Month: November 2019 Posts

Royal couple given fake marriage certificate

Nov 03, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Inkosi ya Makosi Gomani V and his wife were issued with a fake marriage certificate during their royal wedding on Saturday, a law expert says. Gomani, real name Mswati Willard Gomani, got married to South… ...

Kasambara faults AG on UTM appeal

Nov 07, 2018 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Lawyer Ralph Kasambara has faulted Attorney General (AG) Charles Mhango over the appeal against UTM registration. Kasambara suggested that the errors Mhango made in the notice of appeal shows the AG was making the application… ...

Kasambara ‘freed’

Mar 14, 2018 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 7 &

Supreme court grants bail to cashgate suspect, Ralph Kasambara, pending an appeal of his conviction. Former minister of justice Ralph Kasambara was handed a 13 year jail sentence in August 2016 on the count of… ...

Kasambara to know bail fate on March 14

Feb 14, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 19 &

Convict Ralph Kasambara will know the fate of his bail application on March 14. On that day, Supreme Court judge Dunstan Mwaungulu will deliver his ruling on the former Justice Minister’s bail application. Kasambara is… ...

Judge clings to Kasambara case

Sep 12, 2017 Luke Bisani 0 &

Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Dunstain Mwaungulu’s comment on a lawyers’ Google group led to questions over his neutrality hence an application to have him recused from the case of former minister of justice… ...

Mwanamvekha implicated in cashgate

Jul 21, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 181 &

Former Malawi Budget Director, Paul Mphwiyo, has implicated Minister of Agriculture, Joseph Mwanamvekha, in another cashgate scandal that saw $30 million (about MK22 Billion) meant for the procurement of weapons for peacekeeping missions vanish into… ...

Kasambara’s ex-bodyguard, Ali Kaka, still hunted by the Police

Dec 15, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 99 &

The Malawi Police says they are still in the hunt for murder suspect Ali Kaka Chinemba following his escape soon after he was granted bail. Kaka was arrested last year in July for shooting 20… ...

Ralph has always been a mafia

Aug 31, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 66 &

A social commentator has described the convicted former justice minister Ralph Kasambara as a mafia who disguised his personal battles as national battles. In a Facebook Post, Dave Namusanya using an account name of Mankhokwe… ...

Kasambara agamulidwa: akasewenze ya kalavula gaga kwa zaka khumi ndi zitatu

Aug 31, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 68 &

Bwalo la milandu lalikulu mu mzinda wa Lilongwe dzulo lachiwiri pa 30 August lalamula nduna yakale yoona za malamulo a Ralph Kasambara kuti akagwire ukaidi wa kalavula gagag kwa zaka khumbi ndi mphambu zitatu. A… ...

Mphwiyo shooting case: State happy with Kasambara’s sentence

Aug 31, 2016 Luke Bisani 33 &

The office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has expressed satisfaction with the sentence handed to three convicts over their role in the attempted murder of former budget director Paul Mphwiyo. On Tuesday, Judge… ...

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… ...

Kasambara’s lawyers involved in car crash

Aug 23, 2016 Luke Bisani 8 &

...as Mphwiyo case sentencing gets adjourned Lawyers for convict Ralph Kasambara were on Monday involved in a car accident at Nathenje while traveling from Blantyre to Lilongwe. The two lawyers, Bright Theu and Lusungu Gondwe,… ...

Mphwiyo shooting: Kasambara, Manondo, Kumwembe to be sentenced next month

Jul 27, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 23 &

Malawi's former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara, Pika Manondo and McDonald Kumwembe who have been found guilty of conspiracy to murder former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo in 2013 will be sentenced on, August 22, 2016… ...

Malawi: Guns, Smoke and Screens – the State wins round one, lessons galore

Jul 22, 2016 Wise One From the East 53 &

As expected, Ralph Kasambara has left no-one in doubt. He will appeal against his conviction by the High Court in the case where he, and two others, were being tried for conspiring to commit murder… ...

Verdict Mphwiyo shooting, the internet reacts: Major 1…nyambalotu

Jul 22, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 66 &

Following the conviction of former Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara who was once described as a mafia by the country’s former President late Bingu wa Mutharika, social commentators have taken to the internet to make… ...