Category: Courts

Chamkakala: Has taken the initiative after reviewing the cases * The powers of the DPP to discontinue a criminal case is as he deems it fit and are not subject to presidential approval or direction * He welcomes the latest news of the DPP’s decision to use his powers to discontinue those cases By Duncan Mlanjira The State House has clarified that President Lazarus Chakwera did not order the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Masauko Chamkakala to drop and…

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Chizuma, at the centre of it all * We are going to do whatever we can, to make sure that justice prevails in this matter—MLS * As Government indicates that it will take the case further with the Supreme Court of Appeal Analysis by Duncan Mlanjira Despite Malawi Law Society’s intervention stopping the execution of Martha Chizuma’s suspension as Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) — including concerns raised by the United States of America (US) and the…

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Minister of Information and Digitalization, Moses Kunkuyu * Out of respect for international laws, including the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, will engage the US Embassy * And Ambassador through diplomatic channels to address the concerns raised * This will be done in the spirit of mutual respect, without compromising the duty of Government to protect the sovereignty of Malawi * And the independence of domestic public institutions and their officials from foreign interference * As well as in…

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US Ambassador to Malawi met Chizuma in solidarity soon after her release from police custody * This culminates in two months of harassment by the government officials against Chizuma * These measures by senior officials follow her arrest in December in the middle of the night in an armed police raid * Since then, no one who carried out or authorized the arrest has been held to account By Duncan Mlanjira Following the decision by the Malawi’s Government through…

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Still picture captured from the video that’s gone viral on social media * The King of the Ngoni Nation-Mzimba is reacting to last week’s assault and heartless humiliation * Of an elderly woman who was forced to bury a dead body at a graveyard in Mzimba * The senior citizen accused of bewitching her daughter-in-law who died in South Africa * Mzimba Police handling the matter to bring the culprits to book By Duncan Mlanjira As cases of accusing…

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