Tag: Uladi Mussa

Former Cabinet minister Uladi Mussa’s lawyer wants to move the court to nullify his client’s conviction following his pardon by President Lazarus Chakwera as part Easter celebrations. If the application is accepted by the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, the legal position would be that Mussa, who was serving a five-year jail term for abuse of office, was never convicted, giving him a lifeline to bounce back into politics if he wishes to run for an elected office. As it is, the law bars convicted persons from contesting for an elected office unless after the expiry of seven years from the day of one’s release from jail. Reads Section 51(2)(c) of the Constitution: “No person shall be qualified to be nominated or elected as a member of Parliament if that person has, within the last ...

Mangochi, May 25, Mana. A grouping calling itself Friends of Uladi Mussa is pleading with Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General to release Dr. Uladi Mussa from prison saying his imprisonment was based on unfair judgment. Briefing the media in Mangochi on Tuesday, Sheikh Dr. Imran Shareef Mahomed of the Friends of Uladi Mussa said Dr. Mussa was arrested on political grounds as he did not breach any law against Immigration and Citizen Act. The group claims in court there is no record that he had breached any law of Immigration and Citizen Act, adding that there was also no evidence that he had stolen from government moneyt. “This case was just created on political grounds, the story was cooked and spread inside and outside parliament that Dr Uladi Mussa used his persona...