Courts Archives

Malawi Judicial Service Commission is too damaged to discipline corrupt judges — Law Professor

Aug 06, 2022 Danwood M Chirwa 0 &

Fellow Malawians, do not underestimate the depth of corruption and unprofessional conduct within the Malawian judiciary that was being talked about earlier this week. It goes really deep. This is a problem practising lawyers have… ...

Man fined for cultivating Indian Hemp

Mar 14, 2022 Lameck Kamtoseni 0 &

The Dowa First Grade Magistrate's Court has ordered a 25-year-old man to pay K80, 000 fine for cultivating Indian Hemp without a licence. The court through state prosecutor Sub Inspector Ezara Bakili heard that the… ...

Man jailed 21 years for raping his daughter

Feb 18, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Principal Resident Magistrate Court in Mzuzu yesterday sentenced a man to 21 years in prison with hard labour for raping and impregnating his 14-year-old daughter. The court through state prosecutor SubInspector Chris Nyirongo heard that… ...

Malawi Court rejects disbarred lawyer’s application

Feb 09, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The High Court has rejected an application by lawyer Christopher Chiphwanya seeking to set aside the 2016 court order barring him from practicing the law in Malawi. Chiphwanya was disbarred for unprofessional conduct after jeopardized… ...

Nigerian gets 6-year jail term in Malawi over drugs

Jan 19, 2022 Contributor* 1 &

A 23-year-old Nigerian national has been sentenced to six years in prison in Malawi for being found in possession of cocaine and cannabis sativa. The chief resident magistrate's court in Lilongwe last week handed the… ...

Malawi Police officer sentenced to 30 years in prison for rape

Jan 18, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A Malawi Police officer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for raping a 17-year-old girl at Limbe Police Station. Chagaga raped the teenager on two occasions in December, 2020 after she was detained… ...

Two Mozambicans jailed 6 years for human trafficking

Jan 14, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday sentenced two Mozambican nationals to 6 years imprisonment each for trafficking six Malawians aged between 19 and 28 to Mozambique. Batisha Kasimu, 34, and White Alick, 31, contravened… ...

Ex-convict sentenced to 14 years in prison for robbery

Jan 14, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday sentenced 34-year-old Daudi Mustafa to 14-years imprisonment with hard labour for breaking into a house and robbing a businessman of 3 million Malawi Kwacha. The court through State… ...

Aunt Tiwo goes to court

Jan 12, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Tiwonge Chimbalanga, also known as Aunt Tiwo, was at a court in South Africa yesterday to show support for a homeless man accused of setting fire to Parliament. Aunt Tiwo was among a group of… ...

High Court to deliver ruling on mandatory vaccine on Thursday

Jan 12, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The High Court will on Thursday make its ruling in a case where freelance journalist Mundango Nyirenda and the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives want the court to stop government from implementing mandatory… ...

Man sentenced to 4 months in prison for possessing firearm

Jan 08, 2022 Lameck Kamtoseni 0 &

A 59-year-old man in Dowa has been sentenced to 4 months imprisonment with hard labour for being found in possession of a firearm without a licence. The court through state prosecutor Inspector Christopher Daluni heard… ...

Pakistani national fined K25,000 for illegal entry

Jan 07, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The senior resident magistrate court in Mzuzu has ordered a 35-year-old Pakistani national to pay a fine of K25,000 for entering Malawi illegally. The convict has been identified as Azizullah Sheran. State Prosecutor assistant Superintendent… ...

Hit and run driver gets 2 years after hitting to death three people

Jan 06, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A driver, who did not stop after hitting to death two women and a five-month-old baby on 28 December in Mchinji, has been sentenced to two years in prison. The Senior Resident Magistrate's (SRM) court… ...

Court suspends Malawi Lands Minister’s arrest

Jan 01, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

…Court order granted in Zomba but claimant and defendant based in Lilongwe Minister of Lands Kezzie Msukwa has obtained a stay from the High Court in Zomba against his own arrest, with the Court faulting… ...

Five people jailed four years each for stealing items worth K17.6 million

Dec 31, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Dowa First Grade Magistrate's Court on Thursday sentenced five people from Dzaleka Refugee Camp to four years in prison each for breaking into a school and stealing 93 Lenovo tablets and two laptops valued… ...