Month: September 2020 Posts

Court snubs Chimulirenji, orders him to pay costs

Sep 03, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda has rejected former Disaster Minister Everton Chimulirenji's application for an injunction against seizure of his property by debt collectors. Chimulirenji wanted the court to stop businessperson Matias Bonongwe from confiscating his property… ...

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… ...

Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda sustains anti-lockdown injunction

Apr 28, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda has ruled that the injunction against the Covid-19 lockdown should continue. The injunction restrains government from instituting a lockdown in Malawi or closing churches until the final determination of the… ...

Judge Kenyatta to rule on anti-lockdown injunction on Wednesday

Apr 24, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda has said he will deliver his ruling on the anti-lockdown injunction next week. Nyirenda granted the injunction last week and it restrains government from effecting a 21-day national lockdown. This… ...

HRDC obtains injunction against lockdown

Apr 17, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has obtained an injunction restraining President Peter Mutharika’s administration from instituting a lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda granted the injunction to the rights group on… ...

Caught Pants Down: Government responds to Kenyatta Nyirenda

Apr 06, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Government has hit back at Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda who faulted President Peter Mutharika for making a declaration of a national disaster over the coronavirus without citing the law under which the declaration was being made.… ...

Coronavirus has caught the Malawi authorities pants down – Judge Kenyatta

Apr 05, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

...Questions state of national disaster declaration Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda says coronavirus has caught Malawian authorities pants down as they have to combat a 2020 epidemic with laws enacted as far back as 1948. Kenyatta said… ...