In a dramatic turn of events in the ongoing attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder ‘cashgate’ case, former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier Macdonald Kumwembe and Pika Manondo have advised the High Court that they no longer need former president Joyce Banda as their ‘witnesses’ as suggested earlier, Nyasa Times understands. The two are […]
High Court judge Micheal Mtambo has demanded a comprehensive medical report from Blantyre Adventist Hospital on bill of health of former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara. Kasambara, who is facing a charge of conspiracy to commit murder in the case of the shooting of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, […]
Suspected shooter of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, Macdonald Kumwembe, on Wednesday entered his defence in the case, denying shooting the former budget director, saying as a trained solider he could not have missed Mphwiyo at the range he was during the shooting. Kumwembe, a former Malawi Defence Force soldier, was found with a […]
High Court in Lilongwe will summon Malawi’s immediate past president Joyce Banda to testify in the shooting of budget director Paul Mphwiyo case including others who have been mentioned during the trial. The case is on a stage where former Justice Minister Raphael Kasambara, Pika Manondo and McDonald Kumwembe are defending themselves after the court […]
Th doctrine of judicial recusal states that a judge may recuse himself from proceedings if he decides that it is not appropriate for him to hear a case before him. A judge must therefore step down in circumstances where there appears to be bias or ‘apparent bias’. The test for determining apparent bias was set […]
Suspected shooter of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, Macdonald Kumwembe, has asked High Court judge Michael Mtambo to recuse himself from continuing with the case, alleging bias and that has demonstrated to have a personal vendetta against his co-accused person, former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara. In court affidavit […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale has maintained her stand that the State is dealing with mafia-like operations in the case of the shooting of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo and has asked the High Court to revoke the bail of former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier Macdonald Kumwembe , claiming […]
Former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier Macdonald Kumwembe defending himself on all charges of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder on former budget director Paul Mphwiyo has named his list of witnesses to take stand including former president Joyce Banda. Other witnesses are politicians Hophmally Makande and Friday Jumbe, Chifundo Chikaphupha, Eric Mambucha, Robert […]
Former budget director Paul Mphwiyo, who is facing charges of theft and money laundering of K2.1 billion ($4.7 million), has been fingered as cashgate ‘mastermind’, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale told High Court in Lilongwe after presenting an affidavit of convicted Leonard Kalonga, former assistant director of tourism at Ministry of Tourism. Kalonga […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale told High Court in Lilongwe during the conviction of former chief tourism officer in the Ministry of Tourism, Leonard Kalonga, who pleaded guilty to three counts of money laundering, wrote her office narrating the cashgate scheme. In plea bargain, Kalonga accepted wrong-doing to three charges of conspiracy to defraud […]
Former chief tourism officer Leonard Karonga has pleaded guilty to three counts of money laundering related to cashgate scandal and has implicated former budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Lilongwe High Court Judge, Justice Fiona Mwale has since convicted him. In his plea after admitting to defrauding government about K3.7 billion, Kalonga told the court that Mphwiyo told […]
Governance activist and anti-corruption campaigner, Z. Allan Ntata has released his ‘Looting to Kill’ report and exonerated the finance ministry’s then budget director Paul Mphwiyo in the “cashgate” corruption scandal, saying the gun-shot survivor was wrongly fingered in his Cashgate report ‘Licence to Loot’ in 2013 . Mphwiyo is facing charges of theft and money laundering […]
Cashgate suspect and former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo Paul Mphwiyo has been allowed by High Court in Lilongwe that he can travel to South Africa to undergo a follow-up surgery scheduled for July 21 2015 on his jaw following his shooting on September 13 2013. Mphwiyo’s lawyer, Shadreck Mhango of KD Freeman and […]
The High Court on Wednesday dismissed an application by f ormer Malawi Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara, one of the suspects in the shooting of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, seeking recusal of Judge Michael Mtambo from the hearing the case. Mtambo said he has no reason to recuse himself placing […]
Malawi men do not leave their mobile gadgets to be accessed by their wives , apparently for fear of snooping, this was observed in a recent court ruling made by Judge Micheal Mtambo. “My own view is that cellphones are personal to holder and are not given to spouses for the obvious reason that the […]
Malawi’s former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara, one of the suspects in the shooting of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, has quashed High Court Judge Michael Mtambo assertions that following the shooting cashgate affair was discovered. In his submission seeking the judge to recuse himself from the case, accusing him of bias, Kasambara a […]
High Court Judge Michael Mtambo has rejected a request by former Malawi Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara, one of the suspects in the shooting of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, to recuse himself from the case. Judge Mtambo said he has no reason to recuse himself placing confidence in his ability […]
Former Malawi Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara one of the suspects in the shooting of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo is accusing the presiding High Court Judge Michael Mtambo of bias. Kasambara is also accusing Mtambo of “playing the role of prosecution advocate” in the case and wants the judge out of the case. […]