwe on Wednesday was forced to recuse herself in a case former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara and Pika Manondo are accused of attempting to murder former budget director Paul Mphwiyo forcing the hearing to be rescheduled. Before the trial, Kasambara’s lawyer Lusungu Gondwe and Manondo’s attorney John […]
Gun-shot survivor former budget director Paul Mphwiyo will be the first prosecution witness against former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara who face charges of attempting to murder in the trial which begins Wednesday. The shooting of Mphwiyo in September opened a Pandora box of the massive looting of public resources dubbed “cashgate.” According to court documents […]
Although in the past week Malawian media has been replete with headlines that the US$100 million Cashgate scandal trials have started, the truth behind the headlines is that the so-called cashgate trials are simply publicity stunts, and to those with any legal understanding, a mockery of the Malawian criminal justice System. The Malawian Director of […]
There is “overwhelming” objective evidence against former justice minister Ralph Kasambara that was involved in the shooting of former budget director Paul Mphwiyo, the Minister of Justice Fahad Assani has disclosed. Assani disclosed that the case of Mphwiyo shooting will commence on February 5. He challenged that much as Kasambara is touted as one of […]
Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Bruno Kalemba has said the trial of five people that are charged with attempted murder of the former Budget Director in the Ministry of Finance Paul Mphwiyo is expected to commence on 5 February, 2014. Mphwiyo was shot three times at his area 43 residents by unknown thugs on September […]