Month: October 2021 Posts

Kasambara’s appeal hearing postponed

Oct 27, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Hearing of Ralph Kasambara’s appeal which was set to start on 4 November at the Supreme Court of Appeal has been postponed to a yet to be determined date. Kasambara, a former cabinet minister, as… ...

Mphwiyo shooting Sentence: Kasambara slapped with 13 year jail term as Manondo, Kumwembe get 26 years

Aug 30, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 152 &

Judge Michael Mtambo has sentenced Macdonald Kumwembe and Pika Manondo to 26 years in prison each while Malawi's ex Justice Minister Kasambara 13 years in charges related to the shooting of former Budget Director Paul… ...

Mphwiyo shooting case: Kumwembe accuses state witnesses of lying

May 12, 2016 Macmillan Mhone 18 &

The Paul Mphwiyo attempted murder case continued at the High Court in Lilongwe on Wednesday when first accused Macdonald Kumwembe accused state witnesses of lying in court. Kumwembe and second accused Pika Manondo are answering… ...

Mphwiyo shooting: Court tells police to ‘give’ back phone to suspect

Apr 20, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 8 &

The Malawi Police Service has been ordered to return a Nokia handset and driving license for first accused person in the shooting case of Paul Mphwiyo, former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier Macdonald Kumwembe, by… ...

Mphwiyo ‘shooter’ implicates Joyce Banda

Dec 11, 2015 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 210 &

Macdonald Kumwembe, one of the accused in the attempted murder of National Budget Director, Paul Mphwiyo, has named former Malawi president Joyce Banda in the case, saying he was working with Peoples Party as a hired… ...

Murder suspect MacDonald Kumwembe relieved

Oct 14, 2015 Mwayi Mkandawire 24 &

Murder suspect of Malawi's ex budget director, Paul Mphwiyo MacDonald Kumwembe may now afford a smile after he has been granted a stay order against conviction and the sentencing of four months imprisonment with hard labour… ...