The High Court has thrown out an application to suspend the hearing of the infamous K2.4 billion Cashgate pending determination by the Supreme Court of Appeal on whether the lower court has powers to hear the case or not. Judge Esmie Chombo has since set June 15 as the beginning of the trial of the […]
The High Court Esmie Chombo has found former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others with a case to answer in the cashgate case in which the group is accused of embezzling K2.4 billion public funds. Mphwiyo is the most high profile face in the K2.4 billion trial that also has former Accountant General David […]
Businessman Stafford Mpoola has told the court that he was approached by politician Hophmally Makande to get into Cashgate affair. Mpoola, owner of Stadal Building Contractors, is facing charges alongside some civil servants—including former budget director Paul Mphwiyo—in a case in which they are accused of laundering K1.6 billion of public funds On Friday, the State […]
The High Court has refused to open frozen bank account operated by businessman Stafford Mpoola, the man who is charged. alongside some civil servants—including former budget director Paul Mphwiyo—in a case in which they are accused of laundering public funds of about K 2.4billion known as Cashgate Mpoola wanted to withdraw K50 million from FDH account […]
Lilongwe High Court judge, Justice Esmie Chombo has given both the state and defence three weeks to present their final submissions to the court before the judge delivers her ruling in the bail revocation application against the multi-million Kwacha Cash-gate suspect, Stafford Mpoola. The state, through the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale last […]
The High Court in Lilongwe will this Wednesday hear an application by the State to revoke the bail of one of the accused persons in the K2.4 billion Cashgate case Stafford Mpoola. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale is asking the court to revoke a bail Mpoola, claiming that he has been intimidating prosecution […]
Former Deputy Inspector General of Police Nelson Bophani has been accused by Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of abuse of office and perverting the course of justice in an investigation into the cashgate scandal. In a typical case of the hunter getting hunted, Bophani at the onset of the ‘cashgate’ investigation under President Joyce Banda headed […]
Businessman Stafford Mpoola has pleaded not guilty to money laundering charges in relation to Malawi Cashgate scandal . Mpoola was charged with money laundering and being found in possession of property suspected to have been stolen in a case involving about K1.6 billion. Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Mpoola in October 2013 after he was […]
In its ongoing sweeping exercise, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested two more people suspected to have been involved in the now famous Malawi cash-gate scandal. The two are Mkhuzo James Bandula Chirwa, a Senior Quantity Surveyor with Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development in Lilongwe and business guru, Stafford Mpoola. ACB Senior Public […]