Lawyer and former Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara SC on Wednesday lost his cool in court and his emotions unfolded after Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mary Kachale objected to his questioning line to fifth witness, Keaton Gani. Kasambala , businessman Pika Manondo and Macdonald Kumwembe are answering attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murders on […]
Former bodyguard to Ralph Kasambara when he was Minister of Justice, Sergeant Keaton Gani on Tuesday told the High Court that the officers who interrogated him when he was arrested disclosed that they had orders from then Deputy Inspector General Nelson Bophani to see into it that Kasambara is pinned down in the case of […]
Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara on Tuesday accused the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) of blocking some of the witnesses called to appear before Lilongwe High Court Judge Michael Mtambo in the ongoing case of attempted murder of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo. […]
Former Malawi Police Inspector General responsible for criminal investigation, Nelson Bophani has been implicated in the ongoing Mphwiyo Shooting Case which involves former minister of Justice and constitutional affairs Ralph Kasambara as the master-minder of gunshot survivor Paul Montfort Mphwiyo’s statements that so Kasambara and others be named as possible suspects of his shooting. One […]
Third witness testifying in defence of first accused person Macdonald Kumwembe, Dauka Manondo who is elder brother to the second accused person Pika Manondo told the court on Tuesday that he knew former budget director Paul Mphwiyo as personal and family friend from 1990s. Nyasa Times reporter captures the cross examination with Director of Public […]
Former minister of finance in the United Democratic Front (UDF) government, Friday Jumbe has contradicted former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo on how government payments are authorized, saying a budget director has no mandate to make payments. .One of the accused person in the shooting of former budget director in the ministry of finance Paul Mphwiyo, McDonald […]
High Court judge Micheal Mtambo has dismissed a restoration of bail application by former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara, accusing him of abusing the process of the court by seeking same relief in the trial court and the Supreme Court of Appeal at the same time. Supreme Court judge Rezine Mzikamanda had […]
Sampling the 10th and 11th December 2015 court session. It was on Thursday around nine o’clock in the morning or just after, when court resumed and the three accused; MacDonald Kumwembe and Pika Manondo, and Raphael Kasambara SC were to enter their defence in the case they are accused of attempted murder and conspiracy to […]
One of the accused person in the shooting of former budget director in the ministry of finance Paul Mphwiyo, Mcdonald Kumwembe has mentioned former minister of finance in the United Democratic Front (UDF) government, Friday Jumbe and former Peoples Party official Hophmally Makande as some of his witnesses to testify in court as he enters […]
Lilongwe High Court judge Micheal Mtambo has dismissed an application from accused Macdonald Kumwembe, to recuse himself from the conspiracy to commit murder case of the shooting of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo at the gate of his Area 43 residence in Lilongwe on September 13 2013. Kumwembe – a former Malawi […]
Supreme Court Judge Renzine Mzikamanda grew cold feet in making a determination on former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara’s appeal against revocation of his bail and said that the matter needs to be brought before more than one judge. It is a clear case of a judge being caught between doing the […]
Malawi’s prominent lawyer Modecai Msiska has step up to represent former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara’s appeal against revocation of his bail and accused the conduct of High Court judge Michael Mtambo who revoked Kasambara’s bail in September. Judge Mtambo – a known foe of Kasambara – revoked the bail of the […]
An application by former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara to travel to South Africa for medical treatment has been rejected by High Court judge Michael Mtambo – a well known foe of the former. Private practice lawyer Emmanuel Theu who is representing Kasambara, who is facing a charge of conspiracy to commit […]
Former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara has been readmitted to hospital with a recurrence of a heart attack and is in a “serious but stable” condition. Authorities at Zomba Maximum Prison told Nyasa Times that Kasambara was transferred to Mwaiwathu private hospital in Blantyre overnight when his condition deteriorated. He had been discharged from […]
Former Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raph Kasambara has returned to prison after being discharged by Blantyre Adventist Hospital (BAH), and is being kept on remand for alleged conspiracy to commit a crime in the attempted murder of Paul Mphwiyo. High Court Judge Michael Mtambo revoked bail conditions for Kasambara over alleged infringement of […]
The Lilongwe High Court has adjourned the case involving former minister of Justice and a constitutional affair Raphael Kasambara, who is third accused suspect in the case of the shooting of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, to November 5 and has ordered Kasambara to be present in the dock on the said date. […]
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, […]
Former attorney general and minister of justice and constitutional affairs Raphael Kasambara, remains in a critical condition at Adventist Hospital in Blantyre. A family member said on Saturday that his condition remains “critical but stable”. Kasambara, a suspect in the shooting of former budget director, Paul Mphwiyo who survived assassination attempt in 2013, has been […]