Month: April 2020 Posts

Shopkeeper jailed 7 and a half years for theft

Apr 02, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The First Grade Magistrate Court in Phalombe on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old man to seven-and-a-half years in prison for stealing from a shop where he was working as a shopkeeper. The court heard that in… ...

Houseboy jailed for sexually abusing, impregnating 14-year-old girl

Apr 02, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The First Grade Court in Phalombe on Tuesday sentenced a houseboy to 8 years in prison after he sexually abused and impregnated his boss’ 14-year-old granddaughter. The convict has been identified as Mackford Sonkho. State… ...

Woman sent to prison for dumping baby in toilet

Mar 28, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Chisenjere Second grade magistrate court in Blantyre has sentenced a 20-year-old woman to 30 months in prison with hard labour for dumping her baby in a toilet. Confirming the development to Malawi24 was Chileka… ...

Convict escapes from police custody on sentencing day

Mar 27, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

A 19-year-old boy convicted of sexually abuse and impregnating a 14-year-old girl escaped from police custody in Phalombe on the day when a court was expected to deliver its sentence. Our investigations have revealed the… ...

UTM, MCP take Mutharika and MEC commissioners to court

Mar 26, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM have dragged President Peter Mutharika and commissioners of the Malawi Electoral Commision (MEC) to court over the commissioners' continued stay in office. The two political parties have also… ...

Man gets 18 years in jail for raping daughter, infecting her with HIV

Mar 25, 2020 Lameck Kamtoseni 0 &

The Ntcheu senior resident magistrate’s court has sentenced a 40-year-old man to 18 years in prison for raping his 10-year-old daughter over a period of three years and infecting her with HIV. According to Ntcheu… ...

Mutharika appoints three High Court Judges

Mar 23, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

President Peter Mutharika has appointed three new High Court judges. The three are private practise lawyer Jabber Alide, Chairperson of the Industrial Relations Court Chimwemwe Kamowa and  Chief Resident Magistrate in Zomba Texious Masoamphambe. According… ...

Man accused of damaging Mutharika’s portrait says he dropped it accidentally

Mar 23, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 48-year-old man accused of damaging President Peter Mutharika’s portrait at National Registration Bureau (NRB) offices has told a court in Nkhata Bay that he accidentally dropped the portrait. Malawi News Agency reported that the… ...

Govt rips into Judge Kenyatta over release of Chinese nationals

Mar 23, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

The Government has condemned Justice Kenyatta Nyirenda for granting an injunction that led to the release of four Chinese nationals from a coronavirus quarantine facility. Minister of Information Mark Botomani said in a statement yesterday… ...

Courts condemned over misuse of K274 million

Mar 19, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Parliament has urged the Judiciary to put its house in order after revelations that K274 million was mismanaged at the Judiciary. The Auditor General's Report for the year ended 30 June, 2017 revealed that Blantyre… ...

Man gets 10 years in prison for raping sex worker

Mar 13, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 10 years in prison for raping a sex worker. Mangochi police spokesperson Sub Inspector Amina Tepani Daudi has identified the convict as… ...

Malawi court throws out application to suspend election ruling

Mar 12, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) for a stay of the presidential elections case judgement. The unanimous decision of the seven judges of the Supreme Court… ...

Court orders Malawi Police to transfer activists’ case to Lilongwe

Mar 10, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has ordered the Malawi Police to transfer the case of the arrested Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) members to Lilongwe. Activists McDonald Sembereka and Gift Trapence were arrested in Lilongwe… ...

Justice not served in elections case – Mutharika

Mar 09, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Peter Mutharika has insisted that the 2019 presidential elections were free, fair and credible, saying justice was not served in the elections case and he hopes the Supreme Court of Appeal will overturn the… ...

Principal Secretaries get 9-month suspended sentence

Mar 06, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Principal Secretary for Agriculture Grey Nyandule Phiri aged 57 and Secretary to Treasury Cliff Chiunda aged 59 have been handed a 9-month suspended sentence for contempt of court. High Court Judge Charles Mkandawire has sentenced… ...