Month: March 2018 Posts

Cashgate: Leonard Kalonga gets 7 years

Mar 16, 2018 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 17 &

Cashgate convict Leonard Kalonga has been handed a 7-year jail sentence for stealing close to K4 billion of public funds. Kalonga, who worked as Ministry of Tourism Assistant Director, was convicted in August 2015 for his involvement… ...

Retraction of the Leonard Kalonga death story

Jan 27, 2017 Richard Jimu 412 &

On Friday evening we incorrectly reported Leonard Kalonga, a convicted criminal in the cashgate scandal had passed away. Malawi24 would like to apologise for publishing the incorrect story. Kalonga, who served as Assistant Director of… ...

Cashgate convict Angela Katengeza pleads for leniency

May 20, 2016 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 20 &

Businessperson Angela Katengeza, who was in March this year found guilty in the K105.9 million ($146 444) money laundering case has pleaded with the High Court in Lilongwe for a non custodial sentence saying she… ...

Cashgate: Kalonga case adjourned to Wednesday

Mar 01, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 9 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has adjourned a case involving convicted former tourism assistant Leonard Kalonga to Wednesday 2nd March, 2016 to read the submissions on key allegations made by defence lawyers. Kalonga was convicted on… ...

Sentencing awaits Cashgate Convict Leonard Kalonga

Sep 23, 2015 Happy Arnold Soko 12 &

Private Practicing lawyer Joseph Kamkwasi representing Malawi former Chief Tourism Officer Leonard Kalonga on Monday told the Lilongwe High Court that his client pleaded guilty money laundering charge of K3.7 billion “not to waste court’s… ...

Arrest for the Cashgate ‘big fish’ imminent

Aug 28, 2015 Mike J. Kangwele 0 &

…'Senzani met JB to seek protection from prosecution' …'Mphwiyo always said the money was going to State House' The Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and prosecutors in the K24 billion cashgate scandal have revealed that the… ...