Documents in Nyasa Times’ possession prove that in the course of Yeremia Chihana’s assessment of late President Bingu wa Mutharika’s estate, Ralph and Arnold Associates – a firm connected to the Minister of Justice, Ralph Kasambara S.C., and Yeremia Chihana’s YMW Property Investment Company Limited, the valuer, pocketed a cool K26 million from the whole fiasco – with […]
Former President Bingu wa Mutharika’s family can now have access to the deceased estate estimated at K61 billion, in both property and cash, after the High Court Judge Dustan Mwaungulu ruled on Thursday to unlock the late Mutharika’s bank accounts which government froze over unpaid K5 billion estate duty. Justice Mwaungulu recently also ruled in […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Mutharika has no political or any reputation to protect, argues Yeremia Chihana, the evaluator of former president Bingu wa Mutharika’s deceased estate, in his defence filed against a lawsuit by Mutharika. Mutharika sued Chihana or defamation of character. The lawsuit is based on Chihana’s claims that Peter Mutharika […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Mutharika has formally lodged legal suit against property evaluator Yeremiah Chihana and Weekend Nation newspaper for defamation of character. The lawsuit is based on Chihana’s claims that Peter Mutharika had a joint account with his elder brother the late President Bingu wa Mutharika which was published in the newspaper. Chihana […]
Despite threats from former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to take legal action against two newspapers for what it calls “defamatory propaganda” against the late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s family on his deceased estate, there continues to be reports on former president’s wealth with the latest that the estate is beyond beyond K61 billion (about $152m) after […]
Property evaluator Yeremia Chihana has reacted to the threats of opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to sue him by hiring lawyer Wapona Kita to counter sue the party and its spokesperson Nicholas Dausi for defamation demanding a combined compensation of up to K200 million (about $500 000). DPP last week threated to sue Chihana – valuer […]
If highly charged emotional threats of litigation against property evaluator Yeremia Chihana and newspapers in Malawi is DPP’s shameless idea of how to deal with the K61billion stinker, then we dare say this feeble attempt at intimidation will not wash. There is nothing that DPP can say or do that will alter the fact that […]
Former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says it will take legal action against property evaluator Yeremia Chihana and two newspapers for what it calls “defamatory propaganda” against the late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s family on his deceased estate. Government through Commissioner for Tax contracted Chihana of YMW Property Investment Limited and Registered Property Evaluator to assess Mutharika’s real estate, shares […]
Centuries ago, corrupt African leaders and Western traders made an unwitting yet deliberate business pact. A few Africans made fortunes; Western interests found cheap labour, and 12 million people lost their freedom. The African plight is not much changed now, half a century after the so-called African independence boom of the sixties. Many African leaders […]
Viewed by many as “wrongful self-enrichment’” when a newspaper exposed former President late Bingu wa Mutharika to have amassed K61 billion, it has been reported that late Mutharika could be over the reported K61 billion following revelations that he had more bank accounts and property in three other countries. Mutharika, at the time of his […]