Paul Mphwiyo – Malawi Freedom Network

The High Court of Malawi is now set to deliver its judgement in a nine-year-old K2.4 billion Cashgate case involving former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo and 17 others. The progress follows a ruling by the court yesterday dismissing Mphwiyo’s application to stay proceedings. If granted, the court would have restarted the proceedings. Mphwiyo and the 17 others are accused of defrauding the Malawi Government K2.4 billion in the infamous 2013 Cashgate case. They were all found with a case to answer. In the appeal, the applicant had argued that High Court Judge Ruth Chinangwa, who is now presiding over the case, was new, as such, needed to restart hearing the proceedings. But in her ruling, the judge said granting the stay would have been an injustice to all...

Mphwiyo, left, and his Lawyer Shadreck Mhango captured out of the High Court The High Court in Lilongwe has dismissed an application by Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others to nullify the K2.4 billion cashgate case. The suspects filed the application on grounds that the case has over stayed and that the mandate for presiding Judge Esmie Chombo to discard her duties expired. But the judge according to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Steven Kayuni dismissed the application for case nullification saying the case was competently prosecuted and that the Judge’s contract was extended and valid until June 2021. Justice Chombo has since described the application as an intent to tarnish the image of the court. The development therefore means that the case will proceed. Former Ministr...

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K2.4 bn Cashgate set for rulling after 9 years

High Court dismisses Mphwiyo’s application