Month: December 2020 Posts

Bushiri: Malawi to begin extradition process

Dec 22, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi will begin the extradition process for Shepherd and Mary Bushiri following a High court ruling. The ruling delivered by High Court Judge Fiona Mwale today allows the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to withdraw… ...

Man gets 20 years for raping stepdaughter

Dec 19, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

A man aged 42 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping his stepdaughter and infecting her with HIV. The convict James Mandala raped the child in 2015 and 2016. She is now… ...

Muhara released on bail

Dec 18, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Former Chief Secretary to Government Justice Lloyd Muhara who was arrested yesterday has been released on bail today. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) accuses Muhara of abusing his office when he was Chief Secretary to the… ...

State not ready with disclosures in theft of computers and intelligence systems case

Dec 18, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The state has asked for more time to submit disclosures in a case in which former Head of Intelligence Dr. Kenam Kalilani and former Chief ICT officer for State House Chance       Chingwalungwalu are accused… ...

MEC commissioner Kunje granted bail

Dec 17, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioner Linda Kunje has been granted bail in the case in which she is accused of instructing her driver to obstruct President Lazarus Chakwera’s convoy. Kunje who was arrested on Monday… ...

Man gets 15 years in jail for raping 12-year-old girl

Dec 16, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate's Court has sentenced 29-year-old Cosmas Kanthumba to 15 years in prison with hard labour for raping a 12-year-old girl. Deputy Public Relations Officer for Zomba Police Station Sergeant Patrick Maseko… ...

Court orders forfeiture of two motorcycles over traffic offences

Dec 15, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate's court has ordered the forfeiture of two motorcycles to the government after two riders were found guilty of traffic offences. Deputy Public Relations Officer Sergeant Patrick Maseko said the court… ...

Prophet taken to court for grabbing plot in exchange for prayer

Dec 13, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

One of the well-known prophets in Blantyre has been dragged to court for grabbing a plot of land in exchange for prayer for a sick person. According to a court document which Malawi24 has in… ...

Father jailed 4 years for burning son’s hand

Dec 10, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The First Grade Magistrate's Court in Rumphi has sentenced 30-year-old Griffin Kaunda to four years in prison with hard labour for his burning son’s hands. The court through State Prosecutor Inspector Kelvin Ng'ambi heard that,… ...

Kasambara appeal case adjourned due to missing documents

Dec 09, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Hearing of the appeal case involving former cabinet minister Ralph Kasambara and two others has been adjourned as some documents are missing. The appeal case which is before the Supreme Court of Appeal also involves… ...

Five women fined K150,000 each over charcoal importation

Dec 09, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A court in Mzimba has fined five women after they illegally imported 180 bags of charcoal from Zambia using a CCAP Synod of Livingstonia vehicle. Mzimba Senior Resident Magistrate Mathews Msiska ruled that the women… ...

Tonse Zero, DPP 1:  former State House workers released

Dec 09, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has cleared former head of Intelligence Dr. Kenam Kalilani and his coconspirator, ex-State House Chief ICT Officer Chance Chingwalungwalu in the case the two are suspects of theft of… ...

Agamulidwa zaka zisanu kamba kogwililira ana anayi

Dec 05, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Bwalo la milandu m'boma la Dowa lalamula bambo wina wa zaka 21 kukakhala kundende zaka zisanu kaamba kopezeka olakwa pamlandu ogwililira anyamata anayi. Watsimikiza zankhaniyi ndi ofalitsa nkhani pa polisi ya Dowa a Sub Inspector… ...

Man gets five years in jail for raping four boys

Dec 04, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The First Grade Magistrate's Court in Dowa has sentenced 21-year-old Innocent Poita to five years in prison with hard labour for sodomising four boys aged between 10 and 17. The court through state prosecutor Sub… ...

Mchacha charged with using insulting language

Dec 01, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Former cabinet minister Charles Mchacha has been charged with three corruption related offences and one count of using insulting language against a journalist. Mchacha was arrested on Sunday and appeared before Principal Resident Magistrate Viva… ...