Malawi Law Society president John Gift Mwakhwawa has explained that President Mrs Joyce Banda recent conferment of the Senior Counsel (SC) status on six lawyers was done according to the law. Mwakhwawa in a telephone interview with Nyasa Times on Friday explained that President Banda did not make any material error of law as she […]
Member of Parliament (MP) for Mwanza West, Nicholas Dausi, on Tuesday asked government to explain its stand on gay and abortion rights issues. This follows recent announcement by Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara that the government would suspend arrests pending a decision on whether to repeal laws banning homosexuality. But government back-tracked […]
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Charges of treason against Dr Cassim Chilumpha who is now minister of Energy and Mining will be discontinued, the Director of Public Prosecution Bruno Kalemba has hinted. Kalemba was quoted on a local radio saying that discussion were in “top gear” on marking the way forward with the case which has stalled. Chilumpha was arrested […]
Police in Santhe a growth centre in Malawi’s central district of Kasungu have arrested a student at Santhe Secondary School for alleged sexually assaulting his roommate-cum-friend in the dormitory. This comes after reports that the government has suspended anti-gay laws which in the process stripped off the police of powers to arrest homosexuals. A source […]
Malawi’s political rabble-rouser Kamlepo Kalua who has been backing President Mrs. Joyce Banda has for the first time attacked her government accusing it of “abandoning God” for suspending a law banning same-sex relationships. Kalua has been strong backer of the President’s economic reforms since Banda took over as the country’s leader following the death of Bingu […]
Malawi High Court Judge Dunstain Mwaungulu, who is also an authoritative commentator on topical issues on various internet discussion forum, has spoken against the move taken by the government to suspend anti-homosexuality laws. Under the country’s penal code, men can be sentenced for up to 14 years and women to five years for homosexuality. But […]
Human rights group Amnesty International (AI) has applauded Malawi government following the announcement by Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara that Police have been ordered not to arrest or prosecute homosexuals until parliament has debated on whether to to repeal the anti-homosexuality laws. Kasambara made the announcement during a debate Thursday night in Lilongwe, that after President […]
Attorney General and Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara has said the country has temporary suspended the controversial same-sex laws until Malawians through Parliament make a decision on the criminalising same-sex relationships. Malawi is currently struggling to accept homosexuals, gays and lesbian due to stringent criminal laws coupled by conservative cultural and traditional beliefs among many […]
The Malawi Government says it is pleased to note that police apprehended an online journalist who allegedly published false news as that is being disrespectful of the rule of law, which it does not tolerate. However, it says it is pleased with the fact that the journalist was brought before a competent court of law […]
Malawi’s Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara, has accused the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) of embarrassing government for continuing to appeal against a decision by a Commercial Court restraining it to use the Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management System (CIRMS), also known as ’spy machine’. Kasambara, who is also the Minister of Justice, said this in an interview […]
A proposal by the Malawi Law Society (MLS) for the country to abolish the use of police prosecutors and establish an independent prosecution body such as South Africa’s National Prosecution Authority has been quashed , with Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Ralph Kasambara describing it as unrealistic. MLS president John Gift […]
Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara, sold his shares in his private practice Ralph & Arnold to concentrate on his government job. One of the managing partners for the practice Wapona Kita said in an interview that Kasambara has no say on cases being handled by the firm because he is not part […]
Malawi President Mrs. Joyce Banda has honoured and conferred the status of Senior Counsel to six legal practitioners effective from August 13 2012. The designation of a legal practitioner as a Senior Counsel (SC) is intended to recognize the legal experts whose standing and achievements justify an expectation on the part of the public and […]
In the second day of People’s Party (PP) convention, delegates continue to vote for positions in the National Governing Council which saw some founding member, Steve Mwenye trounced by newcomer on the position of publicity secretary. Former United Democratic Front (UDF) deputy secretary general, Hophmally Makande defeated Steven Mwenye for the position of publicity secretary. Mwenye […]
It has been revealed that the Malawi Government has committed itself to pay K20 million in damages for false imprisonment to five men arrested along with Ralph Kasambara, now Attorney General and Minister of Justice, in January this year on kidnapping and wounding charges. The five are Brian Magoya, Arthur Chikankheni, Ali Kaka, Mayamiko Kadango […]
Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara, has said President Joyce Banda is not party to the debate on implementation of Section 65 of the Malawi Constitution which regulates movement of legislators in Parliament. Kasambara was speaking as a panellist at Mzuzu University during a public discussion organized by the Youth Association for Democracy […]
Malawi’s Attorney General who also doubles as Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Ralph Kasambara, has attracted wrath of activists for informing that President Joyce Banda will not declare her assets because she did that soon after she was elected as the country’s vice president in 2009. Civil society leaders, politicians and the general public at […]