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The Malawi Law Society (MLS) has suspended lawyer Gift Nankhuni and his law firm, G. Nankhuni and Partners, for six months due to misconduct.
Nankhuni, who is a parliamentary aspirant for the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the Lilongwe City Centre Constituency, was suspended following a verdict by the MLS disciplinary committee.
The committee found him guilty of fraudulent or improper conduct in the discharge of his professional duties and engaging in behaviour that brought the legal profession into disrepute. This is contrary to sections 89(2)(b) and 89(2)(j) of the Act, according to the notice.
The Malawi Law Society, in delivering its verdict, ordered the disgraced lawyer to remit approximately K0.5 billion to the complainants, including K477,895,833.33 in payments and K500,000 for the costs of the disciplinary hearing.
Additionally, the society has instructed Nankhuni and his firm to hand over all documents and property, including any sums of money belonging to clients, to another legal practitioner.
Clients have also been advised to follow up on their case files and report any further misconduct by the firm to the MLS.
The news comes on the heels of revelations by whistleblower Alexious Kamangira, who has exposed widespread corruption and malpractice within Malawi’s legal fraternity, including members of the judiciary at high levels such as the Supreme Court.
Kamangira has named Nankhuni among several other prominent lawyers and judges, including a Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeal, in allegations of fraud, corruption, and serious misconduct.
Nankhuni is the legal advisor of the ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP).