Dramatic scenes unfolded outside a Lilongwe courthouse as former Malawi Defence Force commander General Paul Valentino Phiri was abruptly sent away on the eve of his scheduled hearing — with no explanation given for the sudden change of plan. Phiri had already arrived at Area 3 Court, flanked by Anti-Corruption Bureau prosecutors and investigators ready […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and embattled secretary general Gustav Kaliwo are set to face off and trade questions in court in a case the party obtained an injunction restraining Kaliwo from calling for a convention. In June last year, Chakwera obtained a court injunction stopping Kaliwo holding an emergency convention […]
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budget director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others has been stalled after one of the defence lawyers Gilbert Khonyongwa has withdrawn his service to four suspects.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 […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has reserved its ruling of the application by lawyer Powell Mkhutabasa representing Cashgate suspect Auzius Kazombo-Mwale, in the on-going K2.4 billion cashgate cases, who asked the court to recommend for independent doctor to certify his client if he is fit to stand the trial or not. Kazombo-Mwale on Monday collapsed in the […]