Former minister of justice Ralph Kasambara has been sentenced to 13 years prison term on the count of conspiracy to murder former budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Kasambara was convicted of conspiring to murder Mphwiyo alongside former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier Macdonald Kumwembe and businessperson Pika Manondo who faced a separate charge of attempting to murder the former budget […]
Two convicted persons on the attempted murder of former budget director in the ministry of finance, MacDonald Kumwembe and Pika Manondo have expressed concernc that they were not informed of their appearance in court on Monday for for hearing of submissions of mitigation factors before it can pass jail sentences. The two, who were convicted […]
Former Justice minister and attorney general Ralph Kasambara will have to wait until October to have his conspiracy to murder appeal heard. Judiciary spokesperson Mlenga Mvula said all judges both for High Court and Supreme Court have gone on annual summer vacation. “They will be back in October and this is when the judges will […]
Former justice minister Ralph Kasambara (Senior Counsel), convicted last month alongside Pika Manondo and Macdonald Kumwembe on the charge of conspiracy to murder former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo will have to wait longer for an appeal bid as his matter has not yet reached the Supreme Court of Malawi over two weeks […]
Former Attorney General and Justice Minister Raphael Kasambara is in Maula Prison contemplating, no doubt, how early promise led to his lonely cell. On 22 August, he is expected to be sentenced to up to 14 years in prison for conspiring to murder his friendturned-nemesis Paul Mphwiyo. Kasambara graduated in law from the University of […]
The guilty verdict handed out by the high court to flamboyant lawyer and former Attorney General Ralph Kasambara, SC is not simply a matter of the law taking its course. It is so much more than that. In the excitement that gripped the nation on the day of the verdict-the verdict was broadcast on no […]
High Court Judge Micheal Mtambo who was criticised for withholding the copy of his ruling that he delivered convicting a former justice minister and two others of conspiracy to murder a former Ministry of Finance budget director in 2013, has finally released the copy of the judgement and it has detailed his reasons for reaching […]
Former justice minister Ralph Kasambara (Senior Counsel), convicted last month alongside Pika Manondo and Macdonald Kumwembe on the charge of conspiracy to murder former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo has filed a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court of Malawi against conviction. Mtambo also found Manondo, a businessperson and Kumwembe, a former […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) is waiting to get hold of the judgement by High Court judge Micheal Mtambo which he delivered last month convicting former justice minister Ralph Kasambara, before making a decision to struck off Kasambara from the list of accredited lawyers to practice. Judge Mtambo convicted Kasambara alongside his two co-accused—Pika Manondo and […]
In what seems like in “A Most Wanted Man” conspiracy movie by Philip Seymour Hoffman, Justice Micheal Mtambo’s epistle that convicted former Minister of Justice Raphael Kasambara is strangely unavailable. Various sources have confided and collaborated that it is unusual for a judgement of that magnitude not to be available on both hard and soft […]
As expected, Raphael Kasambara has left no-one in doubt. He will appeal against his conviction by the High Court in the case where he, and two others, were being tried for conspiring to commit murder and for their trouble in actually attempting to send Paul Mphwiyo to his maker earlier than scheduled. That is well […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) officials say former justice minister Ralph Kasambara could be struck off from the list of accredited lawyers to practice after his convictiton on his conspiracy to murder case once the Attorney Peneral pens the Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda. MLS secretary general Khumbo Soko said after the sentencing, the Attorney General can […]
Convicted former Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Raphael Kasambara, has insisted that the verdict handed down by Judge Micheal Mtambo was unreasonable and couldn’t be supported by evidence to convict him and two others for attempting to murder the country’s former Budget Director, Paul Mphwiyo, in 2013. Before heading to Maula Prison awaiting sentencing, Kasambara […]
Prosecutors have said they are”satisfied” justice has been done as High Court on Thursday convicted a former justice minister Ralph Kasambara and two others of conspiracy to murder a former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo in 2013. Mary Kachale, the Director of Public Prosecution who has been lead prosecutor in the case, said “justice […]
Former Minister of Justice Raphael Kasambara has said he is a victim of “miscarriage of justice” for his conviction on charges of conspiring to murder the country’s former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, indicating he will lodge an appeal at the Supreme Court of Malawi. Kasambara was found “guilty” by Judge Michael Mtambo on conspiracy […]
High Court judge Michael Mtambo has delivered his judgement on the shooting of former budget director Paul Mphwiyo, ruling that all the three accused in the case including former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara are guilty of conspiring to murder and convicted them. Kasambara was accused of conspiring to murder Mphwiyo alongside […]
The High Court in Lilongwe is set to hand down judgment on former Budget director Paul Mphwiyo attempted murder case. Prominent lawyer Ralph Kasambara and two others Macdonald Kumwembe and Pika Manondo are accused of attempting to murder Mphwiyo, an attempted murder that brought to surface issues of cashgate. Mphwiyo was shot at in 2013 […]
Judge Micheal Mtamba makes legal history in Malawi, ruling that the judgement in the case in which former Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara SC and McDonald Kumwembe who are being co accused of conspiring to murder former Malawi budget director Paul Mphwiyo, will be televised live on Times TV. The judge set July 21 for his determination. […]