Month: March 2023 Posts

Twenty-four migrants sentenced to two months’ imprisonment

Mar 21, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Mzuzu Chief Resident Magistrate Court has sentenced 23 Ethiopians and a Burundian National to two months’ imprisonment for entering the country illegally. State Prosecutor Sub Inspector Fancy Sichali pleaded with the court to hand the… ...

CHRR to seek legal action over Abortion Bill

Mar 10, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Centre for Human Rights Rehabilitation (CHRR) has revealed its plans to seek litigation on safer reproductive rights by seeking the court’s determination on the Abortion Bill. Speaking Wednesday during a two-day workshop in Salima when… ...

Court orders repatriation of 25 Ethiopians in Chitipa

Mar 02, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Joseph Mbughi The Chitipa First Grade Magistrate Court has ordered that 25 Ethiopians who were arrested at Lwaka Hills in Northern Malawi should be repatriated to their country. The court heard through state prosecution… ...

Gerald Viola gets suspended sentence

Feb 27, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A court in Lilongwe has handed a three year suspended sentence to former National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) deputy chief executive officer Gerald Viola who was convicted of misuse of office over the awarding of… ...

Three men guilty of gangraping child near church in Nkhata Bay

Feb 16, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Nkhatabay Senior Resident Magistrate has sentenced Charles Mlanda, 25, and 23-year-old Duncan Phiri to 21 years in prison while sentencing for a third man, Lywell Kamanga, has been committed to the High Court after… ...

Malawi Law Society obtains injunction against Chizuma’s arrest and suspension

Feb 06, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Martha Chizuma can return to work as the Malawi Law Society (MLS) has obtained an injunction against her suspension and arrest. Secretary to the President and Cabinet Colleen Zamba last… ...

Truck driver fined K600,000 for causing death at Kameza roundabout

Jan 31, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Chisenjere First Grade Magistrate Court in Blantyre has ordered a 36-year-old truck driver to pay a fine of K600,000 for causing death by reckless driving at Kameza roundabout Blantyre, Malawi last week. According to… ...

Woman ordered to pay ex-lover for dumping him

Jan 29, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A woman who broke up with her fiancé after the man had paid for her law studies has been ordered to pay the man. The Ugandan woman identified as for Fortunate Kyarikunda has been told… ...

Chizuma to take plea on February 8

Jan 27, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Chizuma's lawyers Ayuba James (L) and Nkhutabasa Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general, Martha Chizuma, will take plea on February 8. Chizuma is facing two charges relating to her leaked audio. She was expected to… ...

Woman gets 7 years in jail for scalding mother in-law

Jan 27, 2023 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The Rumphi Second Grade Magistrate's Court has sentenced a 24-year-old woman, Fyness Msiska, to 7 years imprisonment with hard  labour for pouring hot water over her mother in-law due to misunderstandings at Phwezi Area. The… ...

Man jailed for attempting to sell uncle for K150,000

Jan 27, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to a year in prison for attempting to sell his uncle for 150,000 Malawi Kwacha. The convict has been identified as Sekerani Brighton. State Prosecutor, Sub Inspector Thokozani Juziwell,… ...

Zomba man jailed 7 years for breaking into house and stealing items

Jan 21, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Chief resident Magistrate's Court in Zomba has sentenced a 19-year-old man, Charles William, to 7 years imprisonment with hard labour for breaking into a house and stealing several items. The court through state prosecutor… ...

Man gets 10 years in prison for throwing baby to the ground

Jan 19, 2023 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The First Grade Magistrate Court in Nkhata Bay District has ordered 40-year-old Lyman Salima Kamanga to spend next 10 years of his life behind bars for injuring his own 4-month-old baby girl by throwing the… ...

54-year-old man jailed 8 years for raping 13-year-old child

Jan 07, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A man aged 54 has been sentenced to eight years in prison in Dowa for raping a 13-year-old child. The man identified as Bwerezani Samison raped the child on 12 August 2022 at Bowe Trading… ...

Woman jailed five years for stealing child in 2019

Dec 26, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Mzimba Second Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced Ester Gumbo, 35, to five years’ Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) for stealing an eight-month-old girl at Emfeni Market in the district in 2019. The Court heard that… ...