Month: March 2022 Posts

Former Attorney General Kaphale arrested

Mar 31, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Lilongwe have arrested former Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale for insulting a traffic police officer and violating traffic regulations. Kaphale was arrested yesterday and he spent the night in police custody. Lilongwe Police Station… ...

Ansah, Kaphale ordered to pay K3.1 million over SA lawyers hiring debacle

Mar 04, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah and former Attorney Kalekeni Kaphale have been ordered to pay back K3.1 million which was spent on South African lawyers MEC hired last year. Ombudsman Martha Chizuma… ...

AG Kaphale under probe over hiring of South African lawyers

May 21, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Office of the Ombudsman in Malawi has launched investigations into Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale’s alleged maladministration and abuse of power in the procurement of two South African lawyers for the elections case. Ombudsman… ...

AG Kaphale goofed by not challenging anti-lockdown injunction – Judge Kenyatta

Apr 29, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda has described failure by Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale to challenge the anti-lockdown injunction as a dereliction of duty. Nyirenda said this in a ruling delivered on Tuesday on the… ...

Kaphale U-turns on challenge against lockdown injunction

Apr 23, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Attorney General has today withdrawn an application challenging  the anti-lockdown injunction. Kaphale filed the injunction on Tuesday but has withdrawn it today. “Take notice that the Defendants, having carefully considered their position, and no longer… ...

Ansah caught pants down: MEC was paying Attorney General extra salary for doing his job

Mar 13, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has revealed that the commission was paying Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale extra salary for representing the commission in the presidential elections case. Ansah revealed this at the National… ...

 Kaphale fired from MEC’s legal team

Feb 17, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 1 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has disclosed that Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale will no longer represent the Commission in the elections case. MEC director of Legal affairs David Matumuka Banda has confirmed the development saying… ...

AG Kaphale obtains injunction against truck drivers’ strike

Nov 30, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Government through Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale has obtained an injunction to stop truck drivers from conducting a strike. The High Court granted the AG the injunction on Friday, November 29 stopping the Truck Drivers Association… ...

Nobody cheated in May 21 elections – Kaphale

Nov 28, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale has told the Constitutional Court that no valid votes were compromised in the May 21 Elections and has described the petitioners’ case as a multiplicity of allegations without any evidence. Kaphale… ...

Supreme Court rejects Kaphale’s application to stop Anti-Ansah demos

Sep 20, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 3 &

The Supreme Court of Appeal has today thrown out an application by the Attorney General to stop the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) from conducting anti-Jane Ansah protests. Justice Lovemore Chikopa rejected AG Kalekeni Kaphale’s… ...

Malawi elections case adjourned to September 30

Sep 20, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Constitutional Court has adjourned the Malawi presidential elections case to September 30. Judge Healey Potani – one of the five judges hearing the case – said when the court resumes hearing will be done… ...

Chakwera takes to witness stand in election case

Sep 19, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) President Lazarus Chakwera has today started giving his testimony in the election case in which he wants the court to nullify the May 21 election results and order for a rerun.… ...

MEC lawyers should not cross-examine other UTM witnesses – UTM lawyer tells court

Sep 06, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Lawyer for UTM president Saulos Chilima in the presidential elections case, Chikosa Silungwe, yesterday told the court that Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) lawyers should not cross-examine other UTM witnesses because they did not express intention… ...

Constitutional court resumes hearing of election case

Sep 03, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Constitutional Court has today resumed hearing the election case in which UTM leader Saulos Chilima and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera are challenging results of the May 21 elections results. Malawi Electoral… ...

Few mistakes should not lead to nullification of election results – Kaphale

Aug 22, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 2 &

Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale says Malawi Electoral Commission’s (MEC) defence in the election case is that the irregularities that happened during the May 21 elections are not enough to lead to nullification of the poll… ...