The family of the shot budget director Paul Mphwiyo on Wednesday issued a statement appealing to the general public and the media, to respect his right to privacy and dignity . Mphwiyo, was shot on the night of September 13 this year at the gate of his house, a development that later led to one […]
Three senior police detectives have been named as being at the centre of an attempt by the Malawi police to coerce a former bodyguard to former Justice Minister, Ralph Kasambara, to implicating the later in the shooting of Budget Director, Paul Mphwiyo, court records seen by Nyasa Times have shown. According to a sworn affidavit […]
Malawi Police on Sunday arrested five people who allegedly attempted to murder Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo barely few days after his arrival from South African hospital. The five were arrested at Mphwiyo’s Area 43 Residence in Lilongwe. A relative of one of the arrested suspects, Masautso Humba, said his uncle, Fredereick Tsokalankhuku is among the five and […]
The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) has confirmed that Director of Budget Paul Mphwiyo will appear before the committee next Monday to present his side on the attempt on his life last September and his take on the looting of government finances at Capital Hill. PAC’s chairperson Beatrice Mwangonde says Mphwiyo will be among other people […]
Former Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara currently being remanded at Zomba Maximum security prison indicted for an attempted murder of Treasury Budget Director, Paul Mphwiyo has had his appeal the bail application at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Blantyre delayed after the Judge who was assigned has recused himself. Private lawyer, Kasambara, who at […]
Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, who was in South Africa receiving treatment on gun shot wounds after being shot at his house in Lilongwe on September 13 2013, arrived back in Malawi on Thursday. Sources at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe told Nyasa Times that Mphwiyo arrived at noon on South African Airways amid tight […]
Former Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara, charged with attempt murder of Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo has lodged an appeal at the Supreme Court against the Lilongwe High Court ruling denying him bail. Ministry of Justice spokesperson Apoche Itimu confirmed that lawyers for Kasambara applied to the Supreme Court to seek a hearing on his bail […]
Pika Manondo, one of the key suspects in the shooting of Malawi’s Ministry of Finance Budget Director, Paul Mphwiyo, returns to court on Tuesday for hearing of his bail application. His lawyer John Gift Mwakhwawa said everything was set and the hearing is scheduled to take place at the Lilongwe High Court from 08:30am. “We have applied for […]
High Court Judge Esmies Chombo , who has given the state 30 days to complete their investigations before releasing former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara, on Friday released on bail three suspects arrested by Malawi Police in connection with the shooting of budget director Paul Mphwiyo. The talking point in the order of release for the […]
Lawyer John-Gift Mwakhwawa representing Pika Manondo, one of the suspects in the shooting of Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, has argued that his client is being victimized for refusing to implicate former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara in the matter. Makhwawa speaking on Tuesday evening in a telephone interview confirmed an earlier assertion in […]
In the first edition on Nyasa Times column of ‘Smoke and Mirrors’, I outlined the character of Paul Mphwiyo, the Budget Director who was shot some months ago, to the effect that he was not exactly Mr. Clean Guy. I also talked about his close acquaintance Pika Manondo as being the one who would be […]
Malawi’s Treasury budget director Paul Mphwiyo is ready to tell the court the people who orchestrated his shooting when he narrowly escaped death after being shot three times in the face at the gate of his Area 43 house on September 13 in the capital Lilongwe. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Bruno Kalemba and Deputy Inspector General […]
Arrested former Minister of Justice, Ralph Kasambara -currently answering to attempt murder charge – has been transferred to Zomba Maximum Prison on remand, Malawi Prison Service official confirmed. Kasambara, one of the country’s prominent lawyers and a senior counsel (SC), his former bodyguard, Keston Gani and Pika Manondo have been charged with attempting to murder […]
The identity of a police officer arrestedin on suspicion of attempting to murder the country’s Ministry of Finance Director of Budget Paul Mphwiyo who is currently recuperating in South Africa, has been known by Nyasa Times as Keston Gani. Gani was a bodyguard of the arrested former Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara. He was being held […]
Lilongwe High Court has set November 22 as a day it will rule on a bail application for former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara. The former minister will remain in police custody until November 22. High Court Judge Esmie Chombo defered the ruling to November 22 after the application was sent back to Lilongwe […]
Investigations carried out by Nyasa Times into why former Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara, charged with attempt murder of Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, mentioned Prophet Elias to be among his witness in the case has established that the ‘Man of God’ who runs Prophet Elias ministries in Chirimba township in Blantyre, once prayed for Kasambara “for protection from […]
Hearing for a bail application by former Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara, charged with attempt murder of Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, failed to take off at the Mzuzu High Court on Tuesday because of missed or omitted technical procedures by Kasambara’s defence team. The Court has since referred the matter to Lilongwe and hearing will commence on […]
Law-experts have said President Joyce Banda can stand as a witness in court following the absence of a law that gives her immunity. Former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara, charged with attempt murder of Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, told Lilongwe Magistrate Court on Monday that he would want President Banda to testify in court as witness […]